Expert articles on fertility, IVF, women's health, and more from our specialists.
Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the womb, tubes and ovaries. Prompt antibiotics usually cure it and protect fertility; delay can scar the tubes.
Stress is rarely the sole cause of infertility, but it can delay ovulation, lower libido and make timing harder. What research shows and how to cope well.
Implantation symptoms can include light spotting, mild cramps and breast tenderness, but many women feel nothing. See the timeline after ovulation or IVF.
Most ovarian cysts are harmless functional cysts that go away within a few cycles. See the types, warning signs, when surgery helps and the effect on fertility.
Heat and sperm count are linked: testes work 2-4°C below body heat. Regular heat at work or home can lower count and motility, often recovering in 3 months.
Genital TB (genital tuberculosis) silently blocks tubes and scars the womb lining. The symptoms, tests that confirm it, ATT and when IVF helps infertility.
Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY) means a man has an extra X chromosome. It often shows up as zero sperm, yet micro-TESE finds sperm for ICSI in about half of men.
Infertility means no pregnancy after 12 months of trying (6 if 35+). Sterility means permanent inability to conceive. Most infertile couples are not sterile.
No food contains progesterone. Raise it naturally by supporting ovulation: healthy weight, good sleep, less stress, and treating thyroid or PCOS.
Embryo development day by day: fertilisation on day 1, 4 to 8 cells by days 2-3, a morula on day 4 and a blastocyst on day 5 or 6. Grading explained simply.
Start folic acid ideally three months before trying to conceive and keep taking it through the first trimester. It lowers the risk of spina bifida in the baby.
An IT job does not cause infertility, but long sitting, laptop heat, weight gain, poor sleep and late parenthood can lower it. What helps and when to test.
