Explore the complexities of female fertility challenges and prognosis and gain insights into the various factors affecting women’s fertility.
While it’s unlikely that stress alone can cause infertility, there are many studies to suggest that it can have a negative impact. Yet trying to tell someone who is struggling with infertility to ‘just relax,’ or that stress will decrease their chances of getting pregnant, is actually more likely to increase their anxiety and stress levels!
When a baby girl is born, she has all of the eggs that she will ever have. Once she reaches puberty and her menstrual periods begin, her egg supply will gradually start to diminish each month, until she reaches the menopause.
Most people are aware that drinking alcohol while pregnant can be harmful to an unborn child.
A new review of data by the UK’s health regulator shows that COVID-19 jabs don’t affect fertility, or the chance of a healthy baby.Vaccine ‘hesitancy’ is a totally understandable response among couples wanting to get pregnant. And that includes those who’ve started or are beginning their IVF journey, whether that’s IVF with ICSI or other techniques.
For many individuals and couples, IVF brings a successful outcome, but it is a challenging procedure in itself and it’s important to be mentally and physically prepared for the challenges.
Around 15 – 20 percent of couples trying to conceive will have trouble with fertility, so if you are experiencing difficulty with getting pregnant, you are not alone. If you are in the early stages of trying for a baby, it may just be that you need longer to identify your ovulation pattern, so you can predict more accurately when to try to conceive. (See our earlier blog post: When are my most fertile days)
Chemotherapy can affect the fertility of both men and women and by talking to your oncologist and fertility experts, you can potentially reduce your risk of not being able to have children.
Many women are having babies later in life than their parents or grandparents did. In many cases, their expectations are higher and more choices are open to them, due to a change in society’s perceptions and advances in medical science.
Many couples and individuals turn to IVF if infertility issues, or personal circumstances, have prevented them from falling pregnant through natural conception. For lots of people, they only discover their fertility problems when they first start trying for a baby and it can be devastating news. It then brings up lots more questions about options, which often have financial implications too.Here at the IVF Network, we are keen to provide you with the information that you’ll need, in order to make more informed choices, for your finances and well-being and to avoid additional stress or anxiety.
A woman who has had one or more ectopic pregnancies, maybe wondering if IVF would be an option? Explore how IVF not only increases the chances of a successful pregnancy but how it can also reduce the risk of further ectopic pregnancy.
If you are not feeling comfortable or happy with your IVF clinic then you may be considering changing. Here we consider what to look for in a fertility clinic and what to do if you want to change your clinic.
Skinny latte, americano or espresso? Experts now believe caffeine may negatively impact pregnancy and beyond.
