According to recent data published by the National Statistics Institute of Spain this past June, the number of births in Spain fell by 6.1% in 2018. At the same time, the average number of children that women are having has dropped 0.06 points. In 2008, the average was around 1.44 children per woman, while a […]
Vitrification is a rapid freezing technique for eggs and embryos. It involves subjecting them to a sudden drop in temperature, to negative 196 degrees Celsius, in a liquid nitrogen tank. With this freezing technique no damage is caused to the egg or the cells of the embryo, and it’s a process we carry out on […]
Artificial insemination is one of the assisted reproduction treatments we perform at our fertility clinic in Spain. It is a minimally invasive treatment we recommend to patients with unexplained infertility, meaning patients whose fertility test results have come back normal. We also recommend this treatment to women who need to use donor sperm from a […]
Today at our fertility clinic in Spain we want to talk to you about menopause and, more specifically, premature menopause. About how it affects women and infertility, and what assisted reproduction treatments exist in these cases. As you already know, a female’s ovaries have reproductive and hormonal functions. They are responsible for ovulation and are […]
Male infertility represents 40% of infertility cases that look to assisted reproduction clinics, such as our fertility clinic in Spain, for help. And, of these cases, 15% have azoospermia. Azoospermia is a semen abnormality characterised by the total absence of spermatozoids in the ejaculate. This absence of sperm may occur if the testicles do not […]
We understand how important it is to make the decision to travel abroad for assisted reproduction treatment. Likewise, we know how essential it is for you to feel comfortable and at home. For these reasons, at URE Centro Gutenberg we are thinking of you in particular when we offer our patient services department 365 days […]
The traditional family model in the Western world consisting of a father, mother and their children has expanded greatly in recent years to include single-parent families, children from different parents, adopted children and same‑sex couples. Assisted reproduction clinics have also evolved, and that is why we want to talk to you about the ROPA method. Currently, fertility […]
The moment that all patients who undergo assisted reproduction treatment anxiously wait for has finally arrived. The last step before entering into the well-known phase called the “beta hcg wait”: the moment of the embryo transfer. The embryo transfer consists in depositing the embryo(s) obtained during culture inside the uterine cavity. It is a process […]
One of the most common doubts our patients at URE Centro Gutenberg have is about the pregnancy test. In assisted reproduction treatment, whether the patient is undergoing artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation, the question that comes up is: when can the long‑awaited pregnancy test be taken? In this article we would like to shed […]
If you are trying to conceive through assisted reproduction, you’ve most likely read about this concept while looking into different types of fertility treatment: culture to blastocyst. Do you understand what it is and what role it plays in assisted reproduction? If not, don’t worry. Here at URE Centro Gutenberg we are going to inform […]