It is possible to get pregnant even If you have PCOS

There are many success stories of Shantah Fertility Centre where complicated cases get success and couples find their happiness when a baby is born. Today I am sharing one of those tough cases where Shreya Arora(name changed) found out that she was expecting a baby, it was her best birthday gift  she could have hoped for. 

Shreya had been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) at the age of only 16 and was on medication for long and obviously her chances of getting pregnant with PCOS were very weak. 

The challenges of getting pregnant with PCOS 

PCOS is one of the most common causes of infertility in women and can have a number of symptoms including irregular periods and excess facial hair. 

The diagnosis had hit Shreya hard and she admits that she coped with it by mentally closing off the option of ever

Don’t get panic when your fertility starts ticking

“All my life I've been told I need to get pregnant before it's too late” said Divyanka Tripathi (name changed) when she met Dr. Anubha Singh. When you constantly hear such things,this creates fear in your mind; a kind of anxiety and panic builds up around you to which I call Baby Panic. 

Baby panic is anxiety usually experienced by women around their biological clock and whether they can satisfy a desire to have a baby.

There are actually two kind of women experiencing baby panic. The first includes those who are trying to have a baby, but there is a question mark around whether it's possible. The second is women who want to have a baby but are into family planning or they don’t feel that this is the right time to have a baby responsibility.

Being in India especially there is always a baby pressure around once you get married. The pressure is both internal and external, and

Which Fertility Treatment is best for you?

This pandemic is indeed hard for everyone. Life is slowly getting new normal, people are getting used to it but the corona virus or Covid 19 is still here.  It can be hard enough to tie your shoes in the morning or put yourself to bed at night. Depression, work from home pressure,anxiety, nervousness have all become a part of life. 

Many known persons or even Bollywood celebrities are expecting during this pandemic. Now whether you’re trying to get pregnant right now, or you’re just educating yourself for the future and even if you’re dealing with fertility issues, you can’t exactly tell yourself to just stop thinking about it. Because there is a good news; with the help of a specialist, there’s a lot of valued information available.

Infertility is very common in India. Nearly 27.5 million couples are known to actively trying to conceive and suffer from infertility in the country. Though people are aware of infertility treatments like IVF, IUI, sperm donors etc thanks to our Indian media for that for spreading such great and valued information.But still people are not educated about what fertility treatment they require in their current situation as IVF is not for everyone. 

For starters, we wanted to find out exactly what IVF and IUI are and how they might help a woman get pregnant. Also one must be curious to know about cost, alternative medicine, sperm donors,

Understanding your Ovarian Reserve

Ovarian reserve is the term used to describe how many eggs are left in a woman's ovaries. A woman's fertility depends on the quality and quantity of eggs in her ovaries. Ovaries are among two of the most important glands of the female reproductive system. Women, generally speaking, have two ovaries; one located on each side of the pelvis. The ovaries are responsible for producing egg cells, the number of egg cells in your ovaries is your ovarian reserve. 

The quantity of eggs any woman has largely depends on two main factors. The first factor is how many eggs a woman was born with (it may surprise you to learn that some women are born with 50x more eggs than other women). And the second factor is the rate at which the eggs in the ovaries are depleted during

September- PCOS awareness month

As we all know September is PCOS awareness month Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a hormonal imbalance that interferes with a woman’s reproductive system. When you have PCOS, your ovaries are larger than normal and can have many tiny cysts that contain immature eggs which create hindrances in conceiving. It is one of the most common causes of infertility in women.

Basically, PCOS is a common condition and being overweight worsens all the clinical features. Watch out if you see these clinical features like:

• Irregular periods
• Unwanted hair growth on face, chest,abdomen, thighs
• Oily skin and acne
• Type 2 diabetes
• Obesity
• Increased cholesterol

What causes PCOS?

High levels of the insulin have also been linked to PCOS. Insulin is a hormone that controls the change of sugar, starches, and other food into energy for the body to