Fertilisation takes place when the egg and sperm join together to create a zygote. In natural conception, this usually occurs in the female’s fallopian tube, in the hours, or days, after sexual intercourse has taken place and around the time of ovulation.
Exercise is a great stress buster and reducing stress can have a positive impact on fertility and conception. Discover the best types of exercise when trying to conceive.
While you cannot improve the quality or increase the quantity of your eggs, you can take measures to preserve and protect them in the best way possible, in order to give yourself the best chance of conceiving.
The HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) is the UK regulator of fertility treatment and embryo research. They have recently released a new report called ‘Trends in Egg, Sperm and Embryo Donation’.
For a number of women, their only option for having a child would be a womb transplant. Here we explore what that is and how it can help conception.
Understanding IUI, where sperm is selected and injected into the uterus, vs IVF, where eggs are removed from the body and fertilised in the lab. This means that IUI is a less invasive procedure which involves fewer drugs than IVF. Read more in our blog…
Some people are diagnosed in their teens or twenties, with conditions such as endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome. This gives them a heads up that when they want to start a family, they may have issues with their fertility.
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.
If you are considering going down the IVF route to start your family, it may be that you have a previously diagnosed medical condition, you may need to use donor eggs or donor sperm or you may have unexplained infertility.
Christmas can be a great time to go out, to be sociable and to meet up with family and friends that you haven’t seen for a while. Not everyone is tactful when it comes to comments and questions about starting a family, especially after a few Christmas drinks.
A new study by US experts suggests a possible link between the odds of getting pregnant and oral health. The
We’ve researched some questions you may want the answer to if you are on your IVF journey, but don’t really want to ask…