Conceiving

Women who fail to produce any eggs or produce eggs of poor quality may consider using donated eggs.

The ultrasound-guided embryo transfer has been available since 2006. It is suitable for women who cannot conceive due to low implantation rates.

Superovulation (SO) is the use of fertility drugs to stimulate two to three ovarian eggs and bring them to maturation so chances of conception are increased.

IVM is the latest technology that helps infertile couple to have children. In this treatment, immature eggs are retrieved from the ovary and are matured in the laboratory.

In 1992, a team of Doctors from NUH put Singapore on the fertility world map when they implanted and delivered the worlds first Blastocyst Transfer Baby. Since then Blastocyst Transfer has become a popular procedure amongst couples who are trying to get pregnant.

In Singapore co-funding for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) was introduced in Aug 2008. To find out more about it, read this article.

If you are one of the 15 per cent of Singaporeans who have trouble conceiving, you might want to start altering your diet.

As a woman, we're constantly having to fight our biological clock. What if we didn't have to? Watch this video of egg freezing specialist, Dr Jain and his patient as they discuss egg freezing.

GIFT (gamete intrafallopian transfer) and ZIFT(zygote intrafallopian transfer) are modified versions of in vitro fertilization. Find out more about these options.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has become a powerful means of overcoming infertility in men. Find out more about this procedure.

It's expensive and invasive--but if you are trying to get pregnant, it often works. Here is the real deal with IVF.

Infertility is classically defined as one year of unprotected intercourse without conceiving. If the person is above the age of 37, infertility is defined as six months ofunprotected intercourse without conceiving. Why out more about infertility - it's physical and emotional definition - from leading experts Dr. Alice Domar and Dr Micheal Alper.