This month, we’re speaking to fertility dietitian Alex Ballard (@alextalksdiet), who specialises in preconception nutrition and offers support to Aria Fertility patients. What are your qualifications and experience as a dietitian? I qualified as a dietitian in 2015 following a four-year degree involving various clinical placements. These included specialties such as paediatrics, intensive care, oncology […]
A new study has been published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, exploring the benefits of genetic testing for IVF-created embryos in women over 35. Conducted by a research team from King’s College London, King’s College Hospital and King’s Fertility, this was the first study of its kind to look specifically at women aged 35 […]
Recurrent miscarriage can be devastating. Sadly, around one in six pregnancies are miscarried, and each miscarriage increases the risk of it happening again. While the exact cause of recurrent miscarriage varies from person to person, scientists may have recently discovered a missing ‘key piece of the miscarriage puzzle’. While miscarriage research up to now has […]
In the UK, it is estimated that one in 10 women of reproductive age is affected by endometriosis, translating to roughly 1.5 million women. Trustee of The Endometriosis Foundation and executive committee member of the British Fertility Society, Ms Srividya Seshadri has recently co-authored an exploration of endometriosis management for IVF patients. Published in the […]
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology authority (HFEA), the UK’s fertility treatment regulator, has released the latest statistics on fertility treatment in the UK, and it makes for interesting reading. One IVF baby in every classroom? One stand-out stat that has been much quoted in the national press is that one in every 32 births in […]
At Aria, we believe that research isn’t just data — it’s hope in the shape of numbers. It’s a quiet revolution happening behind microscopes and within conversations between scientists asking What if? As we celebrate Research Appreciation Day, this year we reflect on the journey of discovery that has brought us closer to understanding the […]
Shared motherhood – also known as reciprocal IVF – is a treatment that allows female same-sex couples to both take an active role in the experience of conceiving and carrying a child. Many women arrive at our clinic uncertain about how the process works, so here we answer some of your Shared Motherhood FAQs to […]
As it’s Men’s Health Week here in the UK, we wanted to take the opportunity to talk about male infertility. “An estimated one in seven couples will have IVF treatment for male factor infertility,” our fertility expert Miss Amanda Tozer explains. On average, male fertility is the cause in 30% of infertility cases, although recent […]
National Infertility Awareness Week is observed from 20th to 26th April this year and aims to raise awareness about infertility and reduce the stigma associated with this condition which is estimated to affect around one in seven couples in the UK. What is infertility? Broadly defined by the World Health Organisation as “the failure to […]
Embryologists perform an essential role throughout the patient pathway at an IVF clinic. As well as their lab work, they also regularly interact with patients. In part two of ‘Ask an Embryologist’, Senior Clinical Embryologist Kim Hill answers your most frequently asked questions, including how often you will hear from your embryologist. “We speak to […]