Assisted reproductive technology

At present, obstetric ultrasound is subject to an extraordinary change, so that more accurate and earlier diagnoses are made more and more. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Ultrasound in the first trimester 2. Advantages of the technique 3. Authors and collaborators Ultrasound in the first trimester That is why the diagnosis of congenital anomalies is increasingly moving towards ultrasound during the first trimester of pregnancy, hence it is an increasingly important technique that allows, in addition to the classic indications such as: know the number of fetuses date gestation assess the coexistence of gynecological pathology, Fetal diagnosis Determine other parameters that are no less important and equally informative, such as: the evaluation of the fetal anatomy the detection of future diseases (preeclampsia ...) Advantages of the technique This technique achieves a potential benefit from two points of vie...

The effects of semen DNA fragmentation depend on the quality of the oocyte. In this study we have analyzed the effect of sperm DNA fragmentation on reproductive outcomes. For this, 210 seeds have been analyzed whose pairs are subjected to IVF - ICSI cycles, both using fresh or frozen semen and their own or donor oocytes. With this, it has been observed that the rate of fragmentation of the DNA is not altered with the freezing of the semen in a significant way and that these levels show no difference after performing the swim-up. With the use of own oocytes, it was found that if the levels of fragmentation increased, a decrease in the probability of pregnancy was observed. In the case of donor oocytes, this decrease was minor but not significant. This shows that the effect of sperm DNA fragmentation does not depend on the origin of the semen or on the fertilization process used and that its effects can be diminished by the reparative capacity of the oocytes. Below you have an in...

Index 1. Description 2. Services 3. Spoken languages 4. Treatments 5. Activity authorization See contact information Description The Roquetas FIV Assisted Reproduction Clinic is located in the town of Roquetas de Mar in the province of Almería. Under the direction of Dr. Juan José Khouri Choufani, the center develops the different techniques of reproductive medicine, as well as the prenatal diagnosis of malformations. In addition, he performs gynecological and breast exams. Similarly, the clinic Roquetas FIV has a department of pregnancy control. Services Own laboratory Operating room Own Donors of semen and ovules Room for recovery Spoken languages Spanish French English Italian Treatments Testicular biopsy Embryo freezing Semen freezeElaboration 4First trimester studyFemale fertility studyMen fertility studyIn vitro fertilization / ICSIFIV egg donorInclusive artificial conjugateArtificial donor injectionFerestility monitoringGynecological reviewSemigramFreeze...

Index 1. Description 2. Services 3. Spoken languages 4. Treatments 5. Why choose Gravida? 6. Preservation of fertility 7. Medical equipment 8. Activity authorization See contact information Description GRAVIDA Fertilitat Avançada is a center specialized in the study of fertility and assisted reproduction in Barcelona whose main objective is to make your dream of being a parent come true. In Gravida we have a great human team formed by andrologists, gynecologists, psychologists and embryologists who bring all their experience to offer a multidisciplinary approach and the best personalized and integrative care. All this allows an excellent quality of care, with a humane, close and professional treatment. In addition, we have the most innovative fertility treatments and a large technological infrastructuira that we make available to patients with the sole purpose of solving their fertility problems and achieve pregnancy. Gravida Fertilitat Avançada, located in the Ho...

Lesbian couples can be both biological mothers through a new indication for IVF called CLOTHING, Receiving Oocytes of the Couple, so that one of them gives the eggs and the other becomes pregnant. The purpose of this study is simply to present the new experiences produced in the CEFER Assisted Reproduction Institute in the formation of a new family model: two biological mothers, lesbians, where one of them provides the oocytes and the other is the one that serves to house the transferred embryo and get pregnant. The authors have called this new type of family, model ROPA (reception of oocytes by the couple). This is a pioneering fact in Spain and one of the first worldwide. In countries where the ROPA technique is legal, it offers lesbians an easier way, which makes both partners participate to form a family, and the doctors who treat them, to be sensitized with the new family model. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Intr...

To be a donor, a series of conditions that tend to be quite strict must be met, so the number of candidates discarded is very high. It is estimated that only one in ten donors is selected, which means that, although this data varies depending on the clinic, about 90% of men are rejected to be donors. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Characteristics of the donor 2. Semen quality 3. Authors and collaborators Characteristics of the donor The most important and indispensable requirement is to have good health: you should not suffer from any disease. Urine tests are performed and blood is drawn to perform a complete analysis and, in addition to checking that there is no sexually transmitted disease (STD), a karyotype will also be performed. By means of this last test, it is looked for if there is a chromosomal alteration. It is necessary that no member of the family suffer from a hereditary disease or psychiatric disorders...

