Author - knchua
09May

Thalassaemia – Can IVF prevent it?

What is thalassaemia? Thalassaemia is a genetic blood disorder which is caused by an abnormal gene. A person with thalassaemia is unable to produce normal, functioning haemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells responsible for oxygen transportation in the blood. When the body is not able...
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...
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…)
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