Dear Dr Ruth I have a Mirena fitted and kept it in throughout my donation and egg collection. My question is: Is what happened to me after the op normal? And could I have been pregnant? With the Mirena in, I haven’t had periods for years so 11 days after the op, I was unprepared …
Category Archive: ruth
Nov
12
Starbuck – the movie
Reviewed by Dr Ruth Curson Imagine that one sperm donor has fathered 533 children and now 142 of them have instigated a legal battle to remove his right to anonymity. This charming Canadian film sets out to explore the scenario. “Starbuck” is a chaotic man already dealing with debt and a rather neglected girlfriend who …
Nov
07
Ask Dr Ruth: OHSS
Fears over “intensive farming of eggs” as reported in the Daily Telegraph this month must be a worry for all women having IVF, not just women offering to donate eggs. This is however alarmist reporting and doesn’t really explain the true situation: Each menstrual cycle a woman has a number of immature eggs waiting to …
Aug
30
Ask Dr Ruth: How likely is it that my donation will result in a child?
Again and again the issue of success rates with treatment comes up, as it has done recently with Lord Robert Winston reported as finding a set of results at a clinic as “incredible”. So how can donors work out where their gift will be most likely to help someone have a baby? I would always …
Jul
11
Ask Dr Ruth
Dear Dr Ruth I would like to know about sperm count and motility, volume, etc. What is the average sperm count? How is this affected by freezing sperm? How likely is it that my sperm will survive freezing? Does a high sperm count mean I am more fertile? John These may sound like very straightforward …
Apr
11
Ask Dr Ruth
Dear Dr Ruth I’ve been told my ovarian reserve is low (AMH=11). Does that mean I can’t be a donor? Also, I haven’t had children of my own yet – does it mean I can’t get pregnant either? Anne There are a lot of ideas and not a lot of certainties about low ovarian reserve. …
Jan
11
Why I became a trustee
By Dr Ruth Curson, Trustee I asked to work with the NGDT because I have seen the happiness having a family with a donor’s help can bring to couples who can’t for some reason or other do it by themselves. For thirty years I worked in a Fertility Clinic with special responsibility for the sperm …