Nowadays, there is an increased tendency towards late childbearing with more and more women in modern society wanting to get pregnant and give birth while in their 50s. It could be either because they didn't have the opportunity to have an offspring earlier in life due to health problems or because of a second [...]
For the millions of couples facing fertility issues in Europe, the UK, and the USA alone (12% of the global population), IVF has come as a light at the end of a long, dark tunnel, allowing them to fill their hearts with hope and begin dreaming of starting a family again. Indicatively, at the [...]
After many months or even years of coping with infertility issues and failed cycles, couples who do not want to give up on their dream to start a family may decide to undertake IVF abroad. When considering In-Vitro Fertilisation, you may feel a bit intimidated by not knowing what to expect and what are [...]
From your initial email enquiry to boarding the flight out to Cyprus, your first round of IVF is likely to hold a lot of hope, uncertainties and perhaps concerns. You’ll have read all about it, talked about it, probably compared notes with fellow IVF-ers, but until you actually go through it you won’t know how [...]
Pregnant….but not just to have a baby. IVF and the ‘Saviour Siblings’. The concept of these so-called ‘saviour siblings’ is among the most pressing of moral and ethical dilemmas that IVF has faced in recent times. It’s been decades since IVF treatment was initially pioneered and over time this treatment has been modified to culminate [...]
When you think about the IVF process, what comes to your mind? Pain? Expense? Repeated pregnancy failure? Well read on to find out some facts that Team Miracle want you to know – and revolutionise your IVF thinking! The vitrification process has completely changed the game for IVF treatment cycle using frozen embryos. Up [...]
When we think about IVF, we almost always consider it from the female perspective. And whilst this is entirely natural because it is the female who will undergo the more invasive treatment, it is also important to remember that there is another person just as invested in the success of IVF as the woman. The [...]
IVF plays a major role in the world of fertility medicine. But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t complex and sometimes hard to understand. With more and more clinics opening worldwide, the information is flooding through to the national consciousness like never before. And whilst this is great news, it also means that there [...]
Social and psychological pressure to have a family can be great. In the timeline of life children generally start making an appearance when their parents are somewhere around the thirty years old mark. For those that then struggle to conceive, this can mean an added strain; especially if planning a family has been many years [...]
It’s common with IVF patients to have waited a long time to become pregnant. It may be that natural conception just didn’t happen, or perhaps you needed supplementary treatments. You may have sought IVF straight away, or you may have dwelled on the decision for months, or even years. Whichever way, it’s likely that [...]
