Almost every day, I receive visits from patients who come to our clinic to introduce me to their children. I am really glad they do so because we all have done our best so that those children can be born. Today I want to explain what the process of In Vitro Fertilization consists of,...
Day by day at the consult Archive
Anecdotes that have happened to us over the years
As you know, I like to tell you about the day by day in our clinic, as we often experience genuinely funny situations. With all due respects towards our patients, I’m gonna tell you about the ones I remember. Some have happened directly to us and some belong to colleagues who work in other...
Over 780,000 readers!
Today I’d like to thank all of you. Fertility Experiences has over 780,000 readers. I am pleasantly surprised and very happy that you show so much interest in what we do in the sterility consultations at our centre. Frequently, us doctors don’t know how to let our patients know about the way they make...
Pregnancy Test
Every day, first thing in the morning, all the gynaecologists in our sterility team get together and check the results of our patients’ pregnancy tests – many have already been sent to us due to the time difference with other countries. Let me tell you what I’ve seen today, December 20th, at 10 a.m....
Embryomobile
Four months have gone since our patients can watch their embryos from home whenever they want to. When we set the idea in motion, we didn’t know how they’d react… and today all the gynecologists in our sterility team have come together to comment on it… The most repeated word in the meeting was...
Institut Marquès Turns 90
Today, when I arrived, I found the building where I work all wrapped up in a huge ribbon. It’s Institut Marquès’ 90th anniversary!!! I’m excited to think about what this implies… all these years of well practiced gynecology, of a medical tradition that has reached its 4th generation… The importance of keeping medical and...
Embryoscope: The movie of the beginning of life
Embryoscope is a new incubator for our small embryos that includes an incorporated video camera to film their development. In the medical field, it offers us two main advantages: First, we no longer need to remove the embryos from the incubator to watch them under a microscope. Thus, we can prevent any changes in...
The In Vitro Fertilisation Lab Is A Giant Uterus
Today, I want to show you around our IVF Lab, how we have made it into a giant uterus and how one must work in it. First, I must ask you to imagine the inside of a uterus… How lit up is it? Well, it isn’t at all, so our lab recreates its...
Today At My Consultation
Today at my consultation I attended a 37 year old woman who wanted to get pregnant with donor sperm. She was so beautiful that before I knew it I was speaking my thoughts out loud: “Well, if you can’t get a man, I don’t know what’s going to happen!” Laughing, she told me she...
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