Pre-Treatment Advice

You can help yourself to increase your chance of conception whether naturally or through assisted conception treatment.

Diet: A well balanced diet is generally important. Make sure that you eat a reasonable amount of protein (meat, fish and eggs), carbohydrates (rice, pasta and bread) as well as fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins. Folic acid is particularly important as it was found that taking 400 ug daily starting before pregnancy would reduce the risk of your baby having spina bifida (a neural tube defect at the lower part of the spinal column). Pre-pregnancy vitamin tablets usually contain enough amount of folic acid.

Being considerably overweight might mildly reduce your chances of success and make the procedures technically difficult. It is ideal if loose some weight prior to your treatment.

Smoking: Smoking adversely affects chances of conceiving. It reduces both male and female fertility. You are strongly advised to stop smoking well ahead of your treatment. <

Alcohol: There is harm in having a drink occasionally. There is recent evidence that drinking even in moderation might adversely affect the outcome of pregnancy. To be on the safe side it is better to reduce drinking to the minimum or even stop it prior to try to conceive. Men should avoid binge drinking as this is particularly harmful to sperm production. Sperm take about 3 months to mature and it is important to improve your life style before starting treatment.

Drugs: Illegal drugs adversely affect the fertility potential for both male and female partner. They also reduce the chances of the successful assisted conception treatment and out come of pregnancy. You should stop all these drugs before you plan for conception.

Testicular Heat: The scrotum hangs outside the body because the testicles need to be a few degrees cooler than the rest of the body for normal sperm production. There sre several tips to help keep your testicles cooler:

• Avoid briefs and wear shorts
• Avoid saunas and hot tubs
• Avoid tight jeans or pants


Stress: Stress in itself is not a bad thing. If it becomes overwhelming it can affect your ability to cope with treatment and may prevent you from getting the best out of your every day life. The exact influence that stress has is not known, but excessive stress might reduce your chances of successful treatment. Seeing a counsellor or talking to our staff may help reduce your anxieties and relieve some of your stress. If you have any worries or concerns, do please let us know.

Our Services

IUI Intra Uterine Insemination
The prepared semen sample is injected high into the uterine cavity at the time of ovulation to increase the chances of pregnancy.

IVF In-Vitro Fertilization
After stimulation of the ovary, the Eggs are collected and mixed with the Sperm in the Lab. The Embryos (fertilized eggs) are replaced in the womb.

ICSI Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Micro injection of the sperm into the egg)
The same like IVF but with injection of the sperm into the egg under the microscope.

PESA & TESA Surgical Sperm Retrieval
For men with Azoo-spermia i.e. no sperm in the ejaculate. PESA: Needle aspiration of the sperm from the epididymes; the structure next to the testis. TESA: Needle aspiration of the sperm from the testis.

Egg, Sperm and Embryo Donation
Some people are kind enough to donate their gametes or embryos to help couples in need. Egg Sharing An egg donor who needs IVF can share her eggs with a recipient who would sponsor the treatment.

Surrogacy:
The surrogate mother kindly carries the baby for the genetic mother who could not keep the pregnancy for various reasons.

Egg, Sperm and Embryo Freezing:
You can keep your gametes and/or embryos in storage for future use.

Assisted Hatching:
If your embryos have a thick shell, we can cut it away to help the embryos to hatch and implant.

Blastocyst transfer:
With new technology we can keep the embryos out in the lab up to 5 days (blastocysts) to choose the stongest on going ones for transfer and improve your chance of getting pregnant.

PGD Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis:
We can check the embryos before returning them to exclude chromosomal abnormalities and inherited genetic diseases.

Reproductive Immunology:
We can check the immune system for abnormalities that might cause miscarriage or infertility.