Egg donation in Spain, how many eggs and embryos are needed to achieve a pregnancy?
Egg donation in Spain is a widely used technique, linked mainly to delayed pregnancy. It is a treatment frequent in women over 40 years of…
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Embryo, egg or sperm donation: the best tips to tell your children where they come from.
Embryo donation treatment, egg donation or use of donor sperm requires parents to consider to tell their children, or not, where they come from. This issue…
Who chooses embryo adoption to become a mother?
Embryo adoption is an assisted reproduction treatment that gives the opportunity to become a mother to many patients. Although, for many could be considered the “last…
Embryo donation: 10 frequently asked questions
Embryo donation is the procedure which consists of thawing and transferring, to the recipient woman’s uterus, embryos from couples who have gone through IVF or…
Embryo donation: donors, who are they?
The donation of embryos is becoming more common in fertility clinics. For couples, who opt to receive donated embryos (embryo donation), it is very important…
Results in IVF and egg donation in Spain and Europe
It is interesting to compare the results in IVF and egg donation in Spain and Europe, being Spain an important country in the reception of…
PGD yes or no
There is not a simple reply to the question of PGD yes or no. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is useful in patients with recurrent miscarriages, failure…
Vaginismus and pregnancy
Pregnancy is possible in patients with vaginismus. With proper treatment 100% of patients improve and achieve pregnancy spontaneously or with the help of assisted reproduction…
Difficulty getting pregnant with endometriosis
Endometriosis is present in 25-50% of patients with difficulty getting pregnant and in 10-15% of women in fertile age. However, having endometriosis does not mean…
Egg and sperm donation, anonymous or open?
Egg and sperm donation, anonymous or open? Egg and sperm donation are anonymous in Spain. Patients may not know personal information about their donor or…
What are the recessive genetic diseases?
Recessive genetic diseases happen when the two copies of the abnormal gene, responsible of a disease, must be present in order for the disease to…
Transfer of donated embryos, what is it?
The transfer of donated embryos, or embryo donation, is the transfer of embryos given by a couple (after IVF) to a recipient for the purpose…
Frequent questions about embryo transfer
Questions about the embryo transfer are generally related to the preparation and the technique followed. The procedure of embryo transfer is simple, but there are…
Success in embryo freezing
The success in embryo freezing and thawing depends, mainly, on the quality of the embryos transferred and the age of the woman at the time…
Children born by egg donation. Do we tell them?
With children born after egg donation, do we tell them about their origin. Do parents follow their original intentions on telling them? and if not,…
Embryo quality and baby’s health, are they related?
Embryo quality is not related with the baby’s health, but it gives us an idea of the ability of that embryo to implant and lead…
In Vitro Fertilization: Until what age can it work?
The question of “until what age in vitro fertilization (IVF) can be performed” is frequent in our consultations. The answer, as always, must be invidualized…
Why does URH García del Real have a higher success rate in assisted reproduction than other clinics?
Success rate in assisted reproduction treatments is one of the main reasons for choosing one clinic over another. Other external factors also influence the choice, such…
Choosing a reproduction clinic in Spain using the implantation rate
Choosing a reproduction clinic in Spain can be helped by the implantation rate, as it reflects the quality of the embryos obtained for each patient.…
The register of oocytes and sperm donors in Spain has started
The register of oocytes and sperm donors in Spain has started. Since the first law on Assisted Reproduction, 29 years ago, that declared the need…
Egg donation with donor sperm or Embryo donation, what to choose?
Egg donation with donor sperm or embryo donation may seem similar treatments, since neither treatment uses own sperm or eggs, however, there are important differences…