BACKGROUND Knowledge about the lives of single women who choose to become mothers by sperm donation is very limited. METHODS This study comprises 62 families headed by formally single women who, following their decision to give birth to a child with the aid of sperm donation, by means of insemination or in vitro fertilization (IVF), used the services of one sperm bank in Israel. RESULTS The...

The morphology of embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) is commonly used to estimate their viability. However, imaging by standard microscopy is subjective and unable to assess the embryo on a cellular scale after compaction. Optical coherence tomography is an imaging technique that can produce a depth-resolved profile of a sample and can be coupled with speckle variance (SV) to dete...

priorities (Powell, 2002; Wadman, 2005). Europeans have their own problems with dogmatic thinking too, albeit arising from a different historical and cultural background. Consider the often-irrational positions taken by the Green parties, pro-life groups and environmental groups in Germany and England who indiscriminately reject stem-cell research or genetically engineered crops. Or the fact th...

Women who suffer from fertility issues often use in vitro fertilization (IVF) to realize their wish to have children. However, IVF has its own set of strict administration rules that leave the women physically and emotionally exhausted. Feeling alienated and frustrated, many IVF users turn to internet IVF-centered forums to share their stories and to find information and support. Based on the o...

BACKGROUND This study sought to describe patient features before beginning fertility treatment, and to ascertain their perceptions relative to risk of twin pregnancy outcomes associated with such therapy. METHODS Data on readiness for twin pregnancy outcome from in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was gathered from men and women before initiating fertility treatment by anonymous questionnaire. RES...

introduction: standard semen analysis is routinly used to evaluate the male fertility, however some researchers belive that sperm functional test should also be used with standard semen analysis for more precise evaluation of male fertility. the aim of this study was to consider the relation between different nuclear maturity tests and in vitro fertilization, in order to select the nuclear matu...

background: we performed this study to evaluate use of fresh and frozen sperm samples in non-obstructive azoospermia microdissection testicular sperm extraction (micro-tese-icsi) treatment. methods: we performed a total of 82 consecutive in vitro fertilization (ivf) cycles at fertijin ivf center in istanbul, turkey from january 2010 to march 2012. in 43 participants we used fresh sperm and froz...

background: the direct effect of hcg on the human endometrium was studied several times. objective: the objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of intrauterine injection of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (rhcg) before embryo transfer (et). materials and methods: in this randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial, a total number of 182 infertile patients undergoin...

BACKGROUND Minimal stimulation in vitro fertilization (mini-in vitro fertilization) is an alternative in vitro fertilization treatment protocol that may reduce ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, multiple pregnancy rates, and cost while retaining high live birth rates. OBJECTIVE We performed a randomized noninferiority controlled trial with a prespecified border of 10% that compared 1 cycle of...