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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!
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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.
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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. 
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT): Genetic testing of embryos

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) prevents the transmission of serious diseases caused by genetic alterations. Find out how!
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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!
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Beta-expectancy: symptoms of pregnancy?

The period between the embryo transfer and the expected date of the pregnancy test is known as beta-expectancy. This period of about 14 days is one of the most uncertain times.
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Psychological impact of assisted reproduction

One of the phrases of the close environment, to couples who are undergoing some type of assisted reproduction treatment, which can generate the most feeling of misunderstanding, is…
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Erectile dysfunction: Will I be able to have children?

Erectile dysfunction is the inability to maintain a firm erection that allows sexual intercourse. Although the term impotence has traditionally been used as a synonym, erectile dysfunction is actually a type of impotence.
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Barcelona IVF with MAIA in Paris

Back from Paris where we met once again with our French patients, on December 13 on the occasion of the open days organized by the MAIA Association that stands out for its solidarity and…
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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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Fertility, can I preserve it?

If you are a woman under 40 years and at the moment you don’t think about motherhood, this article can be of interest to you. Nowadays thanks to the egg vitrification it is possible to p…
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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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Assisted reproduction: the fears

When unfortunately our most important desires in life are not fulfilled, many thoughts and emotions appear about it.

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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…
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Reciprocal IVF: The experience

Reciprocal IVF (the ROPA method) is an assisted reproduction treatment allowing female couples that both participate in maternity. The acronym means “Reception of Oocytes from the P…
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Ectopic pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that instead of implanting into the uterus it implants outside of it.
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Risky pregnancy after assisted reproduction?

A pregnancy reached by an assisted reproduction treatment is usually more risky than a natural one. This is due to three factors: Patients with sterility problems are older than women…
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Risky pregnancy after the assisted reproduction?

In general terms, a pregnancy achieved after assisted reproduction treatment has more risks than one achieved naturally.

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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…
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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.