The 27th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI) - All about Women’s Health, Paris, France, 21-23/11/2019

A discussion on controversies in obstetrics, an in-depth analysis. During attending this congress, once again we were faced with the realization of how truly limitless science is.

Through nuclear transfer and the unique “Gene Therapy”, pinpointed by Christopher Reeve during his speech, we’ve taken a crucial step in the advancement of pregnancy in older women.

We celebrate motherhood, and embrace the family!

EmBIO Medical Center celebrates motherhood and life and embraces the family by offering an unprecedented gift:

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It is a fact that pictures of happy and perfect babies that tend to flood the web and social media, can cause anxiety and adversely affect the psychology of women that are trying to conceive.

Like all medical practices and treatments, the process of IVF can also involve some health risks. What is important, however, for a couple who needs to proceed to IVF in order to have a child, is to be properly informed, and not postpone or fear the process for the wrong reasons. The gynecologist - obstetrician and IVF specialist, director of the Assisted Reproduction Center EmBIO, Dr. Thanos Paraschos, explains that any dangers can be minimized by the means that exist today. But what are those risks? We asked him and he responded.

The desire to have a baby intensifies when the goal is not achieved and as a result, the couple is overwhelmed with anxiety and frustration.  The additional stress "sabotages" the effort, exacerbating the problem, which in any case, can be overcome.  The following tips can help you speed up the pregnancy and overcome any obstacles.

As with all medical practices and treatments, so might the procedure of IVF treatment involve some risks. What is important, however, for a couple who needs IVF treatment to have a child is that they are properly informed and do not postpone the procedure due to fear or for the wrong reasons. 

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Multiple biological factors associated with the potential of oocytes and/or spermatozoa may make natural fertilization very difficult. If you have already tried to conceive with other, milder assisted reproduction methods such as ovulation induction or insemination and did not succeed, you can resort to In Vitro Fertilisation to have a healthy child. 

Just a few decades ago, a woman approaching her 50s was considered to be a woman at the end of her reproductive life, more likely to be a grandmother than a mother – the reality of modern life has broken this cliché!

In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”

The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”

The story is about a young woman who recently managed to give birth to a perfectly healthy baby without any prior assisted reproduction treatment whatsoever, even after having undergone both chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation due to sickle cell anaemia during her teenage years.

MedWire News: Study findings suggest that infertile men show an increase in sperm concentration and diploidy, as well as a decline in semen volume and sperm vitality with increasing age.

The findings also showed that increasing age does not affect sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men, and that all sperm parameters remain unaffected by age in fertile men.