IVF Nutrition Plan
Should I consider an IVF nutrition plan When you’re considering or undertaking IVF nutrition is really important for your chances of success. Keeping it balanced A healthy balanced diet includes fresh foods from each of five food groups, and we mean ‘fresh’. Processed, frozen or even overcooked foods don’t offer the full benefit of the […]
IVF Success Rate Interpretation What You Need to Know
In Vitro Fertilisation can be a very evocative and emotionally charged topic. For many couples, IVF comes after a long period of uncertainty about their fertility and the process itself can also be long, emotionally taxing and expensive. Because of this, when women and couples embark on a journey of assisted reproduction, one of the […]
Low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia
Recently in the media, Beyoncé (singer) and Serena Williams (professional tennis player) opened up about their experience with a potentially fatal pregnancy complication preeclamsia. So, what do these women have in common apart from being famous? They are both African American, both recently have given birth, and both had to deliver earlier then their due […]
Magnesium supplements – can it help with cramps in pregnancy?
Magnesium supplementation in the reduction of muscle cramps in pregnancy – is there evidence supporting its use? Dosages recommended. What supplement brands to use? Up to half of pregnant women in the second and third trimester complain of leg cramps particularly at night. There have been various mechanisms postulated for this effect, some of which […]
Male sub-fertility or infertility? Semen analysis – explained
It is commonly assumed that couples’ inability to conceive is due to a problem with a woman. In actual fact, the male factor contributes to roughly half of the infertility cases. Male infertility/sub-fertility is often due to the sperm production, getting it to reach the egg and fertilising it. For this reason semen analysis is […]
Men and Fertility: How to Prepare
If you and your partner are trying to conceive but facing some roadblocks, you will want to consider all the possibilities. While around one-third of fertility problems are due to women’s problems, the rest are caused by male infertility. Fertility problems are not anyone’s fault, there are a few things that a male can consider […]
Mode of transmission for COVID-19: droplet contact or airborne?
We know that COVID-19 is a respiratory virus that can be passed onto people within close contact with an infected case. However, there have been debates regarding whether it is transmitted via droplet contact or airborne transmission. What’s the difference and which one is right? Droplet contact Droplets containing the virus can be generated when […]
How many COVID-19-infected people are asymptomatic?
One of the priorities in characterising the COVID-19 pandemic is estimating how many people are asymptomatic transmitters of the virus. These covert infections are different to unreported cases due to inefficiencies in the local authorities. Instead, they refer to people who are incubating and potentially spreading the virus without knowing it. Asymptomatic rate estimates Some […]
How to Know When You’re Ovulating
Every month, about 15 to 20 eggs are produced in your body. Ovulation happens when one or more of those eggs are released from your ovary. Usually it’s the largest that gets pushed out of the pelvic cavity and into the fallopian tube. To determine when you ovulate, try marking the calendar on the first […]
How to pinpoint ovulation time?
Ovulation is the key event that happens only once during a woman’s menstrual cycle. This is when a mature egg is released from the ovary due to a surge in the Luteinising Hormone (LH). Upon release, the egg travels to the fallopian tube, where it may be fertilised by a sperm. Since an egg lives […]