Can I be a father after a vasectomy?
Around 2% - 6% of men who have undergone vasectomy request a reversal. What are the options?
Some experts suggest that the sperm count is in decline
At least this is the result of the ‘1st National Semen Study of Young Spaniards‘ which concludes that more than half of males between 18 and 30 years old have poor quality sperm. The study has been carried out in more than 60 reproduction clinics spread across the 17 autonomous communities.
The age, to have a baby, matters
The results obtained in HC Fertility Marbella in recent years show us the importance of the woman’s age in assisted reproduction treatments using her own eggs. In patients under 35 years of age, the probability of achieving a pregnancy is 57% decreasing to 17% when the woman is over 39 years old. It is therefore important if you are considering motherhood, but the time is not right to preserve your fertility. You can freeze your eggs and when you want to become a mother, your eggs will be the age at which you froze them.
Sperm samples: Curiosities of Fertilization in the Laboratory
The guideline values of the WHO (World Health Organisation) for the year 2010 establish as the normal base limit for the volume of a sperm sample > 1.5ml.
Eggs: Curiosities of fertilization in the Laboratory
The eggs retrieved through follicular puncture are kept in incubators in the IVF laboratory where they are prepared ready to be inseminated, depending on the technique to be used, IVF or ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection), or to be vitrified and cryopreserved for future use.
What does sperm capacitation consist of?
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.
Can the psychologist help me during the treatment for assisted reproduction?
Many uncertainties arise during such an important process as in vitro fertilisation and many are the emotional states which our patients go through. In HC Fertility Marbella we are supported by experts in Psychology who can play a role by helping those patients in need of advice. In this note we clarify certain relevant aspects.
There is an increasing demand for Assisted reproduction
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.
How can i find out how many eggs i have left?
Their role is fundamental in supporting well-functioning female reproductive health. 70% of Spanish women do not know that there is a measuring indicator through which you can find out the number of functioning eggs you have.
Spain, leading destination for fertility tourism
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.