How to Choose the Right IVF Clinic for You: Checklist, Red Flags & Questions to Ask
Last Updated: January 28, 2026 The right IVF clinic isn’t the “best-ranked” clinic—it’s the one that fits you medically, emotionally, financially, and logistically. Prioritise communication quality, transparency, and support. Use a structured checklist, watch for red flags, and ask direct questions before committing. How to Choose the Right IVF Clinic for You – Summary Struggling […]
Overcoming Advanced Maternal Age and Complex Infertility Issues – Real Patient Cases
At Cyprus IVF Hospital, a leading center for reproductive medicine under the expert guidance of Dr. Serap Kağan, remarkable stories of hope, resilience, and medical triumph unfold regularly. These patient success stories are not just narratives of personal journeys; they are testaments to the advanced capabilities of modern fertility treatments and the profound impact of […]
EmBIO Medical Center Reviews: What Patients Really Say
Checking out EmBIO Medical Center reviews and wondering if it’s worth it? Let’s find out. As part of the Fertility Journey Project by Fertility Road, this article brings together real patient experiences and verified success rate data to help you make an informed choice. A closer look at EmBIO Medical Center EmBIO Medical Center is […]
The Best Patient-Centred Care Clinics in Europe
Infertility is often a deeply personal and emotionally challenging journey for individuals and couples. Navigating fertility treatment requires more than medical expertise; it demands compassion, empathy, and personalized attention. Recognizing this, the European Fertility Society (EFS) introduced the Patient-Centred Care Clinic Programme, aiming to identify and certify fertility clinics dedicated to providing exceptional patient-focused care. […]
IVF ICSI Explained
Last Updated: February 5, 2026 IVF and ICSI are the two most common assisted reproduction treatments offered worldwide.They are accessible to single patients, same-sex couples, and heterosexual couples. While they share many steps, the main difference lies in fertilisation: IVF and ICSI: Key Points IVF and ICSI: the key difference explained While IVF and ICSI […]
IVF with PGT-A (PGS) Explained
PGT-A (previously called PGS) is a genetic screening test performed on embryos during IVF to identify chromosomal abnormalities (aneuploidy). By analysing embryos before transfer, PGT-A helps embryologists select embryos with the correct number of chromosomes, which may improve implantation chances and reduce miscarriage risk in selected patients. PGT-A (PGS): Summary What is PGT-A (formerly PGS)? […]
Egg donation IVF explained
Latest Update: January 28, 2026 IVF with donor eggs (egg donation) is one of the most effective fertility treatments available today. It involves fertilising eggs from a donor with sperm from a partner or donor, then transferring resulting embryos into the recipient’s uterus. Egg donation is especially recommended for women who cannot conceive with their […]
Surrogacy – legal aspects in popular destinations
Surrogacy can be very complicated when it comes to laws and regulations, especially if you are planning to go abroad and find a surrogate there. It is very much recommended that you seek legal advice before making any decisions. Laws about surrogacy can be very different in each country and this could lead to some […]
The To-do List – Fertility Story – By Sadie Scotch
I’m generally pretty lucky. I usually win at various lotteries, bingo, whatever. So I was pretty sure my fertility results, even though I’d been on birth control for decades and was 38 years old, were going to be top-notch. But I wasn’t a winner, I was a loser, I noted, as I read the words, […]
How To Cope With IVF Failures – What Happens To Your Body?
Last updated: July 7, 2025 How To Cope With IVF Failures – Key Insights Improvements in assisted reproductive technology are continuously nudging up IVF (in vitro fertilization) success rates and these improvements are being replicated in treatment centers around the world. Whilst success rates are rising, the number of patients accessing IVF treatments is also […]
8 Tips for Finding the Best Surrogacy Agency
Whether you’re planning to grow your family as intended parents or you want to give the gift of life as a surrogate, choosing the right surrogate agency is essential. You want a company that cares about you and will help you along every step of the way. The best surrogacy agencies will help you find […]
Interview with Dr. Antonio Gosálvez from Quironsalud Madrid
…The more you give to your patients the better you will sleep at night… Dr. Antonio Gosálvez, MD, PhD, University Hospital Quironsalud in Madrid We have interviewed Dr. Antonio Gosálvez – Fertility Unit Director at University Hospital Quironsalud in Madrid who treated more than 10,000 patients during his career! Antonio Gosálvez is behind our Fertility […]
Fertility Journey Patient’s Case Study – Stacey and Kurt from the UK
About the couple Stacey and Kurt contacted us (University Hospital Quironsalud Madrid) from the UK. They were deeply emotionally affected for a year after their previous unsuccessful IVF cycle in Birmingham in 2019. Our first meeting was a Zoom video consultation of about an hour on Sept 20. She was a young 29y woman coming […]
What is IVF treatment?
