FAQ
Questions patients ask
Short answers, with a link to the full explanation.
What is cryopreservation?
Cryopreservation is freezing tissue or cells to preserve it for the future.
What percent of patients will have excess embryos for freezing?
The response to ovarian stimulation and egg quality are both age dependent. Therefore, the percent of couples with embryo freezing varies based on female age.
What is vitrification for IVF?
To embryologists, vitrification is ultra-rapid IVF embryo freezing instead of the traditional slow freezing process
How does IUI work?
IUI stands for intrauterine insemination. It is also sometimes called donor insemination, alternative insemination, or artificial insemination. IUI works by putting sperm cells directly into your uterus around the time you are ovulating, helping the sperm get closer to your egg. This cuts down on the time and distance sperm must travel, making it easier to fertilize your egg.
What can I expect during IUI?
Before IUI, you may take fertility medicines that help make your eggs mature and ready to be fertilized. Your doctor will do the insemination procedure during ovulation (when your ovaries release an egg). Sometimes you’ll be given hormones that trigger ovulation. They’ll figure out exactly when you’re ovulating and ready for the procedure to maximize your chances of getting pregnant.
How does gender selection work?
The sex or gender of the baby is determined by two chromosomes known collectively as the Sex Chromosomes. Egg cells from the female always carry an X chromosome while male sperm carries either an X or a Y chromosome. If a sperm with an X chromosome meets the mother’s egg, then the resulting embryo and baby will be a girl with an XX chromosome. If a sperm with a Y chromosome fertilizes the woman’s egg cell, then the resulting child will be a boy with an XY chromosome.
What does the result tell you?
Once the sample reaches the lab, it is either manually tested under a microscope or a computer-assisted semen analysis may be conducted. In both cases, the result will be compared to the reference values published by the World Health Organization.
What is MESA?
Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration or MESA refers to the retrieval of sperm-containing fluid from epididymis that is sent for processing and extraction of sperms. This procedure is done using an operating microscope that provides the high optical magnification required for this procedure. To induce fertilization and pregnancy, the extracted sperm is directly injected into the partners egg by a process called Intracytoplasmic sperm injection or ICSI.
Who needs MESA?
MESA is typically performed in men with epididymis or vasa deferens obstructions. The clinical pregnancy rates using this sperm retrieval technique has been really good. MESA requires highly experienced microsurgeons and operating microscope and thus the cost involved in this procedure is high.
How do I book a first consultation?
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