The Embryo Adoption Programme of Institut Marquès has come of age. Since 2004, more than 2,000 children have been born thanks to this pioneering idea. The first babies are now 18 years old and more and more patients are coming to our assisted reproduction clinic to have a child by adopting an embryo. I think...
Ovulation: Myths and False Beliefs
When a woman wants to get pregnant, ovulation becomes a passionate matter. Something that wasn’t important, suddenly becomes a goal. “Am I certain that I ovulate? How do I know on which day I ovulate?” These are frequently asked questions. That is why I would like to talk about some of the false beliefs...
A Love Story
I would like to share with you this letter from a patient that I have received today. It is a story of love, struggle and hope that deserved this happy ending. Enjoy it every second. As it deserves to be. We are not yet aware of what is happening. It has taken us a...
The First Consultation on Sterility
“I have always wanted to be a mother, I waited until I had all I considered necessary to offer to my child. At the age of 33, with a lot of enthusiasm, a daily pill of folic acid and a calendar, I stopped using contraceptive methods, with the hope of becoming pregnant the same...
Fresh or frozen embryos? Which is best?
Today the Director of our Laboratory, presented the results from last year and I am really amazed, because the pregnancy rate per transfer were the same regardless whether fresh or frozen (vitrified) embryos were used. And that is including embryos that have been frozen twice! This occurs when we defreeze more embryos than the...
We keep on with your genetics
Also you are carrying genetic mutations that predispose you to have serious diseases. Would you like to know which ones? Nowadays, you have the possibility to know the degree of genetic predisposition that you have to develop diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart attack, multiple sclerosis, etc. They are responsible for most natural deaths...
Hereditary diseases. Would you like to know which ones you can transmit?
You’re carrying between 5 and 20 severe recessive mutations. Let me tell you about it: Mutations are changes that occur in the genetic map of every living being, some are transmitted to children and others are not, depending on the affected cells. In theory, they are necessary for the evolution of the species (we...
IVF to the Beat of the Music. We Have Made our Embryos Dance
I couldn’t imagine the enormous impact of the publication of the results of the In vitro Fertilization with music, both among colleagues from other centers, our patients and the media. Once the scientific study was presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction’s congress (ESHRE) in July 2013, the doctors were dying of desire to talk...
The story of an IVF
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,...
Surrogate Motherhood
Surrogate motherhood is a very important and controversial subject which can be contemplated from very different angles. When there is some news about reproduction, the media usually call me to discuss about them. Sometimes I read material that I have written ten years ago and I am surprised at how my opinion has changed....