Today we have a new patient testimony for you from our Real Stories section. We want to share the story of Davinia, a mother looking for her second pregnancy, but she knew first hand what ‘secondary infertility’ means. Davinia, thank you very much for sharing your story with us. Apart from cheering on and encouraging […]
Scheduled sexual intercourse, also called timed intercourse, is one type of assisted reproduction treatment we offer at URE Centro Gutenberg. It’s a minimally invasive treatment process we recommend to patients whose inability to get pregnant has no apparent cause. In other words, we recommend it to patients whose fertility tests all come back normal. What is […]
‘’Only those who don’t give up reach their goals.’’ That’s the mentality you should have if you’re about to embark on assisted reproduction treatment to become a mom or dad. Iwetta explains that to us throughout her story. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it. Thank you so much, Iwetta, for your […]
Ovitrelle and Ovidrelle are two medications widely used in assisted reproduction treatments to trigger ovulation and ensure proper follicle maturation. Both are based on the action of chorionic gonadotropins (hCG), which mimic the natural LH surge in a woman’s menstrual cycle. What is Ovitrelle/Ovidrelle based on? The menstrual cycle, follicle development and ovulation are all regulated […]
A chemical or biochemical pregnancy is defined as an early pregnancy that is confirmed through a positive test for the hormone beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG), either in urine or blood, but which does not progress to the stage where the pregnancy can be visualised via ultrasound. It occurs before the 5th week of gestation. […]
Motherhood is a dream for many women, but sometimes, the road to achieving it is filled with challenges, uncertainty, and heartbreak. This is the testimony of a patient who, after years of unsuccessful fertility treatments in her country, refused to give up and decided to seek a new opportunity in Spain, one of the world’s […]
Progesterone and assisted reproduction go hand in hand.. In assisted reproduction treatments, it is generally necessary to administer an extra supplement of progesterone, especially in in vitro fertilisation treatments. After the extraction of the oocytes, there may be a decrease in the natural production of this hormone, which is vital and necessary for implantation and […]
Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is a medicine intended for human use which has been utilised clinically for many years in different medical specialties, particularly traumatology, dermatology and ophthalmology cases. Use of this technique in assisted reproduction and fertility treatment is known as Uterine PRP and it remains experimental; however, the results obtained thus far are […]
In assisted reproduction, the male plays a fundamental role, as having children is always a matter of two. In fact, in 30% of infertility cases, the cause is of male origin. Among the common diseases that can cause male infertility is sperm DNA fragmentation, which we will discuss in this blog. In the initial evaluation […]
At present, 17.5 % of couples worldwide are dealing with impact of infertility. In Spain, one in every five couples is struggling with fertility issues, and about 56 % of those one in five couples have started to undergo assisted reproduction treatment. Receiving an infertility or sterility diagnosis has a huge psychological impact on both members […]