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Irish Examiner By Catherine Shanahan BY the time we hit 30, most women have been bitten by the baby bug. For those who have met Mr Right, there is opportunity to try for that child. For those who have not, motherhood may look like a long shot. Certainly, in the past, singledom equalled a life… Continue reading Want a baby but no sign of Mr Right?

Irish Examiner By Eoin English A leading Irish fertility clinic is to begin screening embryos for cystic fibrosis (CF) to help couples facing difficult family planning choices. The Waterstone Clinic has been licensed by the Irish Medicines Board to carry out embryo biopsy as part of its new pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) treatment. It will… Continue reading Clinic to screen embryos for cystic fibrosis

Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research. The method, reported in Reproductive BioMedicine Online, can be used to select embryos at low risk of defects. Scientists at the CARE fertility group say such informed selection can improve birth rates by 56%.… Continue reading IVF may be boosted by time-lapse embryo imaging

Sperm DNA damage is more common in infertile men and may contribute to poor reproductive performance. However, current methods for assessing sperm DNA integrity do not reliably predict treatment outcomes and cannot be recommended routinely for clinical use. Read more; http://www.asrm.org/uploadedFiles/ASRM_Content/News_and_Publications/Practice_Guidelines/Committee_Opinions/The_clinical_utility(1).pdf

Sperm donation: May be second choice but it’s not second best Attitudes to egg and sperm donation have moved on a lot, with people much more open about the process A British couple who became parents to two children by sperm donation close to 30 years ago say Irish couples are very receptive to the… Continue reading Huge Interest in Donor Conception Information Day

Irish couples at risk of having a child with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Ireland’s most common genetic disease, will no longer have to travel abroad to avail of Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) treatment. Waterstone Clinic has been licensed by The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) to carry out embryo biopsy. All new born Irish babies have been… Continue reading Waterstone Clinic Offers Embryo Screening for Cystic Fibrosis

Eilish O’Regan Health Correspondent – 09 November 2012 – Irish Independent COUPLES who want to find out if they are going to have a baby with an inherited disorder can now avail of controversial tests in Irish clinics for the first time. Embryos produced through IVF can now be tested to show if they are… Continue reading Clinics to begin tests for genetic disorders in embryos

A technique that flash-freezes embryos has resulted in 13 pregnancies here this year The first Irish babies conceived from embryos flash-frozen at IVF clinics will be born at the start of next year, after their parents were treated with an improved fertility method. The technique, which involves freezing embryos in liquid nitrogen at -196C within… Continue reading Frozen eggs aid wannabe Irish parents

THE FIRST CONFIRMED clinical pregnancy in Ireland using a new technique known as ‘Blastocyst Vitrification’ has just been announced by Waterstone Clinic. The clinic, which has been providing assisted conception services for over a decade, this week confirmed an on-going twin pregnancy of eight week’s gestation. Waterstone Clinic’s Medical Director, Dr John Waterstone commented: “We… Continue reading Waterstone Clinic Announces First Pregnancy Using New Technique