20Sep
16Jun
What can you expect during the first visit to a fertility clinic?
If you have been actively trying to conceive but to no avail after 6 months or 1 year of unprotected sexual intercourse, a trip to fertility clinic may provide you with answers to the cause of infertility. An exact diagnosis is important for finding the...
02Jun
Azoospermia Condition in Men
Infertility is not uncommon in present society. Very often, people would think that the issue with infertility lies mainly in women. However, men can also be the cause of infertility between couples. Azoospermia is a medical term used when there are no sperm in the ejaculate...
22May
What is Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)?
What is Infertility? Infertility is defined as not being able to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse between a man and a woman. Around 15% of couples in Singapore faced infertility [1]. Fortunately, there are various ways to treat...
25Apr
Laser Assisted Hatching (LAH) Technology
What is Laser Assisted Hatching? A human embryo has a soft outer ‘shell’ called the zona pellucida (or zona for short). When an embryo is five or six days old and is at the stage known as a blastocyst, it needs to hatch out of the...
30Mar
Embryo Cryopreservation: How well do embryos survive after freeze thaw process in IVF?
In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is a fertility treatment which involves stimulating of the ovaries to produce a good number of eggs. Unfortunately, the process of stimulating the ovaries may disrupt the endometrium and could impact negatively on the implantation and pregnancy rate, if the embryos are...
23Mar
How is infertility treated?
Infertility is not uncommon and it can affect both male and female. Couples who faced difficulty getting pregnant after trying at least 12 months should visit a fertility specialist. A fertility specialist may provide a diagnosis and offer fertility treatment options. (more…)
08Mar
Endometriosis
What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is a condition where endometrial tissue that lines the inside of the uterus grows outside of the uterus. It may cause pain. Women with endometriosis may have difficulty becoming pregnant. (more…)
23Feb
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in IVF
AI – Enhanced Embryo Selection System is a software tool that helps patients and embryologists select the most viable embryo that is most likely to lead to a pregnancy for their embryo transfer. With this technology, IVF success rate increases and patients may have...
09Feb