Last Updated: April 8, 2026 In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an assisted reproduction technique where eggs are collected, fertilised with sperm in a laboratory, and 1–2 resulting embryos are transferred to the uterus. It can help when other treatments fail, especially with blocked fallopian tubes, male‑factor infertility, endometriosis, PCOS, premature ovarian failure (with donor eggs), […]
IVF step by step
Last updated: March 29, 2026 IVF step by step: Summary IVF is not just medical—it also involves emotional preparation, financial planning, and lifestyle adjustments. IVF is a structured process with clear stages: consultation, ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, fertilisation (IVF or ICSI), embryo culture, embryo transfer, and post-transfer monitoring including a pregnancy test. Each stage has […]
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WE’RE PREGNANT!!! Stacey & Kurt Update Fertility Road Readers With the Pregnancy News
You may remember our couple Stacey & Kurt who were successful with their application for a free IVF cycle with our Spanish clinic partner University Hospital Quironsalud Madrid last year. After their virtual consultation late in 2020 the couple made two mad dashes to fly in and out of Madrid beating the UK and Spanish […]
Infertility issues – FertiAlly – Signposting with Experience
Once you have emotionally accepted a diagnosis of infertility it is wise to take some time out to carefully consider your next steps. You will have to consider what options you have, the treatments available, their success rates, their cost or possibly whether to consider an alternative path which does not involve treatment at all. Whatever […]
Protected: Navigating the Twists and Turns of Your Fertility Journey: Taking the First Step
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Stacey & Kurt’s IVF Diary Following Their Egg Collection in November
Over the summer period we have been in regular contact with Dr Gosalvez and Marta to closely monitor the situation in Madrid and also to see whether it was still possible for us to travel to start our journey. We were liaising with them both by email before arranging a video consultation with the doctor […]
Meet Stacey and Kurt who embark on their journey abroad to start a family with Quirónsalud University Hospital
The last six months have felt like years for many and for Stacey and Kurt it must have felt like a lifetime. In March they had been chosen by our latest fertility journey partners Quirónsalud University Hospital to receive free treatment at their clinic in Madrid. This felt like the opportunity of a lifetime for […]
Joanna and Ryan return to Gennima IVF in to complete their dream of having a baby
Back in December 2019, Gennima IVF had joined Fertility Road to help one couple fulfil their dreams of having a baby as part of our Fertility Journeys. After assessing the applications, Dr Evripidis Mantoudis and Dr Stavros Natsis chose Joanna and Ryan. Faced with the very difficult decision of choosing one couple from so many […]
Quirónsalud Fertility – Comprehensive fertility and maternal-fetal medicine centres
Quirónsalud is one of Spain’s leading providers in women’s health services and the third largest in Europe. With more than 90 centres, a highly renowned staff, the most advanced technology, an inestimable vocation for research and teaching, and a management model that is based on an unbending commitment to quality. Although the Quirónsalud name is […]
Innovation, quality and excellence: the heart of UR HLA Vistahermosa’s commitment to patient care
From its commitment to innovation, quality and excellence through to its Refund Guarantee Programme UR HLA Vistahermosa have established itself as one of the most prestigious providers of fertility treatment in Spain. UR HLA Vistahermosa is one of the 2020 Fertility Road Fertility Journey partners and here, Business Development Director, Salomé López Garrido outlines […]
Spanish fertility clinic UR HLA Vistahermosa – Our Guarantee to You
From its commitment to innovation, quality and excellence through to its Refunding guarantee programme UR HLA Vistahermosa has established itself as one of the most prestigious providers of fertility treatment in Spain. UR HLA Vistahermosa is one of the 2019 Fertility Road Fertility Journey partners and here, Business Development Director, Salomé López Garrido outlines some […]
Gennima Center for Gynaecology and Reproduction share their philosophy
Fertility Road is pleased to be working with the Gennima Center for Gynaecology and Reproduction and recently launched another fantastic opportunity for a couple to visit the facility in Athens for an IVF cycle courtesy of the ‘Fertility Journeys’ initiative. The partnership is Fertility Road’s first Journey offered in Athens and represents the coming together […]
My IVF miracle
We discovered that we were unable to conceive naturally, so we decided to embark on the IVF route. I had 9 rounds of IVF, one of which put my in hospital, with a mild case of hyper stimulation. It was then I decided to do a bit of research on the internet, into Implantation failure. […]
Three money mistakes affecting your fertility and how to fix them
Without a doubt, going through fertility treatment can be one of the most stressful times in your life. Everything is affected. Your work life, marriage, and friendships can be negatively impacted as well as your physical health, emotional well being, and in most cases, your finances. It’s the ultimate vicious circle. You need to stress […]
Emilia Bechrakis shares her personal IVF journey via her new YouTube channel
If you’re a fan of Million Dollar Listing New York like me then you definitely wouldn’t have missed the love story between Ryan Serhant and his now-wife Emilia Bechrakis. From the moment Emilia appeared on screen, it was clear that they were a perfect match and of course would provide great TV for us die-hard […]
Couple embark on another epic journey to become parents for the second time
In August 2017 we received an email from Pamela who asked if we could share her & her husband Ian’s GoFundme page. As you can imagine we receive a fair few of these requests and we always try and share them. After sharing the post on Fertility Road we didn’t hear from Pamela & Ian […]