Fibroids and Pregnancy: Can You Conceive with Uterine Fibroids?
Yes — pregnancy with fibroids is possible for most women. The fertility impact depends on fibroid type and location. Submucosal fibroids (inside the cavity) have the greatest negative effect and […]
PCOS and Fertility: What It Means for Your Chances — and What You Can Do About It
PCOS — polycystic ovary syndrome — is diagnosed in approximately 8–13% of women of reproductive age worldwide, making it the most common endocrine disorder in women and the most frequent […]
The Discovery Call: What to Expect, What to Ask, and How to Know If It’s Right for You
The Discovery Call is appropriate for anyone at any stage of a fertility journey who wants to talk to someone who understands the landscape. Specifically: You’ve just started thinking about […]
From the UAE to South Africa for IVF: The Complete Practical Guide
For patients based in the UAE — whether UAE nationals, expatriates, or those seeking treatment unavailable or restricted in their home countries — South Africa has emerged as one of […]
Miscarriage After IVF: What’s Different, What Helps, and What Comes Next
There are losses that the world knows how to hold, and losses it doesn’t. A miscarriage after IVF sits in both categories. It is, in the clinical sense, a pregnancy […]
Scan Anxiety: How to Get Through Every Appointment
There is a specific kind of dread that arrives the night before a scan. Not general anxiety. Not vague worry. A very particular fear that sits in the chest and […]
Nigeria to Cape Town: What West African Patients Need to Know About Fertility Treatment in South Africa
For growing numbers of patients from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and across West and East Africa, South Africa has become the destination of choice for fertility treatment that combines internationally accredited […]
Blocked Fallopian Tubes Fertility Treatment: Surgical Repair vs IVF
Treatment for blocked fallopian tubes is either surgical (laparoscopy to remove adhesions or repair tube ends) or IVF (which bypasses the tubes entirely). IVF is preferred for bilateral damage, hydrosalpinx, […]
Pregnant After Infertility: Why It Doesn’t Always Feel the Way You Expected
You spent months — maybe years — trying. The injections, the waiting, the losses, the false starts. And then, finally, the result you’d been fighting for: a positive pregnancy test. […]
Infertility, Pregnancy Loss and Hope: The Conversation Families Aren’t Having
Mia and Daniel’s story is a composite, inspired by the journeys of couples navigating infertility and pregnancy loss in South Africa. The table was already full The table was already […]