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Is programmed intercourse or artificial insemination better?
Timed intercourse is a very simple technique for attempting pregnancy, but artificial insemination has a higher guarantee of success.
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What is the 22nd week of pregnancy like? What changes occur?
The 22nd week of pregnancy is part of the sixth month of gestation and therefore the second trimester. The pregnant woman's skin undergoes many changes during pregnancy. Unless there are any problems, no specific tests are performed in this week of pregnancy.
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What Happens during Your Sixth Month of Pregnancy?
Month 6 of pregnancy marks the end of the second trimester. Symptoms become more annoying, and you are recommended to take special care of your health and the baby's.
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Nuchal translucency and combined first trimester screening
Combined first trimester screening is a non-invasive prenatal test that can detect early if there is any risk of the baby having Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities.
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What is hCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin hormone?
hCG is a type of gonadotropin that is used to determine whether a woman is pregnant, since its presence in blood or urine is indicative of pregnancy. In addition, this hormone can be administered exogenously in assisted reproduction treatments to induce follicular maturation and ovulation.
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Genetic infertility: causes, diagnosis and treatment
Infertility of genetic origin is caused by aneuploidy or genetic mutations in the DNA of the parents or their gametes, which would result in defective embryos unable to implant or develop normally.
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Swyer's syndrome: causes, symptoms and possibility of pregnancy
Swyer syndrome or pure 46 XY gonadal dysgenesis is a genetic alteration of unknown exact cause. It is the absence of correlation between phenotypic and genotypic sex. Therefore, these females are XY instead of being XX, although they have female genitalia.
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What Genetic Diseases Can PGD Test for?
PGD is a reproductive technology that is used to prevent the transfer to the uterus of embryos with chromosomal or genetic disorders, which could result in recurrent miscarriages or the birth of children with severe diseases.
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What is the price of assisted reproduction treatments?
The costs of assisted reproduction treatments may vary depending on the fertility clinic where they are performed, the techniques used and the special needs of each patient.
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Testicular Trauma: Cause for Male Infertility?
Even though a kick in the testicles may be painful, it's not one of the main causes of sterility in men, which are: hormonal factors, testicular factors and problems when ejaculating.
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Sperm Infections: orchitis, epididymitis and prostatitis
The presence of leukocytes in the sperm is a symptom of an infection that may cause male sterility, which may be temporary. The infection must be treated, so that sterility doesn’t become irreversible.
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Ovarian stimulation protocols - process, medications and symptoms
Controlled ovarian stimulation is a phase of IVF or IUI treatment whose objective is to achieve an adequate number of eggs and thus increase the chances of pregnancy. For this purpose, it is necessary for the patient to be administered hormonal medication at a dose and for a duration determined by the specialist.
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