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THE reasons women postpone having babies are complex – and include the availability of safe and effective contraception, preferring to be in a stable relationship with a supportive partner, wanting to build a career and achieve financial independence, or enjoying the freedom that family life may potentially compromise. It is a universal challenge that the… Continue reading Despite advances, delaying childbirth may still come at a cost

The first confirmed pregnancy in the State using a technique to screen embryos for genetic conditions such as cystic fibrosis prior to implantation has been announced by a fertility clinic in Cork. The Waterstone Clinic is one of just two clinics in the Republic licensed by the Irish Medicines Board to offer pre-implantation genetic diagnosis… Continue reading First pregnancy in Ireland using new screening technique

A COUPLE with cystic fibrosis are set to give birth to Ireland’s first genetically screened baby next July. The couple have been treated at the Waterstone Clinic Clinic, which is one of just two centres licensed by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) to carry out the controversial procedure. The parents opted for ‘gene screening’ for… Continue reading First ‘gene screened’ Irish baby due in July

The first confirmed pregnancy in Ireland using a new technique known as ‘Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis” has just been announced by Waterstone Clinic. http://www.corkfertilitycentre.com/?s=page&id=24#pgd   Dr. Tim Dineen, Laboratory Manager at Waterstone Clinic, says “We are delighted to confirm the first pregnancy following Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis carried out in an Irish Fertility Clinic”. Waterstone Clinic carried out… Continue reading First Pregnancy Following PGD in an Irish Fertility Clinic

Waterstone Clinic in collaboration with Shady Grove Fertility invite you to a Free Donor Egg Seminar presented by Dr. John Waterstone and Dr. Gilbert Mottla. Our integrated International Donor Egg Program allows patients to access the exceptional services provided locally by Waterstone Clinic and the vast donor egg database available only at Shady Grove Fertility.… Continue reading International Egg Donation Seminar

The Telegraph By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent Women who want a family should start thinking about having children in their twenties and begin no later than 35, a group of leading fertility experts has warned. Most women’s fertility begins to decline sharply in their mid-thirties but a growing number are waiting until a later stage… Continue reading Don’t leave babies until your thirties, women are told

Australian doctors have achieved a world first by helping a woman become pregnant from ovarian tissue grafted into her abdomen. The woman asked for the tissue to be frozen seven years ago, when her second ovary was removed because of cancer. Now she is 25 weeks’ pregnant with twin girls, thanks to work carried out… Continue reading World-first pregnancy for Aussie woman

Irish Examiner By Eoin English and Catherine Shanahan Leading fertility experts have clashed over the merits of social egg-freezing, with one doctor warning women against wasting their money on trying to have a baby in this way.  John Waterstone, the vice-president of the Irish Fertility Society and medical director of the Waterstone Clinic, branded as… Continue reading Fertility experts at odds over egg freezing

Irish Examiner   By Catherine Shanahan Whether an expensive male fertility test has any bearing on improving outcomes for couples with difficulties conceiving is being examined as part of a project at Waterstone Clinic (CFC).  The sperm DNA fragmentation test, which examines the level of damaged DNA found inside the sperm head, costs, on average,… Continue reading Real effect of male fertility test to be examined

There’s an old bell jar that sits on top of a cupboard at a Cambridgeshire fertility clinic where history was made; it was in a dish inside this jar that the world’s first IVF baby spent the hours after her conception. With the success of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), scientist Robert Edwards and his gynaecologist colleague Patrick… Continue reading The amazing story of IVF