The female reproductive system includes internal and external organs, each designed to carry out varying functions. Learn more about the anatomy of this system.

The live birth rate was lower for women with low odds for IVF success when all embryos were frozen and transferred later than ...

In the initial steps of human pregnancy, the uterus undergoes many changes to build a suitable environment for an embryo to ...

Endometrial injury, often referred to as endometrial scratching, has been a topic of interest in the field of reproductive medicine, particularly concerning its potential effects on reproductive ...

Holligan’s embryo is far from the only one in this peculiar limbo. Millions—or potentially tens of millions—of embryos created through IVF sit frozen in time, stored in cryopreservation tanks around ...

One such add-on is the endometrial scratch (ES) procedure, where the endometrium is abraded prior to embryo transfer, which is hypothesised to increase the chances of live birth by improving embryo ...

Progesterone is the predominant sex hormone in the second half of the cycle and makes the thickened endometrium favorable for implantation of the embryo (the fertilized ovum). The progesterone ...

“Others work by thinning the lining of your uterus, so if the egg and sperm connect, the embryo can’t stick into the lining,” Yen says. If it can’t stick to the lining, also known as ...