The baby number 1000 of our Embryo Adoption Programme is born. We are very happy because Georgina is a beautiful girl and has come to see us in Barcelona. Watch this video: The Embryo Adoption Programme was launched in 2004 to give the embryos frozen in our center a possibility to live. From the...
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Egg and Sperm Donors: Anonymous or Non-Anonymous?
Egg and sperm donors: anonymous or non-anonymous? In France, according to the new law that has just come into force, from now on only non-anonymous egg and sperm donation will be allowed. Children born through in vitro fertilisation with donor eggs or sperm will be able to know their identity when they reach the...
Musical ultrasound
The Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas uses Babypod daily during her pregnancy and she came to Institut Marques to perform a musical ultrasound. I will never forget the singer’s face of happiness. She herself recognized that in no other session had she seen those movements of tongue and mouth that the baby performed while hearing...
“I want to get pregnant now!”
When the publishing house Amat suggested me to write a book I thought it was a crazy idea and that I wouldn’t have enough time, but now that is published I’m over the moon. Especially because this book gives clear and reliable information about fertility, and therefore it can be very helpful to women...
Can music improve embryo implantation?
At Institut Marquès we continue asking questions about the benefits of music in the beginning of life. So, now we want to know if music can also help embryo to implant in the maternal womb. Thus, we are carrying out a study with patients from all around the world using Babypod. We want to...
The semen sample collection. What do men like?
When we ask a man to bring a semen sample for analysis or other studies there is usually no problem. He obtains it at home and brings it to us. However, when it is time to provide the sample for an In-Vitro Fertilisation, things change. In general they are nervous, hypersensitive because of the...
The Story of a Discovery (5) – What do we think can be heard inside the uterus?
I(5) – WHAT DO WE THINK CAN BE HEARD INSIDE THE UTERUS? – The foetus receives sounds from the inner body of the mother: heartbeat, breathing and abdominal sounds. The foetus also hears sounds of what the mother is doing (e.g. when she talks or walks in high heels), and also outside noises. But the...
The Story of a Discovery (4) The results of the first study
(4) – THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST STUDY – Scans previous to stimulation showed that 45% of the fetuses were moving the head and the extremities, and that 30% were moving the mouth and the tongue. This is normally what they do when they are awake. When the vaginal music stimulation (using the Babypod)...
The impact of Babypod
Even though it may seem that I’m trying to promote the company that commercialized the device, I can’t help sharing with you the impact that the video of Soraya’s concert has had around the world. The word Babypod has been mentioned all over the world, but what touches me the most are the comments...
Vaginal concert for foetuses
This week I went to a concert for pregnant women organized by Babypod. It was hilarious as on arrival I went to the bathroom at the events hall and the show was beginning here, in front of the mirror. It was filled with lots of pregnant women with big bellies who were entering to...