Contraception Advice Tips

IVF (in vitro fertilisation) and surrogacy are alternative methods of having a baby and can be resorted to when a couple cannot conceive the natural way. There are three things you must keep in mind before making a choice between IVF or surrogacy:

Surrogacy is opted for when the woman is unable to conceive by natural means and when there's no possibility of her getting pregnant whatsoever. Surrogacy can be of two types- full surrogacy and partial surrogacy. On the other hand, IVF works ...more

One of the major milestones in a woman s life is the entry into motherhood. For most women, when this does not happen in the natural logical sequence of things, there is anxiety and lot of pressure from family and friends. However, with advancements now, there are options like intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilisation (IUI and IVF) available, which can help increase the chance of conception and pregnancy.

IVF is where the egg is retrieved from the woman s womb, fertilised ext...more

Pregnancy is a stage which needs to be cautiously enjoyed by all expectant mothers. The word cautiously is used and stressed upon by medical practitioners because it is a period where two lives are at stake i.e the mother s and the baby s. Both their health and nutrition are of the utmost importance during this stage. In the third trimester, which includes the seventh, eighth and ninth month, when the delivery date is knocking on your doorstep, you should be more cautious than ever.

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Egg donation - a blessing in disguise!

What egg donation?

Egg donation is a type of test-tube baby procedure where an egg is taken from a fertile young lady preferably under 30yrs and sperm is taken from intending husband and both are united outside the body in the laboratory and the resulting embryo (baby) is transferred into the uterus of the intending woman.

Egg donor- is a woman who donates eggs!
Recipient- he woman who receives eggs in form of embryos (bhrun) ...more

IVF have the success of 40-50% across the globe, varies from case to case as per underlying etiology. It is the best treatment available giving maximum pregnancy rates amongst all options, but it may fail due to the following reasons:

Poor quality of oocyte (female egg) - Age is the best indicator of oocyte quality. More the age of the female partner, poorer is oocyte quality. It also depends upon associated pelvic pathology, endometriosis, smoking.
Abnormal semen report - Increased...more

INVO (intravaginal culture of oocytes), also called IVC (Intravaginal culture) is an abetted procedure of reproduction where early embryo development and oocyte fertilization are carried out inside a gas penetrable, air-free plastic tool or device that is placed into the maternal vaginal chamber for incubation. It is a device that helps the future mothers to participate in the evolution and growth of their own embryos present inside their body. The device is composed of an inner cavity with a pr...more

In India, pregnancy is a complicated issue. Young, expecting mothers face several challenges from not having a complete understanding of physical changes to performing physically and mentally stressful work throughout their pregnancy. Under such circumstances, the mothers must get access to the proper nutrition that can ward off many complications arising in the later stages of pregnancy, from nutritional deficiencies.

Iron - This is the most common nutritional deficiency and can be fa...more

PGS or Pre-implantation Genetic Screening is a test conducted to decipher the chromosome count of the embryo. Today, if you are planning to get pregnant or using alternative technologies for pregnancy; there are several tests that need to be conducted so that the child is born healthy and stable. One such test is the PGS, it determines whether or not the count of chromosomes is normal, which is forty six, is present in the embryo. If there are abnormal numbers of chromosomes present in the embry...more

On world's IVF and world embryologists day, let's thank to poineers in IVF who took efforts to make it a reality and lets thanks to all those patients who believed in miracle and make it happen by constant trust and persistence understanding limitations and blessings both

We thank all embryologists who tirelessly work in embryology labs creating dreams (embryos) of couples like brahma. They work behind screens but are lifeline of any IVF centre

Let's hope new innovations to co...more

Diseases which are caused by some sort of genetic mutations in the mitochondria, can be quite deadly. This is the reason why Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy, also known as Three-Person IVF is being seen as a much more desired option for those women, who carry mitochondrial mutations.

Almost all the genes in a cell remain trapped in the nucleus but a small fraction of them remain present in the mitochondria as well. During the fertilisation of eggs, the genes in the egg s nucleus get c...more