IVF (in vitro fertilization) has changed the face of fertility treatment and blessed many couples with happy, healthy families, but the treatment is not without its challenges. Patients who have undergone the procedure rated IVF...

Desperate Quest The newest research shows that acupuncture can improve the rate of pregnancy when it is used as an adjunct to in vitro fertilization (IVF). Seven clinical trials of embryo transfer in combination with complementary acupuncture in women...

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a treatment for male infertility that revolutionized the field of fertility medicine and gave hope to a vast number of couples who had given up all hope of becoming biological parents. ICSI was...

While the experts are divided on the exact nature and prevalence of birth defects that occur as a result of IVF and ICSI, it doesn't seem reasonable to place a ban on these miraculous technologies since a...

Many of the newfangled fertility procedures and treatments, including IVF and ICSI involve stimulating the ovaries. In ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a complication that has the potential for grave danger, the ovaries enlarge and in the worst scenarios may bring on...

Almost 2 decades ago, a fertility technique known as intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) changed the face of male infertility treatment forever. Sperm and egg found themselves introduced to each other in a novel method. The sperm...

A Belgian study published back in 2000 in Fertility and Sterility discovered that around 1 in 100 women candidates for ICSI and IVF had chromosomal defects. This rate is 7 times that of the general population. A second study...

When you’ve decided that you’re ready for a baby only to find that the road to motherhood isn’t as simple as you expected, it’s easy to get so wrapped up in your quest to...