What is Intrauterine Artificial Insemination?
Artificial insemination is a simpler assisted reproductive technique than IVF. It is about artificially depositing semen in the female uterus.
Assisted Reproduction
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) – Techniques Used in Surrogacy
The main assisted reproduction techniques are ‘in vitro’ fertilisation (IVF) and artificial insemination. In surrogacy, IVF is applied.
Cygote, Embryo and Fetus: What Are the Differences?
The meanings of zygote, embryo and fetus are different, although they tend to be confused. In this article we explain the differences.
Embryo Vitrification
Vitrification is an ultra-fast freezing method that allows embryos to be preserved without causing damage to their internal structure.
Fertility Tourism – Definition, Causes, Treatments & Destinations
Fertility tourism, also known as reproductive tourism or cross-border reproductive care, is a type of medical tourism that involves traveling to a foreign country or another jurisdiction to undergo fertility treatment, usually surrogacy, donor conception, or gender selection
Egg and Sperm Donation in Assisted Reproduction
In surrogacy, gametes donation can also be used. If necessary, an egg donor, a sperm donor or even the donation of both gametes can be used.
What is the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)?
PGD is a complement to the IVF technique that helps to prevent the birth of children with genetic anomalies as well as to reduce miscarriages and implantation failures.
Sex Selection for Therapeutical and Non-therapeutical Purposes
Is it possible to select the sex of the baby by express wish of the parents or is it only allowed if it is for therapeutic purposes? What techniques are used for this? The answers in this article.
Waiting for Pregnancy Results: The Two-Week Wait and Its Symptoms
The purported Two-week wait is the period between a reproductive treatment and the realization of the pregnancy test. What symptoms do occur?