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IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) is a procedure used to overcome a range of fertility issues. It brings eggs and sperm together in a laboratory. The fertilized egg (embryo) is left to grow in a safe protected environment for several days before transferring an embryo into a woman’s uterus. IVF can be used to overcome a […]

For many people, in fact about 10 percent of women suffer from fertility problems. There’s a couple that struggled for 6 years to fall pregnant and finally it happened after a miscarriage. They made it past 32 weeks and were going strong to reach a healthy birth. However countless couples around the world go through […]

Today, fertility clinics play an important role in our healthcare system. By helping couples identify fertility issues, and find resourceful solutions. Infertility is one of life’s most painful challenges because the drive to have a child is the central aspect of what makes us human. Fertility clinics are there to help people become pregnant and […]

Your very first consultation at an IVF clinic can be daunting as it is a major step in your personal life. There is no reason to be nervous, but you should definitely be prepared! Remember that failing to prepare is preparing to fail, and we don’t want you to fail in your first consultation, and […]

Anywhere you go in South Africa, you can overhear at least one person complaining about the healthcare system. Trusting someone to successfully implant a bun in your oven is hard enough with the stress of the costs and the chance that even if you do everything right, it still might not work. Adding the worry […]

‘Infertile’ is a term applied to a woman that has been unsuccessful in trying to conceive for a year or more than six months in the case of a woman past the age of 35. Infertile is not something that anyone should be ashamed of. Just like with any other disease, there is hope that […]

Artificial Insemination (AI) procedures have increased drastically in terms of success rates in South Africa. While previously popular among infertile couples within the top LSM bracket in South Africa due to financial freedom and the ability to undergo multiple AI procedures, AI is now on the lower LSM group’s radar. And the radar is burning […]

In South Africa, limited medical aid coverage for infertility treatments, high costs associated with reproductive techniques and costly healthcare has seen a rise in the population’s infertility numbers. Currently, 15 to 20 per cent of the population is experiencing infertility. Fortunately, the number of fertility treatments available in the South African market caters well to […]

The journey to becoming a parent is different for anyone, but the destination is always the same – to have a baby. While others can conceive naturally, not everyone’s bodies work the same. If you are struggling to conceive, remember that this doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you, and the door is closed. […]