When you are trying to conceive, and especially during the two-week wait after an assisted reproduction treatment, any small change can raise a lot of questions. One of the things that worries patients most is light bleeding before the pregnancy test. Could it be...
When we talk about fertility, much of the focus tends to be on the quality of the eggs, sperm and embryos. However, for a pregnancy to begin and progress, it is also essential that the site where the embryo is to implant provides the right conditions. The shape of the...
When we start trying for a baby, it’s common to think it will happen quickly. However, even when there are no fertility issues, getting pregnant during a menstrual cycle is not guaranteed. The likelihood of becoming pregnant depends on various factors, but one of the...
When a couple is unable to conceive, attention is often focused on the woman. However, the reality is very different: male factors are involved in approximately 30 per cent of infertility cases. For this reason, in assisted reproduction, both partners should always be...
At the Gutenberg Centre Reproduction Unit, your first fertility consultation is free and lasts approximately one hour. During this time, one of our specialist doctors will thoroughly examine your case in order to offer you a clear diagnosis and a personalised...
At present, 17.5 % of couples worldwide are dealing with impact of infertility. In Spain, one in every five couples is struggling with fertility issues, and about 56 % of those one in five couples have started to undergo assisted reproduction treatment. ...
A chemical or biochemical pregnancy is defined as an early pregnancy that is confirmed through a positive test for the hormone beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG), either in urine or blood, but which does not progress to the stage where the pregnancy can be...
The embryo freezing by vitrification, or ultra‑rapid freezing, is one of the assisted reproduction techniques we perform at URE Centro Gutenberg. It’s a very useful procedure as it allows us to preserve the embryos that aren’t going to be transferred in the same...
Many couples ask us when they should start looking into assisted reproduction if they want to have kids. And our response is always the same: if you haven’t conceived naturally after a year of regular, unprotected intercourse, we recommend that you visit a specialist...
The frozen embryo transfer is a treatment we perform at our fertility clinic in Spain in cases where we were able to freeze embryos that were previously created in a cycle of in vitro fertilisation treatment, regardless of whether the embryos were made using own eggs...
When you are trying to conceive, and especially during the two-week wait after an assisted reproduction treatment, any small change can raise a lot of questions. One of the things that worries patients most is light bleeding before the pregnancy test. Could it be...
When we talk about fertility, much of the focus tends to be on the quality of the eggs, sperm and embryos. However, for a pregnancy to begin and progress, it is also essential that the site where the embryo is to implant provides the right conditions. The shape of the...
When we start trying for a baby, it’s common to think it will happen quickly. However, even when there are no fertility issues, getting pregnant during a menstrual cycle is not guaranteed. The likelihood of becoming pregnant depends on various factors, but one of the...
