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Effects of smoking in pregnancy- there’s a risk of chromosomal abnormalities

Ruth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:27:04 +0000

The effects of smoking in pregnancy can cause reproductive problems but can cause problems even before she becomes pregnant, making conception difficult. It’s a good idea to stop smoking before you become pregnant, because cigarettes have toxins, and these can hinder egg maturation as well as ovulation rates. Eggs exposed to nicotine have a greater rate of chromosomal abnormalities.

Micarriages, underweight babies or premature labour are some of the things that can go wrong with women who smoke.

Effects of smoking in pregnancy don’t only apply to women because if men smoke, the nicotine can certainly affect the quality of his sperm.If you want to make conception easier and enjoy a healthy pregnancy, making some lifestyle changes can make all the difference. Stop smoking and start to replace the vitamins and nutrients that smoking removes. Pregassist will help to get your body in tip top condition so that pregnancy can happen easily.

Ways to improve fertility

Ruth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:30:14 +0000

For some couples getting pregnant is a breeze but for others medical intervention becomes a ray of hope for them, but even then, after forking out a small fortune and undergoing a series of tests, pregnancy still remains a distant dream. One of the most simple factors possible affecting pregnancy is smoking as there are some couples who aren’t aware that cigarettes and pregnancy don’t mix. There are several other ways to improve your fertility chances.

In many cases, lifestyle changes as well as changes in diet can greatly improve a couple’s chances of becoming pregnant. Various nutrients have been shown to improve the body’s fertility levels and these can be taken as supplements.It is important that a woman’s diet is geared towards promoting hormonal balance and Pregassist contains adequate amounts of minerals and vitamins that will most likely bring you the happy news you are waiting for.

Fertility treatments

Ruth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:36:58 +0000

Endometriosis affects many women, not only causing discomfort but also emotional trauma for women who believe that it spells the end of having a baby. Some fertility treatments involve surgery to remove the disease; and drugs can also be used to help the chances of pregnancy.

Whist the chances of conceiving with endometriosis are lower, there are natural treatments that will certainly increase your chances of a healthy conception. By making some lifestyle and diet changes and ridding yourself of caffeine, smoking and alcohol you increase your chances of conceiving substantially. Nutrition plays an important role in conception

If you are struggling to become pregnant, you have options…you can try standard infertility treatments such as IVF and drugs, spend a fortune and still meet with disappointment or you may want to look into alternative fertility treatments. Pregassist will restore your hormonal balance with its superb vitamin and mineral content and prepare your body naturally for conception to take place.

The Types of Artificial Insemination

Lana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:23:06 +0000

Artificial Insemination is one of the ways in achieving pregnancy when either one or both of the partners show signs of being infertile. It’s a non surgical procedure meaning it’s due to an insufficiency that can’t be treated by medication or surgery like impotence and sexual dysfunction in men and hyperproclatinemia. There are nine main types of artificial insemination including intra cervical insemination, intrauterine insemination, and Zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer, Gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer, tubal embryo transfer, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and testicular sperm extraction, assisted hatching and cryopreservation. In each of the following blogs I will be explaining each process is more detail.

Pregassist is an established company that has helped a great number of couples in achieving conception. Whether you want to find out in more detail what our products represent or if you want more professional advice and tips on how to get pregnant, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Artificial Insemination Part One; Intracervical Insemination

Lana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:00:36 +0000

Intracervical insemination (ICI) is one of the least expensive methods of artificial insemination. It’s also one that is the least complicated and can be performed in the comfort of your reproductive specialist’s office. What they do is to take the sperm from your partner and then they insert it into the woman’s cervix, enhancing the chances of the sperm swimming through the uterus and ultimately into the fallopian tube. ICI is most commonly in women who have presented signs of being infertile.

Both partners will be tested and diagnosed before commencing with ICI, just to make sure that there aren’t any other underlying problems in regards to their individual reproductive organs. By monitoring the levels of luteinizing hormones (LH) in the female’s blood, the specialist can easily determine which days you would be most fertile and then know when to go forth with the procedure. On the female’s day of ovulation, the already prepared sperm will be injected within a 24 hour window, and again in 36 hours.

For more information on ICI or any of the other artificial insemination processes feel free to contact the experts from Pregassist.

