April 2015
The ‘I’ in IVF: Becoming a Single Mother
Statistics suggest that in the UK alone there are over two million single parents. They make up around a quarter of all families with children – a figure which has remained consistent for the [...]
The Laboratory Influence on IVF Success Rates
Imagine the layout of the Team Miracle laboratory with our doctors at the Cyprus IVF Centre. In your mind’s eye it probably doesn’t contain anything beyond some equipment, medical staff, lights and maybe an [...]
IVF with Tandem Cycle: A Patient’s Story
It is often the way in life that sometimes things happen when you least expect them – and sometimes they don’t. And that was exactly the way it happened for Rachel. Growing up, she [...]
March 2015
Gender selection and Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis ( PGD )
Being able to choose the gender of your child is something which has attracted an increasing amount of debate over the last few years. Historically, this has never been an option but with the advances [...]
What should I be doing after embryo transfer?
Infertility, whether explained or not, can have a huge impact on the happiness and wellbeing of couples and even their relationship stability. Procreation is a base instinct for the human species and not being able [...]
February 2015
Genetic abnormality: a parents perspective
At the age of 19 and mid-way through my degree in Law, I gave birth to my first daughter. It’s fair to say that she wasn’t the most planned baby, but I never regretted it [...]