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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.
Surrogate uterus: no uterus, no hope
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Surrogate uterus: no uterus, no hope

Sperm deposited in the woman's vagina travel up through the uterus and through the fallopian tubes to fertilise the egg.

Can assisted reproduction prevent hereditary diseases?
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Can assisted reproduction prevent hereditary diseases?

There is an assisted reproduction technique that can ensure that our children are born free of hereditary diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, B-thalassaemia, muscular dystrophies, haemophilia and many others.

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…
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Barcelona IVF in Edinburgh invited by Fertility Focus

Fertility Focus are experts dedicated to helping and supporting the journey from natural or assisted conception, pregnancy loss, pregnancy and beyond.
Letrozole: The Best Alternative for Inducing Ovulation in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Letrozole: The Best Alternative for Inducing Ovulation in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

A study led by Richard Legro and published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared the medications letrozole and clomiphene to determine which is more effective in women with…
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How sperm get into the zona of an oocyte

Before it can fertilize an egg, a sperm has to bind to and bore through an outer egg layer known as the zona pellucida. Despite decades of research about fertility, some of the biological…
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Barcelona IVF in the UK and Ireland.

During 2014, Barcelona IVF, in collaboration with various associations of infertile patients, will organize several informative events in the UK and Ireland. The first of them, in…
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Did you know what AMH is?

AMH or Anti-Mullerian Hormone is a hormone that is produced in the female ovary. The little ovarian follicles secrete AMH and it is very important as it regulates the number of follicles…
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Barcelona IVF on Spanish television (TVE) supporting sport for disabled persons.

Barcelona IVF has sponsored the ascent of the mountain La Mola en Sant Llorenç dels Munts to Miriam, Mº José and Blas, who thanks to 25 volunteers could reach the top.Disability is not a ba…
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Keeping an eye on the embryos. Why Embryoscope?

Since many years ago the embryos that are going to be transferred are chosen taking into account only morphological criteria like the quality of their cells and their symmetry or if it has…
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Increase in the number of egg donors and sperm donors in Barcelona

Egg donation and sperm donation allows many couples to achieve a pregnancy that would otherwise be impossible. According to the latest official data from the Generalitat of Catalunya in …
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Implantation failure issues, our nearest future.

Embryo implantation keeps being a poorly known phenomenon because it’s very difficult to carry out in vivo tests to assess it. However nowadays is becoming more and more relevant due to t…
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Barcelona, European Capital of Egg Donation

In 2009, according to the official register of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) 21.064 egg donation cycles were performed in Europe. The same year, according to…
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Free initial consultation by Skype in Barcelona IVF!

If you have an infertility problem and live outside of Spain, Barcelona IVF offers you the possibility to perform a first consultation by Skype with one of our consultants. Don’t hesitate a…
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Reciprocal IVF for lesbian couples

Reciprocal IVF is a new treatment for lesbian women to achieve a pregnancy. It is also known as double maternity. Together with Artificial Insemination and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) with…
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New tendentious news about ICSI from the HFEA.

By Dr. Raúl Olivares When all the health authorities were convinced that the ICSI itself was a safe procedure, the HFEA issues a tendentious information about its safety. And it’s te…