Home Obesity Obesity derived from Latin word obese, which means one who has become plump through eating. It is defined as excess storage of triglycerides in adipose cells. Normal BMI is 19 to 24.9kg/m2. Anything more than 30kg/m2 is obese. It is associated with menstrual irregularities. Whilst most attention has been directed towards the effects […]

Home Egg Donation Diabetes is today recognized as a major lifestyle disease and India has become the diabetic capital of the world. Vamsam Fertility Centre Pancreas is one of the most important organ in the body which secretes insulin along with various .Insulin is very important for regulating our blood sugar along with other functions. […]

Home Andrology The main methods of surgical sperm retrieval available include Reason for female infertility by Dr.Silambuchelvi PESA: percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration MESA: microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration. TESA: testicular sperm aspiration. This includes testicular fine needle aspiration (TFNA). TESE: Testicular sperm extraction. Microdissection TESE. Which method is used depends on the nature of the problem […]

Home Embryo Donation Embryo donation is a procedure that enables embryos that were created by couples undergoing fertility treatment to be transferred to infertile patient in order to achieve a pregnancy. Indications for embryo donation include untreatable infertility that involves both partners, untreatable infertility in a single woman, recurrent pregnancy loss thought to be related […]

Home Sperm Donation Artificial insemination using donor sperm has been practiced for over a century, although the first published reports about the practice were in 1945.Over the past 10 years, the use of donor sperm has decreased as the use of intra cytoplasmic sperm injection ( ICSI) for treatment of male infertility has become widespread. […]

Home Egg Donation   The first pregnancy achieved with egg donation was reported in 1984. Since that time, there has been increasing use of egg donation to help infertile couples/individuals conceive. Egg donors are identified, and through the process of IVF, eggs are obtained from the donor’s ovaries and donated to the intended recipient. Sperm […]

Home Surrogacy A surrogate is a women who carries a pregnancy for another couple or women. There are two types of surrogacy arrangements; traditional surrogacy in which the surrogate is inseminated with sperm from the male partner of the intended parent couple ( Donor sperm may be used as well) and gestational carrier( GC) in […]

Home (Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection) ICSI   What is ICSI? With Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) a single sperm is selected by an embryologist, taken up in a fine glass needle, and injected directly into each egg. Your fertilized egg (embryo) is then transferred into your womb in the same way as an IVF cycle.   Reason for […]

Home In Vitro Fertilization IVF   In-Vitro Fertilization is an Assisted Reproductive Technique that helps with fertilization, embryo development and implantation, making pregnancy easier. It is a safe technique with a high success rate in achieving a successful pregnancy and having a healthy child.   #infertility #ivf #menshealth what is infertility? how to consult a […]