Indication(s):   Infertility;   Known risk factors for tubal blockage e.g. endometriosis, history of pelvic infection, history of pelvic or abdominal surgeries. The Procedure:   No anaesthesia is required. If you are worried about pain, you may take 2 tablets of paracetamol an hour before the pro...
A hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is a fertility test to determine if the fallopian tubes are open or blocked, and whether a blockage is located at the junction of the tube and uterus (proximal) or whether it is at the other end of the fallopian tube (distal). The uterine cavity is also evaluated for the ...
What is assisted hatching? The developing embryo is normally surrounded by a protective shell called the zona pullucida. The embryo naturally breaks out of this shell before it can implant in the womb. If the shell is too thick or too hard, it will be difficult for the embryo to hatch. Assisted hatc...
When are embryos transferred back to the womb? Embryos can be transferred back to the womb at 2 different stages of their development: cleavage stage embryos on Day 2 or Day 3 of their development, blastocyst stage embryos on Day 5 of their development.   What is the difference between blastocy...
What is egg freezing? A woman’s chance of conceiving naturally falls as she gets older because the quality and number of her eggs drops. Egg freezing is an attempt to preserve a woman’s fertility by freezing the eggs when she is young and the eggs are of higher quality, so she can try to have [&...
Pre-implantation Genetic Testing (PGT) is a technique used alongside IVF to check if the embryos created in an IVF cycle have abnormalities in their chromosomes or genes, before transferring them back into the womb. Couples who are known to have abnormalities either in the chromosomes or in the gene...