Ms Shipra Krishna talks about whether chances of pregnancy increase with each IUI. Interestingly there is a slight marginal increase with each subsequent attempt.
What you should know about expanded genetic carrier screening? A recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), looked into the possibility of routine screening of all couples for a single recessive gene carrier status. This is irrespective of their family history. Between 2012 and 2015 more than 300,000 individual were [...]
Consultant Shipra Krishna explains what happens during an intrauterine insemination (IUI). IUI is a minor fertility or basic fertility treatment and is indicated for only a selected group of patients.
Can I Avoid IVF Despite Having Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? Assisted fertility treatments contribute to almost 2-3% of the total live births in the UK each year. A large proportion of the births is due to in vitro fertilisation or IVF. Despite the increasing use of such treatments and improved safety, they are not [...]
Are Egg Donation Pregnancies at Higher Risk of Pre-eclampsia? There is an increase year on year in the number of patients attending fertility clinics. There have been social factors such as delayed age for having the first child. In some, it will mean that they may have to seek fertility treatment not to start, [...]
Consultant Shipra Krishna explains the treatment method Intracytoplasmic Morphological Sperm Injection (IMSI). IMSI is usually performed in patients who have a severe male factor infertility or when patients have been through a fertility treatment and experienced very low fertilisation or a total fertilisation failure.
Ms Shipra Krishna addresses the question whether you have to do ICSI with IVF and what is the difference. It is not always necessary to have ICSI with IVF. There are certain clear indications where IVF would be performed, and there are certain clear signs where we would recommend performing ICSI.
Can Endometriosis Affect My Fertility? Five Facts to Know About Endometriosis and Fertility Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition that affects almost ten percent of women. It can give rise to pelvic pain or dysmenorrhoea and in long term affect quality of life. It is seen more commonly in patient seeking fertility treatments. Due [...]
10 Commonly Asked Questions about IVF and Insemination I recently was invited as a guest speaker for an ‘Ask a Consultant’ session at a patient support group meeting in London. It was such an interesting and interactive session. I decided to share some of the questions that are often asked by the patients related to [...]
Do Fertility Treatments Increase the Risk of Breast Cancer? In 1978, the first IVF baby was born. Since then millions of babies have been born from fertility treatments worldwide. At first, these treatments were done using the natural cycle approach. As these treatments evolved to improve the success rates, fertility drugs such as stimulation injections [...]
