One of the first questions patients ask before IVF is: “What is my chance of success?” It sounds like a question that should have a simple percentage as an answer. It does not. IVF success rates are influenced by many interacting factors, and a percentage reported by a clinic, national registry or online calculator describes
For patients considering fertility treatment abroad, choosing the country is almost as important as choosing the fertility clinic. Treatment quality, reproductive legislation, access to egg donation, medical expertise, communication, travel requirements and continuity of care can all influence the decision. These factors have made IVF in Greece an important option for international patients. And within
Preparing for fertility treatment involves more than choosing an IVF protocol. Egg and sperm development take place within a biological environment influenced by nutrition, metabolism, oxidative balance, hormonal function and general health. This has created growing interest in fertility IV therapy as a supportive strategy before or alongside assisted reproduction. Intravenous therapy delivers selected vitamins,
When couples prepare for IVF, much of the attention naturally falls on the woman: ovarian reserve, stimulation medication, egg quality and endometrial preparation. But sperm quality before IVF matters too. The sperm used on the day of fertilization began developing weeks earlier. This creates an important opportunity: rather than waiting until egg retrieval to think
A semen analysis may show a normal sperm concentration, good motility and acceptable morphology—and yet pregnancy may still not occur. One possible reason is that conventional semen analysis evaluates how sperm look and move, but provides limited information about the integrity of the genetic material they carry. Sperm DNA fragmentation examines a different dimension of
If you have undergone a fertility assessment, you have probably encountered three abbreviations: AMH, FSH and AFC. These are among the most commonly used ovarian reserve tests, but they do not all measure the same thing—and they certainly do not provide a simple percentage chance of becoming pregnant. A woman can have low AMH and
For many women considering IVF in their 40s, one question comes before almost everything else: Can I still try with my own eggs? The answer is highly individual. IVF with your own eggs after 40 can result in pregnancy and live birth, but reproductive potential changes substantially throughout the 40s. A woman at 40 with
Being told that your ovarian reserve is very low—or that you may be approaching menopause earlier than expected—can make pregnancy seem impossible. But early menopause and fertility are more complex than a simple “fertile or infertile” diagnosis. Ovarian function declines along a continuum. Some women experience diminished ovarian reserve while still menstruating regularly. Others enter
Female fertility does not decline suddenly at menopause. It changes progressively as the ovaries age, often beginning years before menstrual cycles stop. During this transition, women may experience reduced ovarian reserve, poorer response to IVF stimulation, irregular cycles and eventually perimenopause, followed by menopause and postmenopause. For women who still wish to conceive—particularly those experiencing
Exosome therapy for female fertility represents one of the most rapidly developing areas of regenerative reproductive medicine. Unlike conventional fertility treatments that primarily act through hormones, medications or laboratory-assisted reproduction, exosome-based approaches focus on something more fundamental: communication between cells. Every tissue in the reproductive system depends on continuous molecular communication. Ovarian cells communicate with
Chania Fertility Unit is in strong collaboration with the well-known IVF clinic Crete Fertility Centre, bringing to Chania all the high quality services and expertise.
CHANIA FERTILITY UNIT
Chania, Crete, Greece
Tel: +3028210 36060 , +3028212 00166
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