Artificial Insemination Part Two; Intrauterine Insemination

Lana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:30:34 +0000

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) is the process of injecting formerly prepared and warmed sperm into the woman’s uterus. This is done two to three days before and after ovulation which heightens the chances of fertilization by getting the sperm closer to the matured egg. There are basically two ways in which this process can be approached;

• If a woman is considered to have normal ovulation but still have trouble getting pregnant, the doctor will inject the previously prepared sperm into the woman’s cervix two days before ovulation, and then again after. Your physician can guide you in determining how to know when you are most fertile.
• When a woman has already tried ICI and have shown signs of certain problems in regards to her ovulation processes, the doctor will undoubtedly recommend medical induced ovulation. The medication will assist in producing more mature eggs which will be closely monitored via transvaginal ultrasounds. On the day of ovulation the doctor will then continue to inject the sperm into the female’s cervix.

For more information on intrauterine insemination or other natural methods to first consider please contact us at Pregassist. We have helped countless couples in becoming parents, and would love to help and assist you in making your dream a reality.

Artificial Insemination Part Three; Zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer

Lana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:14:20 +0000

Zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer is considered an ART procedure which relies on the precision of your specialist. Once the doctor has determined that the eggs have reached full maturity, the woman will be given local anaesthetics and the eggs will be located by an ultrasound and removed from the ovaries with a needle. The eggs are then taken to a laboratory and will be fertilized with the male’s sperm, in vitro. About 24 hours later each of the fertilized eggs would have formed a ball of cells, known as the zygote which is the developing embryo.

The woman will then undergo minor surgery where the doctor makes a small incision in her stomach and places up to four zygotes into her fallopian tubes. In the event of the procedure proving to be unsuccessful, any extra zygotes will be frozen and kept safe for a second attempt. In 35% of woman successfully becoming pregnant via zygote intra-fallopian tube transfer gives birth to multiples. Not many couples opt for this ART procedure, so to find out more about the various types of artificial insemination contact us at Pregassist.

Artificial Insemination Part Four; Tubal Embryo Transfer

Lana — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:46:36 +0000

When IVF has proven to be an unsuccessful method of becoming pregnant, couples often turn to tubal embryo transfer. The procedure involves transferring the cleaved embryos found in the woman’s fallopian tubes. The woman will be taken to hospital and will be placed under general anaesthetics in order to successfully continue with a medical laparoscopy. The matured eggs are then removed and taken to a laboratory where they will be fertilised by the male’s sperm. 48 Hours later the zygotes have been cultivated in the lab and the embryos will then be replaced in the woman’s fallopian tubes.

In some cases where the woman has a fundamental problem with her ovaries or if she has a genetic disease that shouldn’t be passed along to the baby she can opt for using donor eggs. Whichever artificial insemination you might consider, Pregassist has a team of experts who can explain each process in detail and advice you on which way to go. If you’ve been trying to get pregnant for some time, contact us at Pregassist and let us help you.

Artificial Insemination Part Five; Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Lana — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:30:46 +0000

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a procedure specially developed for infertile males. There is a wide variety of infertility treatments presented to infertile males, but this one has been proven to be quite successful. The procedure involves carefully selecting one live and healthy sperm and accurately placing it into the human egg. For this procedure to have proper effect it’s highly recommended that the female partner should take certain fertility drugs that will ultimately stimulate her ovaries making them more susceptible to produce several mature, healthy eggs.

The process is extremely delicate and makes use of medical instruments like inverted microscopes and ultrasounds. A tine hollow needle is used to pick up each sperm individually and then placed into the egg’s outer shell and its membrane. These eggs have a 75-80% chance of successfully becoming fertilized. The subject surrounding intracytoplasmic sperm injection is unbelievably intricate, so for more information on what the procedure includes, feel free to contact us at Pregassist. If you have any questions on fertility, conception and how to get pregnant don’t hesitate to get the answers you yearn for as soon as possible.

Artificial Insemination Part Six; Testicular Sperm Extraction

Lana — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:12:48 +0000

Testicular sperm extraction has shown to be very popular amongst men who have infertility problems. There are various reasons as to why certain men have infertility problems including the leading cause which is stress, the misuse of recreational drugs, hypogonadism, problems like erectile dysfunction, various infections and oligospermia. Testicular sperm extraction is a type of artificial insemination mainly for men who have trouble ejaculating at all or who are producing sperm with low mobility; these conditions are known as azoospermia and necrospermia.

The procedure involves extracting a strand of testicular tissue and is then placed in a culture medium. The technician will then inspect the sample in the attempt of finding viable and sustainable sperm. Even though the sample probably won’t contain enough sperm for intrauterine insemination (IUI), it usually has enough for intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

For more information on testiculas sperm extraction and all the other artificial insemination procedures feel free to contact an expert consultant from Pregassist today.