Several courses of unsuccessful fertility treatment. When has the time come to give up?

Whilst the success rates of assisted reproduction treatment are increasingly higher, in a small number of cases, couples who have undergone several courses of in vitro fertilisation without having achieved a viable pregnancy decide to give up treatment for good.
One of the main reasons why couples do not have children is because they give up on treatment too soon. For couples who keep on trying, the chances of having a child are high. […]

2017-09-20T09:33:06+00:0022 de September de 2017|0 Comments
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The ethical issues faced in assisted reproduction clinics

Although Spanish law led the way in regulating the practice of assisted reproduction and made significant progress in comparison with legislation in neighbouring countries, and even though Spain is, furthermore, a leader in the field both in terms of the quality of some of its clinics and health specialists, as well as in terms of the excellent results obtained, it […]

2017-09-15T13:24:24+00:0015 de September de 2017|0 Comments
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Is ovary size important?

As is the case with all the organs in our bodies, over our lifetime, ovaries go through changes that affect not only their size but also how they perform. The ovaries are situated between the uterus and the fallopian tubes. They are essential to reproduction and, therefore, to the survival of the human race.
The ovaries begin to develop when female embryos are around 8 weeks old and during pregnancy they undergo a number of changes that prepare them for their role in reproduction when a woman is in her childbearing years. […]

2017-09-08T13:12:34+00:008 de September de 2017|0 Comments
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What is adenomyosis?

Adenomyosis is defined as an abnormal presence of endometrial tissue inside the muscular lining of the uterus.
Adenomyosis is not a well-known condition because diagnosis is not easy. Clinical expression can range from no symptoms whatsoever to heavy, lengthy periods and dysmenorrhoea. […]

2017-08-11T10:06:22+00:0011 de August de 2017|0 Comments
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Does being sexually aroused improve semen quality?

It has been scientifically proven that there are risk factors in our daily lives that have a negative impact on the quantity and quality of spermatozoa. These factors include emotional stress, doing a physically demanding job, sitting for prolonged periods of time, elevated local temperature, having high blood pressure and taking certain drugs over a prolonged period of time.
With this in mind, are there factors in our daily lives that are good for semen quality? […]

2017-07-12T09:28:29+00:0014 de July de 2017|0 Comments
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What are an embryo’s nutritional requirements prior to transfer to the mother?

During in vitro fertilisation processes, for the first few days of their lives, human embryos have to develop outside the mother’s body in special incubators.  Temperature and pH conditions need to be optimum and embryos also need to have access to all the necessary ingredients in order to feed and, in doing so, meet their energy requirements. Culture media are used for this. […]

2017-07-05T09:23:38+00:007 de July de 2017|0 Comments
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New examination aimed at testing couples with recurrent implantation failure

Instituto Bernabeu focusses on providing personalised solutions, particularly in cases of patients with a difficult reproductive prognosis (low ovarian reserve and recurrent implantation failure (RIF)).
Carrying out a number of empirical tests and treatments has, on occasions, been put forward as an option in the case of patients suffering from recurrent implantation failure. The latter have proven to be of questionable efficacy and the former have proven to be of limited or no use.
One of the proposed strategies for patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) that is providing many of these cases with solutions, is IVF (in vitro fertilisation) with elective freezing and biopsies on all embryos so that the frozen embryos can later be transferred during a natural cycle. In other words, without any hormone treatment.
It is possible to recreate the conditions under which transfer takes place during treatment of this kind by carrying out a mock cycle and evaluating a series of parameters that can influence transfer success. […]

2017-07-03T13:35:43+00:0030 de June de 2017|0 Comments
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How might salpingitis or inflammation of the fallopian tubes affect my fertility?

In order for natural conception to take place, three basic factors need to be come together: ovulation needs to take place, there needs to be an appropriate quantity of spermatozoa with appropriate mobility in the ejaculate and, in third place, the uterine tubes need to be permeable. The latter is essential in order for both gametes to join together (egg and sperm) and for fertilisation to then take place. […]

2017-06-09T09:11:02+00:009 de June de 2017|0 Comments
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Get to know Dr Juan Carlos Castillo

FAMILY TRADITION IN THE FIELD OF GYNAECOLOGY
Dr Juan Carlos Castillo is a gynaecologist at Instituto Bernabeu and a renowned specialist in his field. He is married and has a young daughter. He has been part of the team at the Instituto Bernabeu Group since 2013 and is a key player in healthcare for international patients.
Dr Castillo was surrounded by medicine from a very young age. His father is a gynaecologist and he knew very early on that he also wanted to work in this field of medicine and to continue with the family tradition. He graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1999 and, six years later, completed specialist training in gynaecology. In 2004, he did a rotation at Pennsylvania Hospital in the USA in the High Risk Obstetrics, Ultrasound and Gynaecologic Oncology departments. In 2010, he was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine with distinction from the University of Valencia. Has has been part of the medical team at the Instituto Bernabeu Group since 2013 and is one of the international patient specialists. […]

2017-06-02T09:35:47+00:002 de June de 2017|0 Comments
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Is it possible for me to get pregnant if I only have one fallopian tube? What if I have neither of them?

The uterine tubes (or fallopian tubes) are muscular tubes leading from the ovaries into the uterus. The uterine tubes are responsible for collecting the egg each month. Fusion between the egg and the sperm (fertilisation) also takes place inside them. The resulting embryo is taken to the uterus where the pregnancy will evolve. Evidently, the fallopian tubes fulfil essential roles in natural reproduction linked to ovulation, fertilisation and pregnancy. In fact, diseases or abnormalities in the uterine tubes are the cause of up to 30% of all cases of sterility. […]

2017-05-26T09:20:09+00:0026 de May de 2017|0 Comments
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