Author - knchua
18Apr

Egg Freezing

Is it possible to stop your biological clock? It is a biological fact that women’s fertility will decline every year and more so after aged 35, affecting the number of healthy eggs a woman can produce. This means that the chances of pregnancy reduce as...
22Feb

Frozen embryo transfer and process

Have you ever wondered why do couples freeze their embryos? Surplus embryos from an IVF cycle are frozen to give couples multiple chances for implantation, depending of the number of embryos they’ve got. Frozen embryo transfer (FET) is a procedure whereby frozen embryo is thawed and...
06Jan

Fertility treatment in Singapore: What is IVF?

Through a carefully planned process, eggs are retrieved and combined with sperm for fertilisation. The fertilised embryos are cultured further to become a blastocyst before transferring back to the uterus for implantation (fresh embryo transfer). The remaining utilisable embryos can be frozen and...
21Oct

The causes of male infertility

Male infertility is often caused by sperm abnormalities in male. Abnormality in sperm production or function may cause chromosomal abnormalities in the embryo, resulting in a non-viable pregnancy which would eventually lead to a miscarriage. (more…)
27Sep

The importance of folic acid

What is folic acid?

Folic acid, or folate (the natural form of folic acid) is a type of vitamin B that our body uses to make new cells. Folic acid is an important nutrient that supports the rapid growth of fetal tissues and organs during the...
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