Embryo implantation The implantation of the embryo is the process by which the fertilized ovule adheres to the endometrium to continue its development and lead to an evolutive pregnancy. Thanks to implantation, this embryo will be able to receive oxygen and nutrients from the mother via the blood during the next months of pregnancy. The embryonic implantation begins on the seventh or eighth day of embryonic development, that is, after fertilization of the ovum by the sperm, and may last several days. Embryonic development and implantation bleeding For this embryonic implantation to occur, it is necessary that the endometrium of the mother be receptive, that the embryo is in a blastocyst state and that there is total synchrony between the two. During the implantation process, the blastocyst invades the endometrium and breaks its blood vessels to form new ones that allow exchange with maternal blood through the placenta and the umbilical cord. The rupture of these small vessels of ...

Since 2010 in Spain, women can decide to undergo an abortion freely and legally. The voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVE) is regulated by the Organic Law 2/2010 (law of terms), which states that a woman of legal age can abort of her own will before 14 weeks of gestation. The techniques to induce abortion will depend on each person and the weeks of pregnancy you have. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Organic Law 2/2010 2. Where can I abort? 2.1. Private IVE clinic 2.2. Steps in Social Security 3. How is abortion done? 3.1. Abortion with pills 3.2. Surgical abortion 4. Questions from users 4.1. Can I decide the method to abort myself? 4.2. Can I be sterile if I have an abortion? 4.3. Can I buy the abortion pills at the pharmacy? 4.4. Does the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in Spain have any cost? 5. Recommended reading 6. Authors and collaborators Where can I abort? The woman who decide...

The methods used to prevent the spread of HIV until now have always been barrier contraceptives , such as condoms or the diaphragm (female condom). Both methods prevented the couple's sexual fluids from maintaining contact. The latest research seems to indicate that a vaginal ring or ring can also be used to prevent transmission of the HIV virus. This ring releases a microbicide that acts against the immunodeficiency virus. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Efficacy of the vaginal ring 2. Avoid sexually transmitted diseases 3. Authors and collaborators Efficacy of the vaginal ring There are two studies that prove the effectiveness of this ring, both are made in Africa. Since 2001, this ring with antiretroviral has been administered to thousands of African women. With these clinical analyzes a reduction in infection of up to 60% has been achieved, but the researchers hope to improve the results in a short period o...

The objective of this retrospective study is to evaluate the effect of transferring vitrified blastocysts on the rate of ectopic pregnancy (PE). We analyzed the patients included in the Japanese registry of assisted reproduction since 2008. We analyzed the rate of healthy newborn, PE (ectopic pregnancy) and spontaneous abortion in single blastocysts. In single transfers of vitrified blastocysts there were 84 EPs of 10,312 clinical pregnancies (0.81%). In single transfers of fresh blastocysts by IVF there were 25 EPs of 1,361 (1.8%) and 19 EPs of 1,352 (1.4%) in transfers with fresh blastocysts obtained by ICSI . In conclusion, the transfer of vitrified blastocysts significantly reduces the rate of ectopic pregnancy compared with the transfer of fresh blastocysts. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Introduction 2. Material and methods 3. Results 4. Discussion 5. Bibliography 6. Authors and collaborators Intr...

Male infertility plays a very important role in the sterile couple, since about 30% of the problems at the time of getting a pregnancy correspond to a male factor. The sterile man usually presents a low seminal quality in most cases, which means that his sperm do not have enough capacity to fertilize the egg and lead to pregnancy. Depending on the cause that causes this male infertility, it will be possible to apply a concrete treatment that allows these couples to be parents. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Types of male sterility 1.1. Pretesticular or endocrine factor 1.2. Testicular factor 1.3. Post-test factor 1.4. Spermatic factor 2. Symptoms 3. Treatment 4. The importance of the study of the male factor 5. Questions from users 5.1. What are the main symptoms of male infertility? 5.2. Does age influence male fertility? 5.3. Can male sterility be temporary? 5.4. Can male sterility be cured by f...

When a couple needs to resort to a gamete donation treatment, both male and female, doubts and fears inevitably arise regarding the idea that they will not be their children genetically. Beyond the uncertainty that can generate in the parents, the fact of how and when to tell the children what their origins, is also an important decision. In FIV Recoletos we know that this process is not easy, for that reason we want to offer you a series of recommendations to those who find you in this situation. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Tell or not tell 2. At what age is it better to say it? 3. What to expect from my son when I tell him 4. The weight of genetics 5. Authors and collaborators Tell or not tell The results of scientific studies are enlightening on this issue: telling the child the truth about the treatment of gamete donation is fundamental, since hiding it can be a serious parent-child conflict. It must ...

