The week of April 21st through April 27th is National Infertility Awareness Week® (NIAW). NIAW is the largest public awareness campaign that addresses the public health issue of infertility and was founded in 1989 by the United States based non-profit group, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. Every year, NIAW aims to educate the public on infertility as well as support those who...

 This year BFC main topic is Healthy Lifestyle, and when it comes to health… weight matters. Underweight, over-weight and obese women and men, are at higher risk for several health problems and an unhealthy body weight may lead to infertility. We do not want you with a cover magazine perfect bikini body! (by the way, what is perfect?!) We love our smiling patients as they are, real...

When you’re trying to conceive or going through fertility treatment, your focus at times may be more on outside factors. For example, if you’re doing in vitro fertilization, how many eggs were retrieved? How is the quality of our embryos? Or, if you’ve just started trying to have a family, you may be using ovulation prediction kits, wondering about your partner’s sperm count or if you’re...

Whether you’ve been trying to conceive for a while, have done IUI and are considering IVF, or have had previous unsuccessful IVF cycles; you know firsthand that fertility can be stressful. Adding to that stress can often be making the time to see the doctor, be monitored and for the egg retrieval and embryo transfer itself. In November 2018, an article in MetroUK highlighted just how difficult...

Due to the nature of our business, there are huge personal stories behind each pregnancy test and birth announcement but they are normally kept private between us and our patients. Country Music’s star couple Rose Falcon and Rodney Atkins are one of the few patients of ours who publicly announced that they visited us for successful IVF treatment. Rose Falcon announced to the world that she...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): an infertility issue that is little understood. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the primary causes of a woman’s infertility. Between the age of 20 to 40, PCOS affects somewhere between 5% to 10% of women. This makes it the most widespread reproductive syndrome for this age group of women. Since PCOS cannot be diagnosed with one test alone and...

Managing PCOS Register today for our next free seminar – Managing PCOS. Dr. Skinner explains how PCOS can be managed to achieve a successful pregnancy.   To learn more simply complete the form below and a copy of the presentation will be emailed to you to watch in the comfort and privacy of your own home:Where are you located?...

‘Monitoring’ is a general name for the activities of ultrasound and/or bloodwork testing, to evaluate how a woman is responding to her stimulation treatment. The results of the ultrasound and/or bloodwork are reviewed by the physician, and further instructions for continued treatment are shared by the patient’s nurse. This is a general explanation of the routine IVF monitoring which all...

Less than 3 days and counting to the race. I have a confession – I am tired. After 12+ weeks of getting up at anywhere between 3.30am and 4:30am 5 days a week, these early morning awakenings are taking their toll. It is now that the shift goes from requiring physical strength to requiring mental strength to complete this race.  My running partner picked me up last Saturday and off we went....

During a course of IVF, which typically takes four to six weeks, couples are required to make a number of visits to their fertility centre.

Common questions and answers for people thinking of donating eggs. There are a lot of women, who for many reasons, their egg quality is not as it should be and you can help them by becoming an egg donor.

Distance is the space between two points and is also the avoidance of familiarity. It keeps us apart, it separates us, and it can challenge connection. What if we looked at distance in another light?