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Sport and Fertility

Sport and fertility come together. Exercise reduces stress levels, gives you energy and helps maintain your weight and keep your body active.

Couples going through fertility treatment
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Couples going through fertility treatment

When faced by an infertility diagnosis it is important the couple maintains the best communication to help overcome the situation and make a joint decision.

Pre-menopause. Can I be a mum?
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Pre-menopause. Can I be a mum?

Pre-menopause affects more and more women and it’s diagnosis is not easy to assimilate. Find out how it is possible to be a mum with assisted reproduction.

Ectopic pregnancy, is there a risk after IVF?
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Ectopic pregnancy, is there a risk after IVF?

An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that develops outside the uterus. Find out if there is a higher risk after an ART in the Barcelona IVF blog.

Symptoms of embryo implantation
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Symptoms of embryo implantation

Embryo implantation may cause certain symptoms within weeks of the process. In this blog, you will be able to know what they are and thus solve any questions you have. Don't miss it!

Non-invasive prenatal test or amniocentesis?
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Non-invasive prenatal test or amniocentesis?

The non-invasive prenatal test offers the same information as amniocentesis, but through a simple blood test - discover its advantages here!

Fertility and nutrition: What is the best diet during IVF?
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Fertility and nutrition: What is the best diet during IVF?

There is a close relationship between fertility and nutrition. At Barcelona IVF we give you a series of recommendations if you are considering pregnancy.

What are the values that indicate a low ovarian reserve?
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What are the values that indicate a low ovarian reserve?

Age is the most important factor related to a low ovarian reserve and to fertility. Along the years, the quantity and quality of eggs always decreases.

Single mothers. Fertility treatments
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Single mothers. Fertility treatments

The number of single mothers continues growing thanks to fertility centres. At Barcelona IVF we can inform you of how to have a child without a partner!

How to get pregnant after a vasectomy or a tubal ligation
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How to get pregnant after a vasectomy or a tubal ligation

The vasectomy and tubal ligation are considered to be definitive contraceptive methods. At Barcelona IVF we can inform you of how to become parents again.

Get to know more about reciprocal IVF and shared motherhood (ROPA)
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Get to know more about reciprocal IVF and shared motherhood (ROPA)

Reciprocal IVF is a treatment in which two female partners conceive a child. One is the biological mother, and the other the birthone  More info here. 

Know your fertile days and get pregnant
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Know your fertile days and get pregnant

To determine our fertile days it is important to maximise the possibilities of obtaining a natural pregnancy. How do we do this?

Polycystic Ovaries: Will I be able to be a mother?
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Polycystic Ovaries: Will I be able to be a mother?

Polycystic ovaries are one of the most common causes of female infertility. To know the symptoms will help us anticipate the diagnosis.

Barcelona IVF at the Fertility Show
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Barcelona IVF at the Fertility Show

If you want to solve all your doubts fertility, come and visit us at the Fertility Show in Olympia, London on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of November.

Own eggs or egg donation?
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Own eggs or egg donation?

Egg donation offers mothers who cannot have babies the opportunity to gestate an embryo. Ask for information here! First enquiry is free!

Endometriosis: Learn to detect its symptoms
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Endometriosis: Learn to detect its symptoms

Endometriosis is a common disease. In some cases, it could affect fertility, so much that studies show that 25-50% of infertile women are diagnosed with it.

Progesterone, when should it be used?
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Progesterone, when should it be used?

Progesterone is one of the key hormones in pregnancy. It is produced by the ovary during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, just right after ovulation has taken place.

Barcelona IVF at Fertility Show!
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Barcelona IVF at Fertility Show!

Barcelona IVF will be present at the Fertility Show for the third year in a row and in this occasion with two doctors, Dr. Guix and Dr. Olivares.

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Is premature ejaculation a symptom of infertility?

Premature ejaculation (PE) is a sexual dysfunction that affects between 10 and 20% of men.

Egg donation: when is it a good option?
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Egg donation: when is it a good option?

Ovodonation is a treatment that gives women who are unable to conceive an embryo on their own the opportunity to become a mother. Today we are going to see what it consists of.

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Surrogacy: without a uterus there is no hope

The spermatozoids placed in the woman’s vagina, climb up the uterus and through the tubes in order to fertilize the egg.

Thyroid, can it cause infertility?
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Thyroid, can it cause infertility?

The thyroid gland produces the hormone thyroxine. It is a hormone that plays an important role in the maturation of the egg during the menstrual cycle.

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How to survive an egg donation treatment

Once we know the treatment to be carried out is an egg donation, the hardest part is to accept the donation.

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3 determining factors for the possibility of a woman to get pregnant

There are three determining factors that can affect the possibility of a woman to get pregnant. These are the following: Age This is the most important factor in order to determine if…

Ectopic pregnancy
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Ectopic pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that instead of implanting into the uterus it implants outside of it.

Miscarriage, what can cause it?
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Miscarriage, what can cause it?

Although we consider miscarriage any loss of a pregnancy that happens before the 23rd week of pregnancy (current limit for considering a viable gestation), the vast majority of them…

Egg Donation, the solution for problems related to oocytes
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Egg Donation, the solution for problems related to oocytes

Egg Donation is an In Vitro Fertilization in which oocytes, donated by another woman, are used; this is the ultimate solution. 

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How to calculate my fertile days?

The menstrual cycle usually lasts between 26 and 30 days and consists of two phases. The follicular phase starts when the period comes and lasts until next ovulation, while the luteal phase…

How do I calculate my fertile days?
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How do I calculate my fertile days?

The menstrual cycle usually lasts between 26 and 30 days and consists of two phases. The follicular phase, which lasts from menstruation to ovulation, and the luteal phase, which lasts from…

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Barcelona IVF in Edinburgh

On September, the 6th, Dr. Raul Olivares took part in an event for patients, organized by Fertlity Focus and Barcelona IVF. The more advanced techniques in assisted reproduction, carried out…