In 2004, Institut Marquès launched the first Embryo Adoption Programme in the world. We set it up to give a chance of life to the embryos frozen in our centre. This initiative takes in embryos from young, healthy couples who successfully completed their IVF cycle and entrusted the clinic with the future of those...
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Ovarian Rejuvenation
The current delay of motherhood implies that many women find themselves with a diminished ovarian reserve that limits the possibilities of achieving a pregnancy with their own oocytes. When the ovarian age is over 43 years old or when the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is very low, few eggs are obtained when the ovarian puncture...
The future of Assisted Reproduction
When we feel that life has given us the opportunity to achieve some of our dreams, to experience our passion for some things, I think we should commit ourselves to passing them on to others. It is a beautiful way to return it to life. Driven by this passion, for many years we have...
Assisted Reproduction Treatments for Lesbian Women
As you know, almost two years ago, we launched with great enthusiasm a new project with new family models in mind: Rainbow Fertility Barcelona. Under this brand of Institut Marquès, we welcome those lgtbi+ persons who decide to have a child either as a couple or on their own. Thanks to Rainbow Fertility Barcelona...
Having a baby in a pandemic
I have had the honour of being one of those selected by Objetivo Bienestar magazine as one of the women who have made the greatest contribution to women’s health and wellbeing this year. I have been distinguished for the advances and innovation in Assisted Reproduction and I have been able to share with the...
Endometriosis and Infertility
Endometriosis is an enigmatic disease. Its origin, its development, its symptoms and its consequences constantly surprise us. There are congresses dedicated to it and colleagues argue, for example, about the cause. They have been doing so for years and I believe that they cannot agree because they are all right. Let me explain: The...
Treating Recurrent Miscarriages: Science or Shamanism?
When a patient has suffered two or more miscarriages, if the problem has not been diagnosed and treated, the chances of recurrence are high and increase in direct proportion to the number of previous miscarriages. Some of us know, and others can imagine, the excitement of a positive pregnancy test. But now, I ask...
In the List of the most Influential Women in the Health and Medical Sector: Women’s Leadership, my Personal Experience
This week one of the best-known business magazines in the United States included me in their list of the ten most influential women in the health and medicine sector. I am honoured that they have chosen my interview to be featured on the cover of their magazine. Here is a summary of this and...
Covid-19 and Male Fertility
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have seen publications of all kinds about COVID and its effect on the quality of semen: that it may cause the fragmentation of sperm DNA, that it may be that the inflammation of the testicles is a symptom of the disease, etc. We have also read that...
Sperm and Egg Donation: Would you like your Child to resemble you?
“Will I feel it as mine? Will she/he resemble me?” These are two of the most frequent questions at the consulting room when we tell a patient that she is going to need and egg or sperm donor to have a child. This is a very natural reaction; I call it “genetic mourning”. Faced...