My week at Dexeus, one of the top fertility-clinics in Europe My mother was born here. I was born here. My two daughters were born here, says Sofia Veiga, international manager at the Dexeus Clinic for Women’s Health with lots of emotion in her voice. This is how people normally talk about dear places from…
Menstrual pain sucks. Luckily, there are things that help. Here’s one. (In cooperation with PharmaNord) In this article from a few weeks ago I wrote about how women all over the world hate having periods and we’ve discussed the reasons why women bleed every month. Today, I would like us to look at one…
Don’t you hate periods? Why do women menstruate so often? I was 13 when I got my first period. I was alone at home with my mom on that day so it was a perfect occasion for her to have a conversation with me. In that conversation, she could have said, I love how…
Have PCOS? Lose weight to get pregnant faster Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a set of symptoms that arises due to elevated male hormone levels in women. Among signs pointing to PCOS are: 1) Irregular periods (mention this to your doctor if it happens more than twice within one year), 2) Higher androgen levels…
At which age should women start having children? Is that really a complicated question Biologically speaking, between the age of 18 and 25 is best to have a first child. That’s when eggs are in good shape and the whole reproductive system is at its peak. Young women of 18–25 are the least likely to…
In a conversation with two egg donation experts A few months back, I was lucky to meet several dedicated doctors and biologists from Dexeus clinic in Barcelona at a conference for Reproductive Medicine in Germany. I used this opportunity to make an interview with the two specialists and forward questions to them that women…
Maca is available as a dietary supplement in the form of a powder, liquid, capsule, and tablets. The usual dosage for increasing fertility in women is 500 milligrams of dried maca extract taken 3 times a day.
DHEA increases chances of a successful IVF Aging is not the only proces that causes fertility to decline. As a consequence of a mixture of lifestyle-related factors, such as environmental toxins and exposure to oxidative stress, the ability to conceive naturally declines over time. The progressive decline in women’s fertility after the age of…
There’s a difference between folic acid and folate, do you know what it is? If you had to answer the question, which vitamin would better prevent that your baby develops a neurological disorder, folate or folic acid, would you know the answer? Don’t worry if you wouldn’t. Many doctors can’t tell the difference either and…
What REALLY happens when egg fuses with sperm cell Honestly, I never really wondered what exactly happens in a moment when egg and sperm unite. I assumed, science would know all about it; for such an important event one would expect tons of literature describing every millisecond of it, right? Or at least a handful of studies…