A lot is said about the age of the female and how it relates to fertility, but little about how the age of the male impacts fertility when it comes to trying to conceive. As you have likely read in previous blog posts, you will not be surprised when we tell you that female fertility […]
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine condition in women of childbearing age; in addition to making conception more difficult, it can also be related to women’s health problems from the time the begin developing in their mother’s uterus and into old age. The prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in the female population […]
Almost all couples who start trying to get pregnant ask themselves the same question: How long will it take? Or, at what point should I go to an assisted reproduction clinic if I don’t conceive naturally? These are questions that couples will start to ask themselves over and over as the months go by and […]
What is an egg cell? Eggs are sex cells, or the female gametes, which carry the genetic material a woman will pass on to her children. At first glance, eggs are large, spherical cells that are produced approximately every 28 days in the female’s ovary. And as you already know, eggs play a fundamental role in […]
Being psychologically prepared to cope with fertility treatment is essential. This is an unknown journey for which we have to prepare our body, mind and also emotions so that we can effectively deal with the key moments throughout treatment. Knowing how to manage stress, anxiety and changing emotions over the course of assisted reproduction treatment […]
You have decided it is time to grow your family so you start trying to conceive. The months go by but you haven’t gotten pregnant yet. So you think: I can’t get pregnant. What should I do? It is true that some women manage to conceive relatively quickly, but this is not always the case […]
Human reproduction is a very complex process: it involves several stages, all of which need to go as planned, but that sometimes don’t turn out as we had hoped. An example? A couple undergoing assisted reproduction treatment, specifically in Vitro Fertilisation, transfers very good quality embryos to an endometrium which appears to be normal, but they don’t achieve […]
Embryo donation or embryo adoption is one of the assisted reproduction treatments we perform at URE Centro Gutenberg which offers the best chances for achieving a successful pregnancy to the women and couples who opt for this type of treatment. What does embryo donation entail? Embryo donation involves receiving one or more embryos that have […]
We think that the pandemic has been the test humanity needed to stop and think about where we come from and where we want to go as a society. We were getting back on our feet, little by little, with everyone’s effort, but new problems appeared on the horizon that we seemed to have left […]
Pregnancy test after IVF: when is it most reliable? 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 […]
