With all the enthusiasm in the world, today I would like to open the doors of our clinic. We want it to be the place where the adventure of having a child begins: from the moment when the patients get in touch with us until they come back to introduce their baby to us....
Celebration in Barcelona and Rome
This past month of March, we have been celebrating! On the 1st of March, we organized a cocktail party with local authorities and the medical community of Barcelona at our headquarters in Diagonal. We had two luxury godparents: the journalist Albert Castillón and the singer Antonio Orozco, both of whom are very good friends...
When does life start?
This year, during my Christmas speech I spoke about when do we believe that human life begins. Always with the music as a backdrop, this year we have celebrated a party based around ABBA’s music. As I said, in this party I took the opportunity to reflect on “When does life begin?”: When does life start? When exactly does a human...
Claiming women’s freedom to decide
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a meeting organized by the well-known magazine Marie Claire on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary in Spain. They gathered 30 exceptional women in different fields. In my case, I was present as a representative of medical science. Together with them, I was able...
First pregnancy at Institut Marquès thanks to Fertile
You know how much I love sharing good news with you. This time, I am particularly proud to explain you how we have obtained a pregnancy on the first cycle carried out using Fertile. Now, you may ask yourselves: what is Fertile? This is a new technique to select the healthiest spermatozoids, so that...
IgNobel Medicine Award
I have just arrived from Boston and I want to share with you my joy to have received this award that represents a recognition by these prestigious universities. It makes me particularly excited because they try to bring science closer to everyone in a pleasant and funny way. They treated us like heroes of...
Embryo adoption: The 1000 th baby is born!
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...
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...