Image courtesy: sattva at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Poor egg quality is the most common cause of age-related infertility. Makes sense, right? Your eggs were all there as you were yourself still a fetus in your mom's belly at 4 months! I think it's a HUGE wonder that anything as sensitive as an egg survives that many decades and still keeps [...]
Image courtesy: imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Just this morning I've received two similar emails. Each was written by a 37-year old woman, hard working, in a relationship, struggling to get pregnant due to issues with egg quality. The only difference was, the first lady has no eggs left and will have to go for egg donation. The other [...]
Image courtesy: Whitthaya Phonasawath at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The last time I've Skyped with my best friend, I asked her whether she would consider freezing some of her eggs before her 36th birthday comes at the end of the month? Only 10-15 eggs, just to relief stress due to the recent breakup and make sure that she can still get pregnant [...]
Image credit: africa at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I had to sit down as I read this: According to Allied Market Research, the IVF market is supposed to grow from $9.3 billion in 2012 to $21.6 billion in 2020. Can you imagine so many billions? The report is based on the calculations of the average IVF cost being over $10,000, which is true and I [...]
Image courtesy: stock image at FreeDigitalPhotos.net About sixteen percent of couples between 20-43 struggle with infertility. If you are older then 35, your chances rise to about 1:3 that you will experience delays in getting pregnant. Over twenty percent of pregnancies of women over 35 end in miscarriage due to diminished egg quality. How many women calculate for this [...]
Image credit: stuart miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Still don't know who Zain Rajani is? The little baby is already a historical figure and has a good chance to come into the textbooks quite soon. Why? He’s the world’s first baby born following an innovative procedure being hailed as a game-changer in the treatment of infertility. The question of whether [...]
Image courtesy: suat eman at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Just yesterday I got a following email. I'm taking a quote out it, to illustrate something I often get to hear: I have found your blog in Internet and I have been reading it nonstop for 2 days. It is very interesting and enriching, thanks a lot for this information! [...]
Image courtesy: stuart miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I always feel sad when I see women abandoning natural methods of improving egg quality only because they entered fertility treatments, or losing faith in their bodies once they turned 35 or have been trying to get pregnant longer than a few months. There's really no need to. After having researched the [...]
