It is widely known that the age of a woman negatively affects her fertility. Delayed maternal age is also associated with the advancing paternal age as well, though it goes much more unnoticed. In the case of males, the ideal biological age for creating a family is...

Although today we can already clearly handle the feminine and masculine gametes when using in vitro fertilisation technique, we did not always have this knowledge. The three crucial moments from the historical point of view in assisted human reproduction were: first,...

In the past few years, more and more women have been seeking fertility treatments due to diverse motives: the wish of becoming a mother getting delayed, sperm quality problems, single mothers or new family models. Disappointments can accompany women and their partners...

Nurses base their practice on scientific evidence. On numerous occasions, we as nurses cannot receive the acknowledgement of their findings as our own and must turn to the studies carried out by other disciplines to focus on our praxis. Therefore, it is our...

In surrogate motherhood, a woman with no fertility issues and in an altruistic form receives the embryos of a couple who for multiple reasons cannot carry a baby to term. This child is given to their parents at birth. The couples that would benefit from surrogate...

Assisted reproduction is a broad field with terminology that patients must learn to understand all the processes involved in their treatment. If you already started treatment or plan to go through one, this article can help you to understand some of the basic concepts...

In 2001, Steven Spielberg produced a film through which the term “artificial intelligence” was introduced. This film told us about the distant future where robots controlled by artificial intelligence eased life for humans. This future is now, and AI is developing in...

When a couple comes to Manzanera Fertility Clinic and it is decided that they need to opt for the gametes of a donor (oocytes, sperm, or both of them), the major worry of the couple is the physical similarity of the future child with them. As determined by the current...

It is believed that environmental factors may create toxic environments which can affect reproduction. The possible outcomes can be bad functioning of gonads (ovaries and testicles), genital malformations, endometriosis, formation of fibroids in the uterus, premature...