Egg donation is a medical procedure that requires much thought on the part of the donor and time involved by both parties. Before a woman can be considered as a recipient, there are many other infertility treatments to try.

Egg donation is often used as a last resort after these treatments fail. Another possible reason [...]

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Infertility is typically described as one year of repeated intercourse without contraception that does not result in pregnancy. Numerous studies have shown that from sixty-five to ninety percent of all couples who conceive suddenly will do so within the first year of attempting and ninety to ninety-five percent will attain pregnancy within the first two [...]

Some people, in modern times, have delayed marriage and childbearing until at a later age than was traditionally the norm. Because of this, a lot of couples find it hard to get pregnant when they finally decide to. Studies show that fertility decreases with age and so does the rate of intercourse, while the rates [...]

Nowadays, it’s common knowledge that folic acid is essential to a healthy pregnancy, but do you know why? This vitamin from the group of B vitamins is actually responsible for avoiding such problems as spina bifida (failure of the spine to fuse properly, leaving the spinal cord exposed), serious heart problems and other deformities in [...]

Purchasing an over the counter pregnancy tests kit is the most convenient way to know if you are pregnant. Today pregnancy tests kits comes in different brands, single or multiple tests per package.
Many of them will require the user to urinate on a stick or into a cup, a few les popular will perform the [...]

There is no such thing as infertility; it is a myth! Many factors can cause a woman to have difficulty conceiving, but once these factors are overcome and a woman’s body is restored to health, conception can occur naturally.
According to a report in a medical journal which I read recently, there are approximately 2 out [...]

Fertility is tied to your health and nutrition in suprising ways. I’m sure you know that you need to be eating well to have peak fertility. But are there some nutrients that have a more powerful impact on fertility than others?
Ancient cultures emphasized certain foods for women trying to conceive, and today science proves that [...]

People will debate the ethical issues of gender selection (aka ’sex selection’) for years to come, but there is no stopping the fact that it is now possible. If you have decided that it’s important for your next baby to be a boy or a girl, what options do you really have?
A quick round of [...]

Conception takes place in three basic stages: ovulation, then fertilization, and the division of the fertilized egg, which then implants in the uterus - which it isn’t until then when pregnancy is considered successful! To better understand the process, we have explained in greater detail below each step of the process. If you are trying [...]

Did you know?
•One of every five couples experience fertility problems
•The average cost of one in-vitro fertilization cycle runs about $15,000
•The number of infertile women in the United States aged 20-25 tripled in the last 30 years
•Throughout the world, sperm counts have reduced by 50% in the last 50 years
•One woman in five experiences a miscarriage
•One [...]