Large vacuoles observed in motile sperm under high magnification: nuclear fingerprints related to failures in chromatin condensation. The ability to develop and implant an embryo can be improved if it is selected to microinject a sperm without vacuoles in the head. However, the nature of large vacuoles has not yet been fully studied. In this study, we will see if these vacuoles have a nuclear, membrane origin or come from the acrosome. Fifteen sterile patients are studied using a contrast microscope with an increase of 10,000 x, 30 normal sperm are selected from each pair and another 30 with large vacuoles in the head that occupy more than 25% of the head area. In total, 450 normal spermatozoa ("top") and 450 vacuoles are studied. The non-condensed chromatin rate was higher in vacuolated spermatozoa than in normal sperm (36.2% versus 7.6%). However, both had similar rates of DNA fragmentation and aneuploidy. With these results it is suggested that the appearance of vacu...

vitrification of embryos in Castellon(Spain)

One of the most controversial techniques of assisted reproduction is the popularly known as "surrogate mother", which continues to generate many ethical dilemmas. Since the birth of the first "test tube baby" in the late 70s, reproduction techniques have achieved thousands of births of healthy children and have returned hope and joy to many parents. In the last decades the advance of these techniques has been spectacular, appearing new ways of experiencing motherhood. Ethics has been intimately linked to assisted reproduction and ethical dilemmas have been emerging about its use. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Law 14/2006 2. What is surrogate pregnancy? 3. Situation in Spain 4. Authors and collaborators Law 14/2006 For the use of these methods was legally regulated was created in 1988 the first specific law on Assisted Human Reproduction Techniques that has been updated as has been advancing....

The threat of abortion is a state of alert that suggests that a miscarriage may occur before the 20th week of pregnancy . Vaginal bleeding in the first weeks of pregnancy is a frequent symptom of this situation. In the case that there is a suspicion that there is a risk, it is very important to follow a series of care to reduce the chances of losing the fetus. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Causes and symptoms 2. Diagnostic tests 3. Treatment 4. Questions from users 4.1. Is there more risk of abortion if the pregnancy has been achieved through assisted reproduction techniques? 4.2. Can seminal quality influence the risk of abortion? 4.3. When is the threat of abortion considered to end? 4.4. How long does the bleeding last? 4.5. If I have a threat of abortion, can I be dismissed? 5. Recommended readings 6. Authors and collaborators Causes and symptoms Miscarriage, understood as one that occurs natu...

Index 1. Description 2. Services 3. Spoken languages 4. Treatments 5. Medical equipment 6. Activity authorization See contact information Services Own laboratory Allows Financing Operating room own Transparency policy Donors of semen and ovules Emergency 24h Psychological assistance Room for recovery Spoken languages German Spanish French English Italian embryoscope in Barcelona(Spain)

Perimenopause, usually called premenopause, is a natural transition period in women towards the end of their reproductive life: menopause. During this stage, which usually begins around 45-50 years, the menstrual cycles of the woman begin to alter and appear irregularities in menstruation, in addition to other characteristic symptoms. Despite this, the woman still has ovulations during perimenopause and, therefore, a pregnancy could take place if the necessary precautions are not taken. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Perimenopause or premenopause? 2. Disorders of fertility 3. Symptoms 4. Treatment 5. Pregnancy in perimenopause 6. Questions from users 6.1. How long is premenopause? 6.2. What are the symptoms of premenopause? 6.3. At what age is premenopause? 6.4. What are the hormonal values ??of a premenopausal woman? 7. Recommended reading 8. Authors and collaborators Perimenopause or premenopaus...

Depression after childbirth is a situation that occurs in women after having given birth and is characterized by experiencing a deep sadness. Normally, postpartum depression is a transient disorder that usually occurs in 10% of women even though the delivery has gone well. These women have contradictory feelings after the birth of the baby: happiness for the arrival of their child, but sadness, melancholy and the desire to cry because they are emotionally weak. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Types 1.1. Phases of postpartum depression 2. Causes 3. Symptoms 4. Treatments 4.1. Tips for coping with postpartum depression 5. Questions from users 5.1. How long does postpartum depression last? 5.2. What can the couple do when the mother suffers postpartum depression? 5.3. Can postpartum depression have any effect on the baby? 6. Recommended reading 7. Bibliography 8. Authors and collaborators Types The...

