Since 2020, fans have been admiring Paris Hilton’s love story. After many failed relationships and engagements, the world star finally found her soulmate in successful businessman Carter Reum. The couple married in November 2021 and held a lavish ceremony in a private Los Angeles estate. Two years later, Hilton and Reum stunned fans with their
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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a woman’s body’s reaction to an excess of hormones that stimulate the development of eggs. This pathological condition occurs when the injected and natural FSH and LH hormones are too high in total. It leads to the formation of an excessive number of follicles and causes ovarian swelling and aches.
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An IVF diet is a food program that provides the nutrients necessary for your fertility and successful conception. It affects hormone production, sperm and egg quality, and other fertility-related processes. That is why a well-selected meal helps prepare the body for IVF and increases the chances of pregnancy. Let’s examine why a fertility diet is
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IVF couriers are companies that provide safe transportation of frozen reproductive material such as embryos, sperm, and oocytes anywhere in the world. They use special medical containers, dewars, to keep the extremely low temperature of -196 °C. Cryo shipping raises many questions for some people looking for donors abroad or preparing for the IVF program.
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Implantation bleeding is quite common and occurs in 25% of pregnant women. Around 10-14 days after natural conception or IVF embryo transfer, the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine lining and causes scanty bloody spotting or light bleeding. Women experience this discharge 4 to 2 days before expected menstruation. It usually does not require medical
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Fertility experts strongly rely on an IVF follicle growth chart to evaluate their maturity and consistent size increase and make sure that ovarian stimulation is successful. They measure dominant follicle size during ultrasound checks and compare them to the reference values. In this article, we will explain what size the follicles should be on each
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FET protocol (aka Cryoprotocol) is the transfer of embryos that were frozen in the previous cycle to the uterus. FET protocol, or IVF cryopreservation, is a vital procedure in assisted reproductive technology that involves freezing embryos from a previous cycle for future use. It can be performed in natural and hormone-prepared cycles, depending on the
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Talking about the cervix we have to understand anatomy and math. The normal cervical length for most women is about 4-5 centimeters. A short cervix is anything less than that. Doctors measure it by ultrasound and define a сervical canal as short if its length is less than 4 cm before the 36th pregnancy week.
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Embryo grading is a visual assessment technique carried out by an embryologist which helps choose the best embryos for further transfer within an IVF program. During IVF embryologists evaluate and classify embryos every day based on specific criteria and create an embryo grading chart. It takes 6 days (0-6) and is usually done twice –
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