08 Apr

Everyone knows that they should make a doctor’s appointment, after discovering they are pregnant. But did you know it is also recommended to go to an obstetrician before you even try to achieve pregnancy? This has not always been standard practice, but as more women find themselves having…

04 Oct

Last month I was invited for lunch by a well-settled Investment Banker family friend, Sheila, who now resides in New York city and was on a personal holiday in India. She wanted to get my professional advice on a seemingly private matter and I decided to accept this…

03 Sep

Fertility clinics have successfully frozen embryos for more than 30 years, since an infant girl named Zoe became the first child born from a frozen embryo in Melbourne, Australia in 1984. Since then, embryo cryopreservation technology has helped bring hundreds of thousands of babies into the world, with…

31 Jul

“A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die.” ~ Mary Mason If there is any bigger takeaway that I can share with you all, throughout my journey as an Embryologist…