Gender selection is a remarkable advancement in the field of medicine and assisted reproductive technology. It allows couples to choose the sex of their child and also check the embryo for inherited genetic disorders quite easily. Despite the increased controversy over the last few years around this issue, it is a significant step towards having [...]
Our modern lifestyle is definitely hurried and stress-induced. Statistics show that more than 500,000 people have work-related stress, in the UK alone, resulting in illness. Although the adverse effects of stress are more or less well-known to (or experienced by) almost everybody, new scientific evidence backs up the widely held belief that stress and infertility [...]
When starting out on the road to conception, many couples never envisage needing fertility treatment. But in fact, one out of every six couples trying for a baby will need some form of assisted conception. This can range from a full IVF cycle, to less invasive procedures, or perhaps sperm or egg donation. Whatever [...]
From your initial email enquiry to boarding the flight out to Cyprus, your first round of IVF is likely to hold a lot of hope, uncertainties and perhaps concerns. You’ll have read all about it, talked about it, probably compared notes with fellow IVF-ers, but until you actually go through it you won’t know how [...]
Pregnant….but not just to have a baby. IVF and the ‘Saviour Siblings’. The concept of these so-called ‘saviour siblings’ is among the most pressing of moral and ethical dilemmas that IVF has faced in recent times. It’s been decades since IVF treatment was initially pioneered and over time this treatment has been modified to culminate [...]
Trust me, I’m a doctor. Are miscarriages being diagnosed too early ? For those who are desperately following their dream of carrying a child, it’s the stuff of nightmares. Medical statistics have suggested that doctors could be diagnosing miscarriages too early, i.e. ending a pregnancy which could have been viable. It seems like a major [...]
Though IVF treatment is a miracle within itself, there are some aspects of it which can be hard for infertile couples to accept. At the Cyprus IVF Centre we are committed to the very highest standards of treatment and sensitive handling of ethical issues, however we do appreciate that there some things which we simply [...]
When you think about the IVF process, what comes to your mind? Pain? Expense? Repeated pregnancy failure? Well read on to find out some facts that Team Miracle want you to know – and revolutionise your IVF thinking! The vitrification process has completely changed the game for IVF treatment cycle using frozen embryos. Up [...]
When we think about IVF, we almost always consider it from the female perspective. And whilst this is entirely natural because it is the female who will undergo the more invasive treatment, it is also important to remember that there is another person just as invested in the success of IVF as the woman. The [...]
IVF plays a major role in the world of fertility medicine. But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t complex and sometimes hard to understand. With more and more clinics opening worldwide, the information is flooding through to the national consciousness like never before. And whilst this is great news, it also means that there [...]
