Ken Read - Sonographer at Bourn Hall Clinic
Bourn Hall Clinic Colchester is to extend its ultrasound scanning service to offer additional reassurance for women during pregnancy.
Until now, their sophisticated scanner has only been used during fertility treatment and for confirmation of pregnancy at seven weeks. However, following patients’ requests, the Colchester clinic will now offer scans throughout the whole of pregnancy. Continue reading
Anne O'Leary - Head of Embryology at Bourn Hall Clinic Colchester
Anne O’Leary still has a sense of wonder about her job, which every day has the potential to make people’s dream of having a baby come true.
This Valentine’s Day, Anne, an IVF embryologist, will be celebrating one year since re-joining Bourn Hall Clinic as Head of Embryology at Colchester. Continue reading
A number of nurses from Bourn Hall Clinic are attending the RCN Fertility Nurses Conference in London on Saturday 4th February 2012.
Julie McKay, Fertility Nurse Specialist at Bourn Hall Clinic in Colchester says that one area of the conference that particularly interests her is genetics. She says: Continue reading
Brothers Benjamin and Charlie at Bourn Hall
Bourn Hall Clinic in Cambridge reports excellent IVF success rates which have just been updated on its website.
One of the 2011 highlights reveals that 54% of patients aged 35 years and below, who had IVF with single embryo blastocyst transfer, achieved a clinical pregnancy.
Additionally, for many it was first time success. For two years running 42% of Bourn Hall patients funded by the NHS have achieved pregnancy on their first attempt with a single embryo transfer.
With our patient focussed approach to IVF we have not only maintained our success rates but also reduced multiple births in line with HFEA objectives. For patients with single embryo transfer only three sets of twins have been born over the last two years.
The HFEA publishes success rates for each IVF clinic and this can be a useful guide, however, individual success is determined by many different factors. If you are considering IVF treatment we would be able to give you a personal assessment of your chances of success.
At Bourn Hall Clinic, every journey is different, every treatment individual.
Dr Thomas Mathews, Medical Director of Bourn Hall Clinic
If you’re hoping to become pregnant this year, then Dr Thomas Mathews, Medical Director at Bourn Hall Clinic, has some comforting news.
He says: “For the vast majority of women, fears of infertility are unfounded. In the general population 70 percent of couples will conceive naturally within 18 months of trying for a baby and 90 percent within two years. Continue reading
Paula and Gary with twins Aidan and Ethan
Menopause occurs when all of the store of eggs that a woman is born with have been released and she is no longer fertile. The average age for a ‘natural’ menopause is about 50, however as a result of illness, medical procedure or genetics for some women it occurs before the age of 40 and this is known as ‘premature’ menopause. For women that wish to get pregnant the news can be heart breaking. Continue reading
Louise Clinton, Pharmacist
Louise Clinton, Pharmacist at Bourn Hall Clinic, says “There seems to be an app for everything now and we are waiting with interest to trial the new Merck Serono Fertility Patient iPhone App which promises to make remembering when to take your meds easier.”
Merck Serono is a major developer of fertility drugs and has recently introduced the Gonal-F® (follitropin alfa for injection) pen which is used by patients to self administer ovarian stimulation drugs. Although this injector is much easier to use than previous devices, it still takes a bit of getting used to. Continue reading
We’d like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Bourn Hall blog offering news, features and events from both of our IVF clinics in Cambridge and Colchester. We also have a Twitter feed and Facebook page where we look forward to sharing our updates with you.
Bourn Hall Clinic Embryologists
Joanna Murray, Trainee Embryologist at Bourn Hall Clinic Colchester is presenting a paper at the Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE) conference being held on 4 – 5th January 2012.
Her paper is entitled: ‘Prediction of suitability for becoming an egg share donor’ – using antral follicle counts and basal hormone levels. Continue reading