Ms Shipra Krishna discusses whether there is a link between IVF and cancer. It has long been debated whether fertility treatments might be associated with the risk of cancer.
Ms Shipra Krishna talks about the effect of antibiotics during IVF treatment. There is evidence that certain antibiotics including tetracyclines, doxycycline, cotrimoxazole, antifungal pills or chloroquine can affect the sperm parameters such as lead to low sperm count, low mortality, low morphology or the viability of the sperms.
Consultant Shipra Krishna discusses how to avoid a miscarriage. Almost one in six pregnancies that are conceived naturally are destined to miscarry. The incidence of miscarriages with conceptions following a fertility treatment are higher and is between ten to twenty-five percent.
How Likely Are You to Miscarry When Going Through an IVF Treatment? Recently, the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spoke about her miscarriage in a book. Miscarriage is a loss of a pregnancy before it reaches the stage of viability. The limit of viability is considered as around 23 to 24 weeks. A naturally conceived [...]
Some patients may describe the pain as being that constant dull pain while others mentioned it as being abdominal cramps. If the body is actively trying to get rid of the products of conception the intensity of the pain may be higher and some woman can describe this has as being mini labour.
In this video Ms Shipra Krishna lists what to do and what not to do after your IUI treatment. The basic principle which you should keep in mind is that you just be reasonable with yourself.
What your fertility specialist should know about the abnormal smear test In the UK, there is a well-structured screening programme for cervical cancer. As part of the cervical screening programme, women between the ages of 25 and 64 years undergo a cervical smear test every three years. The practice nurse will take a scrape [...]
Does your ethnicity affect your IVF success rate? Almost every patient starting any fertility treatment expects the best chance of success. Above all with IVF or ICSI treatment. As the science is progressing, there is an increasing number of interventions available to maximise the IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) or ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Insemination)success rates. Despite [...]
How Well Do Men Cope With Failed Fertility Treatments? Almost one in seven couples will seek help with getting pregnant. Nearly half of these couples will proceed with some form of fertility treatment such as an IVF ( in vitro fertilisation ), an ICSI ( Intracytoplasmic Sperm Insemination ) or Insemination ( IUI ). [...]
Would You Think Of Using Artificial Sperms for Fertility Treatment? Artificial or In Vitro derived gametes are eggs and sperms that have been developed from other cells such as stem cells. Scientists now have many technologies to develop the stem cells or other cells into sperm or egg cell. They have been able to [...]
