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First ultrasound scan after IVF or egg donation

In many cases, after receiving a positive pregnancy test result, anxiety remains until the first ultrasound scan confirms that the pregnancy has developed correctly. In this article, we review everything you need to know about this first scan.

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Endometriosis and egg vitrification

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, a disease that affects 15% of women of childbearing age worldwide

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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Health and fertility

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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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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Assisted reproduction

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…