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Egg and embryo donation
Egg donation Egg donation is an option if the woman is a known carrier of a serious genetic disorder and where her ovaries are absent or have ceased to function or are unlikely to respond to induced ovulatio...read more
Egg substitutes
Why Not Free Range? This is something we're often asked. A lot of people don't realise that the production of free range eggs still involves animal cruelty. For a start, half of all chicks a...read more
IVF stage by stage
IVF is performed in five main stages – egg production, monitoring egg production, egg recovery, insemination and embryo transfer. Egg production As a first step, the ovaries are stimulated by drugs to...read more
Risks associated with fertility treatments
Like all medical treatments, IVF carries some risks and your clinic should discuss these with you before you go ahead with treatment. Risks can include reactions to fertility drugs that may ...read more
Vegetarians and eggs...
In June 1999, it was announced that battery cages would be banned throughout the EU. Although the ban will not take effect until 2012, the phase-out process will begin in 2003. The intensive overcrowding and ...read more
