Many couples are able to have their first child without any issues but may experience difficulty getting pregnant the second time around. The difficulty in conceiving after having conceived one or more times in the past is known as ‘Secondary Infertility’. Secondary infertility can come as somewhat of a shock.

But certain medical illnesses such as Cancer wait for no one. Pandemic or not, people are being diagnosed with cancer, including many young patients. Over the past few decades the number of young, reproductive age cancer survivors has increased as a result of improved and less destructive cancer treatments.

If you have already begun evaluation for infertility, it is more likely than not that you’ve heard about HSG or ‘the test for the tubes’. HSG stands for Hysterosalpingogram, a rather intimidating and difficult to pronounce word. So what exactly is the HSG?

(28th Day of July every year is marked as World Hepatitis Day to spread awareness about the disease and the plan to globally eradicate it by the year 2030)

Starting the IVF treatment process can be an exciting but nerve-wracking experience and is often described by couples as a big rollercoaster filled with ups and downs. The common questions I am asked are “Doctor, isn’t IVF the last option?” .. “Do I really need IVF?” .. “How is IVF done?” .. “Can you guarantee success with IVF?”