The surrogate pregnancy or, as it is popularly known, the rent belly is a technique of assisted reproduction that allows parents to be couples and people without the ability to gestate, that is, women with serious fertility problems and men without a female partner. It is an ethically controversial process and, therefore, it is legal in a few countries. In this article we set out to explain the different conditions surrounding this fertility treatment. In addition, we will comment on the work of the agencies that help make the dream of having a child possible for everyone thanks to this method. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. What is surrogate pregnancy? 2. Pregnancy by substitution in Spain 3. Where is the "rent belly" legal? 3.1. U.S 3.2. Glen 3.3. Ukraine and Georgia 3.4. Russia and Greece 3.5. Other destinations 4. Surrogate pregnancy agencies 5. Questions from users 5.1. What are the requ...

Preeclampsia is an alteration of the placenta that affects 5% of pregnant women, which is characterized by a rise in blood pressure due to pregnancy, which can cause a slow growth of the fetus and cause problems in different organs in the mother. There is a gradation of levels of preeclampsia, mild levels disappear at the end of pregnancy, after delivery, but sometimes can cause the need to cause a premature delivery because of the danger for the mother to maintain pregnancy. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. What does aspirin do in pregnancy? 2. Take aspirin during pregnancy 3. Authors and collaborators The consumption of drugs in pregnant women is very restricted, due to the effects on development, known or not, that different medications can have on the fetus. What does aspirin do in pregnancy? Aspirin, whose active ingredient is acetylsalicylic acid is not recommended during pregnancy because it causes an increas...

The city of Barcelona is news for having achieved, one of its hospitals in collaboration with a center of genetic analysis of the same city, the pregnancy after a cycle of assisted reproduction with DGP, of a free baby of the fifth known muscular dystrophy and that She is already in her 22nd week of pregnancy. In the Reproduction Unit of the Quirón Hospital, next to the Reprogenetics laboratory, in the same city, a free gestation of a genetic disease with a dominant inheritance, such as facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, has been achieved. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. What is facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy? 2. IVF with DGP 3. Authors and collaborators What is facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy? Its name indicates the areas affected muscularly in order of degeneration, these being: face, shoulder blade and upper arm. Therefore, facioscapulohumeral dystrophy consists of the progressive muscular deg...

In Spain through the law of assisted reproduction, it is not allowed to pay directly for donating semen. The main characteristic of donation is that it is an altruistic act performed in solidarity with people who can not have offspring. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Law 14/20016 2. Payments for the donation of semen 3. Authors and collaborators Law 14/20016 What happens in the case of the donation of semen and ovules, is that the clinics decide to give an economic reward for the inconvenience generated to the donor throughout the process. These discomforts are the numerous urine and blood tests required and the continuous visits to the reproduction clinics. Payments for the donation of semen The donation of sperm lasts approximately 6 months, although this may vary depending on the center, on a regular basis (weekly) the donor goes to the clinic with about 3-5 days of abstinence so that the donation is made wit...

Age does not influence the development of the blastocyst. In this study, the rate of development of blastocysts in embryos was evaluated on day 3 of culture had an appropriate degree and rate of cell division and it was observed if maternal age modified the effect produced by fragmentation of the embryos in blastulation. According to the results obtained, it is observed that there is a significant negative correlation between the degree of fragmentation of the embryo and the rate of blastocyst development, but age does not exert an effect on the degree of fragmentation or modify the negative effect of fragmentation of embryos on the formation of the blastocyst. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Introduction 2. Material and methods 3. Results 4. Discussion 5. Bibliography 6. Authors and collaborators Introduction The decrease in the reproductive capacity of women with age has been related to the deterioration or...

The voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVE) is a practice that, to this day, is still not legal in many parts of the world. Specifically, in the Central American country of Mexico, abortion is only legal in its capital: Mexico City. This is true since the adoption of the law on decriminalization of abortion at the request of women until twelve weeks of pregnancy. The rest of the states of the Mexican Republic have their own laws, which consider that abortion is a crime, unless certain conditions included in the Penal Code are met. Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article. Index 1. Law on the decriminalization of abortion 2. When and where to abort in Mexico? 3. How is it aborted in a clinic? 3.1. Abortion with medication 3.2. Surgical abortion 4. Questions from users 4.1. Can I legally interrupt my pregnancy in Mexico City if I do not live there? 4.2. Can I have an abortion if I am a minor? 4.3. Is it possible to perform a...