ENDOMETRIAL RECEPTIVEE ARRAY TEST (ERA TEST)
ENDOMETRIAL RECEPTIVEE ARRAY TEST (ERA TEST) Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility What is endometrial receptivity? The endometrium is the lining the interior of the uterus where the embryo implants and resides during pregnancy. The endometrium is receptive when it is ready for embryo implantation. What is window of implantation (WOI)? The endometrium is receptive […]
FERTILE WINDOW AND OVULATION
FERTILE WINDOW AND OVULATION Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility What is fertile window? Fertile window is the time during a woman’s menstrual cycle when she is most likely to get pregnant. It happens approximately 14 days prior to your expected periods date. Conception is only possible from about five days before ovulation through to […]
HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAM (HSG)
HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAM (HSG) Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY (HSG) Each single patient comes to the fertility clinic with their own history and their unique problems. Problem with a woman’s fallopian tubes is common. 10-15% of infertility issues are due to tubal block. Normal fallopian tubes cannot be seen in ultrasound scan as they are […]
OBESITY IN FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY
OBESITY IN FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility,Pregnancy care What is obesity? Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of the relationship between a person’s height and weight. BMI of 30 or more is labelled as Obesity. Using this, the patients were categorized as Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), Normal or lean BMI (18.5–22.9 kg/m2), Overweight(23.0 […]
OVARIAN RESERVE AND FERTILITY
OVARIAN RESERVE AND FERTILITY Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility In women, eggs are produced even before she is born. Eggs are not produced during her lifetime and eggs are only recruited every month. Only one egg is released every month and the rest of the eggs are not useful as they die in that […]
SMOKING, FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY
SMOKING, FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility,Pregnancy care Smoking is associated with a dose-dependent compromised reproductive outcome. This is true not only for actively smoking women, but also for non-smoking women with smoking partners or otherwise exposed to a smoking environment. Importantly, the impact of passive smoking on women’s natural fertility is […]
SPERM DONOR / SPERM DONATION REQUIREMENTS
SPERM DONOR / SPERM DONATION REQUIREMENTS Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility Using donor sperm is safe, legal, confidential and anonymous. Donor semen will be sourced from the ICMR recognised semen bank. Use of sperm donated by a relative or a known friend of either the wife or the husband shall not be permitted. It […]
COVID VACCINATION, FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY
COVID VACCINATION, FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY Basavaraj Devarashetty January 3, 2024 fertility INFORMATION ON COVID VACCINATION ON FERTILITY TREATMENT, PREGNANCY AND BREAST FEEDING VACCINE ADMINISTRATION AND DAY OF MENSTRUAL PERIODS There is no physiological, endocrine or immunological basis for such a consideration. Women should receive the vaccine on any day of the menstrual cycle, even during […]