The healthy baby girl was born last week at Cork University Maternity Hospital. The woman and her partner were recommended Pre-Implantation Genetic Screening (PGS) with IVF at Waterstone Clinic following a number of unsuccessful IVF cycles. PSG involves screening embryos for chromosome abnormalities before transplantation. The technique significantly increases the chance of a successful pregnancy… Continue reading A Cork Woman Becomes first in Ireland to Give Birth with new IVF treatment.

A Cork woman has become the first in Ireland to welcome a baby after undergoing a new complex IVF treatment. The mother (33) gave birth to a healthy baby girl two weeks ago in Cork University Maternity Hospital following Pre-Implantation Genetic Screening with IVF at Waterstone Clinic. The complex new procedure was recommended to the… Continue reading Ireland’s First Baby Born Following Ground-Breaking IVF Treatment

There is very good reason to be positive about fertility treatment, the medical advances of late have been ground-breaking and success rates are hugely encouraging. But it’s essential to be prepared for the emotional side of the experience and to know that at times, it will take its toll. Often, women presenting at fertility centres exhibit high levels… Continue reading Top Tips for Taking Care of Your Mental Health

Because We Control Contraception, Doesn’t Mean We Can Control Conception Anton Savage from Today FM speaks with CFC’s Mary McAuliffe about raising awareness of the link between age and fertility, especially amongst men and women in their twenties. Listen to the interview here: http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Anton_Savage_Show/The_Anton_Savage_Show/43505/0/mary_mcauliffe__fertility_nurse_specialist For further information on My Fertility Check, visit http://myfertilitycheck.ie/

It is 30 years since the first successful frozen egg pregnancy was conceived. For many years, egg freezing was considered to be a low-chance option for fertility preservation, needing 100 eggs to get one live birth. For young women with cancer who were facing the near-inevitable sterility of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the prospect of freezing… Continue reading Social Egg-Freezing: Empowering but not an Insurance Policy

The advent of successful Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis has been very encouraging for people at risk of passing on debilitating genetic conditions. PGD is an advanced fertility treatment which enables couples, who are at known risk of a specific genetic condition, to avoid passing it on to their children. The couple conceive by means of IVF… Continue reading Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD): A Case for State Funding

Matt Cooper discusses a new test that can double IVF success rates to over 80% with Prof. Dagan Wells from Reprogenetics, Oxford, UK. This test could be hugely beneficial for would-be parents who often face multiple disappointments and considerable expense going through repeated IVF treatment cycles. Listen back to the interview, (minute 17): http://www.todayfm.com/player/shows/The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper/7/24118/20th_October_2015_-_The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper_Part_3

Waterstone Clinic, one of the only two centres in Ireland to provide Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Pre-implantation Genetic Screening (PGS) treatment, and the only centre to have a recognised successful programme in place, have an established relationship with Reprogenetics, Oxford, UK. Reprogenetics are recognised leaders and provide PGD and PGS services to fertility centre’s… Continue reading PGD and PGS Treatment Available at Waterstone Clinic

Experts have discovered that the levels of a particular type of DNA in a developing embryo are a crucial factor in whether a pregnancy will be successful and a simple test can be used to select the most viable embryos. The development has the potential to revolutionise the success rate of fertility treatment, which currently… Continue reading IVF test could more than double success rate to over 80 per cent

When it comes to fertility there is one certain enemy: time. As women age, the quality of their eggs deteriorates and the quantity decreases as eggs are released every menstrual cycle. Eggs are also vulnerable to attacks on the body, which is why health practitioners have been offering egg freezing to women undergoing chemotherapy for… Continue reading Egg freezing just puts more pressure on women