When treating infertility, monitoring a patient’s cervical mucus can be very informative. Cervical mucus is a key ingredient to aid conception. It is needed to assist the sperm to journey deeper into the female reproductive organs to be ready in position for when the egg is released at ovulation. Cervical mucus goes through changes in […]
When trying to conceive, women often turn to using a basal body temperature chart to gain a better understanding of their menstrual cycle. Charting was first used a method of contraception. Essentially the chart graphs body temperature, which is taken from the moment of waking up each morning. After ovulation, the temperature increases. Couples then
An interesting article by Rosanna Ryan has been posted on the ABC website. It essentially was an interview of Professor John Aitken from the University of Newcastle. The main point of the interview was that there is an over clinical focus on female infertility and more efforts should be made to consider male infertility. Prof
Pelvic inflammatory disease can reduce your chances of falling pregnant. It is caused by a bacterial infection which starts in the vagina and/or cervix and spreads throughout the pelvis causing inflammation. The infection which leads to PID can come from numerous sources. For example, the bacteria can be initially caused by sexually transmitted diseases as
A recent study caught my eye on the overestimation amongst men and women on their likelihood of being infertile. The study was conducted at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and will be published in the March edition of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. The researchers surveyed 3.2 million women
For many years now there has been a general consensus that women have a limited amount of eggs they can produce within their lifetime. A new study headed by Jonathon Tilly from the Massachusetts General Hospital has challenged this long held belief. The research examined both humans and mice. They found that oogonial stem cells
