How does the number of eggs decrease over the years?
The amount of a woman’s eggs decreases from the moment of birth, over the years, until menopause is reached. It is estimated that women are born with approximately 2 million eggs. This figure decreases over time and when they reach adolescence, they have about 40,000 eggs. Eventually, only about 400 become ovulated, usually 1 for each menstrual cycle.
JUNE IS THE MONTH OF FERTILITY. CAN INFERTILITY BE PREVENTED?
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, dedicated to all those couples who have problems in conceiving a child naturally and have to have recourse to techniques of assisted reproduction. There is no doubt that it is a long and hard road for many of them, but almost always, it has a happy ending
What is low ovarian reserve?
The ovarian reserve could be defined as the number of available eggs that a woman has at a given moment in her life. We should not confuse low ovarian reserve with low ovarian response, which we will talk about in the next chapter.
The egg quality
The good quality of the eggs is essential to be able to have a baby, since, to transform into a healthy embryo; the egg needs to have the appropriate chromosomes and the ability to combine them with those of the sperm.
You have our doors open, HC Fertility team
We want, in these hard times, to help those who want to bring life; but we will do it in the safest way possible, we will take extreme care, with measures to avoid contagion, as well as carefully selecting those patients and treatments that do not imply a greater risk than that of other women or partners, who does not have problems becoming spontaneously pregnant. For this, we will protect you and we will protect ourselves, we will teach you, although surely you already know them, protective measures and behavior guidelines, we will provide you with everything you need for safe care.
Now it’s up to us to try to help create new lives
After so many losses, it’s time to start trying to create new lives. Finally we pick up where we left off, trying to help couples become families by giving them happiness and reality to their dreams.
Notice restarting treatments of assisted reproduction
Dear patients, and especially Friends: 6 weeks ago in full ascent of Covid19, on our own initiative, in the first instance, and on the recommendation of the main national and international societies in the field of assisted reproduction (SEF, ESHRE and ASRM) and the Ministry of Health, in the following days. We stopped all treatments: insemination, IVF, embryo transfer and egg donation programs.
HC fertility counselling and support during the covid-19
HC Fertility Marbella continues to care and support couples free of charge.
Our priority, now more than ever, is everyone’s health
at HC Hospitals we are taking the appropriate measures to continue carrying out our work with the same rigor and dedication as always, safeguarding your health, that of the rest of our patients. and that of our staff.
What is the origin of celebrating Saint Valentine’s day?
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?