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Avocados Avocados are full of minerals, vitamins, essential fats, protein, carbohydrate and fibre. They are a great source of vitamin E, which researchers have shown can be beneficial to improving the lining of the uterus and helping with embryo implantation. Butternut Squash Squashes are rich in beta-carotene, which helps with the production of the hormone… Continue reading Top 10 foods to help couples conceive…

Trying for a baby can be a time of excitement and anticipation, but for many couples, particularly as time goes on, it can also be a stressful waiting game which leaves people feeling powerless and frustrated. Many couples feel that it is beyond their control, but there are a number of simple measures you and… Continue reading Top 10 Tips When Trying For a Baby

Women are paying thousands for potentially dangerous fertility treatments  Tests and jabs offered by some private clinics branded ‘useless’ by doctor Some cost as much as £1,000 a time and are given to women repeatedly  Treatments’ side effects can range from mild headaches to meningitis  By Fiona Macrae, Science Correspondent for the Daily Mail Women desperate to become mothers… Continue reading Exposed: The Worthless Fertility Treatments that Can Cost Women £1,000

New legislation governing egg and sperm donation will be introduced in Ireland. No consultation took place with clinicians who actually carry out these treatments and, unsurprisingly, the result is extremely disappointing. Under the new Children and Family Relationship Bill, anonymous sperm and egg donation will be banned and a sperm donation register will be established… Continue reading Opinion: Children and Family Relationship Bill

We are holding meetings for practice nurses in our new clinics in Limerick and Waterford and would be delighted if you could join us for an update in fertility care. Date: Limerick Fertility: Tuesday 24th March Waterford Fertility: Thursday 26th March Agenda 6.00pm- 6.30pm:  Registration. Light refreshments will be served. 6.30pm- 7.30pm: “Fertility in Primary… Continue reading Limerick and Waterford Practice Nurse Meetings

Waterstone Clinic is delighted to announce that Dr Moya McMenamin, Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, has joined the team. Dr McMenamin graduated from UCD Medical School in 2003 with honours and completed specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology training in Ireland in the Rotunda Hospital, National Maternity Hospital Holles Street, University Hospital Galway and Cork University Maternity… Continue reading New Consultant Post

The Children and Family Relationships Bill has not dealt with legal parenthood after surrogacy but only after donor conception. The proposed legislation has therefore failed to deliver on the very problem which originally prompted its inception (though it is now understood that surrogacy will be dealt with in a separate bill next year). It is… Continue reading Family Bill unacceptable for subfertile couples.

The Children and Family Relationships Bill has been described by Taoiseach Enda Kenny as the most important change to family legislation in the history of the state. This may indeed be true in many of the areas it seeks to address, but where the issue of egg and sperm donation is concerned, the bill is… Continue reading Statement from Dr John Waterstone

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The couple underwent a procedure in an attempt to ensure that their unborn child will not suffer from mucolipidosis, a disease which sees many sufferers not survive past childhood. According to reports, both of the parents are carriers of the gene and the procedure, known as PGD or pre-implantation genetic diagnosis – checks the genes… Continue reading An Unborn Irish Baby Is First In The World To Be Treated For Rare Condition