by Dr. Manisha Mehta | May 29, 2026 | Blog
Varicocele surgery improves sperm count by a mean of 12 million per mL with an 11 percent motility increase and can downgrade a couple’s need from IVF-ICSI to IUI or even natural conception, but the improvement takes 3 to 6 months to appear on a repeat semen...
by Dr. Manisha Mehta | May 27, 2026 | Blog
Lifestyle changes alone can reverse mild oligospermia in men whose sperm count dropped due to smoking, heat exposure, poor diet, obesity, or stress, because sperm regenerates every 74 days and the count measured on a semen analysis today reflects the conditions the...
by Dr. Manisha Mehta | May 25, 2026 | Blog
When good-quality embryos fail to implant cycle after cycle and the lining looked fine and the protocol was textbook and the embryologist graded the blastocyst as excellent, the question that nobody asked during the standard workup starts becoming the only question...
by Dr. Manisha Mehta | May 23, 2026 | Blog
Endometrial thickness below 7 mm at the time of embryo transfer drops IVF pregnancy rates from approximately 31 percent to 7 percent because the embryo needs a sufficiently developed lining to implant into, and a thin endometrium does not provide the blood supply,...
by Dr. Manisha Mehta | May 21, 2026 | Blog
The ERA test biopsies a small piece of the uterine lining during a mock cycle, analyses 248 genes to determine whether the endometrium is receptive at the standard progesterone timing, and tells the doctor whether the implantation window needs to be shifted by 12 to...
by Dr. Manisha Mehta | May 16, 2026 | Blog
DHEA is a hormone your adrenal glands and ovaries already produce, and supplementing 75 mg daily for at least 3 months before IVF has shown improved oocyte count, embryo quality, and pregnancy rates in poor responders with diminished ovarian reserve. But DHEA raises...
