Saint Valentine, the feast of love, the date on which chocolates and flowers walk through the streets wearing their red bows … but do we really know the true origin of Valentine?

Sperm capacitation involves the physiological changes that are produced naturally in the spermatozoa as they swim up the female genital tract and which enable them to acquire the capacity to fertilise. These modifications are: The change in the way in which the spermatozoide moves, changing from moving in a straight line to oscillating. The modification in the composition of the outer part of the spermatozoide, known as the membrane, to acquire the capacity to fuse with the egg.

Assisted reproduction is increasingly in demand, and the most important reason is the delay in the age of women having her first child. The average age of first birth in 1975 was at 28 years and currently is at 32.

40% of Europeans who travel abroad to undertake fertility treatment come to Spanish centres, encouraged by the law that permits access to women on their own and assures anonymity to the donor.

From Australia, South Africa, USA, Norway, Denmark, Iran, Dubai, Germany, Italy, and so on to Marbella, Spain… our patients come from all over the world to fulfill the dream of becoming a parent in the best vacation destination in Europe.