Couples undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) have become more common nowadays than a few decades ago. The rise in IVF treatment is due to an increase in awareness and acceptance,...
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Some of the reasons women not engaging in egg freezing are the high fertility treatment cost, limited access to treatment, unaware of the availability of this service or due to...
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Unlike Embryo Cryopreservation (fertilised eggs), during Egg Freezing, the eggs are not fertilised with sperms before they are frozen. This means the eggs are only fertilised with the sperms (insemination)...
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Women have a fixed number of eggs inside their ovaries when they are born. However, the quality and quantity of these eggs (Ovarian Reserve) will continue to decline when women...
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Embryo culture is an embryo selection process. The progress of every embryo is meticulously evaluated before they are selected for transfer back to the mother’s womb for implantation and pregnancy,...
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Have you ever wondered, why most fertility treatment centers do not transfer or freeze Day 4 embryo?
This is how a Day 4 Embryo "Morula" looks like. Day 4 after fertilization, the embryo (AKA Morula or Mulberry in Latin), undergoes a process called "compaction". The cells inside...
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Blastocyst (Day 5 Embryo). A blastocyst is an embryo that has developed in the laboratory for five days after insemination. It has completed embryonic cleavage stages. The cells inside the...
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When an egg (ovum) is fertilized by sperm, whether in fallopian tube or petri dish, it forms a zygote (fertilized ovum). Zygote is a prime stage or beginning of a...
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Husband: Errr…Darling, we've all the 5Cs, but I feel we have another C missing! Wife: Let's go through the directory and make an appointment with a doctor… Conventionally, society chooses...
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