Blog & News
Read about the latest developments in fertility and IVF, including scientific breakthroughs and new services at Sims IVF. If you have any queries regrading our events or blog posts, please email the team on communications@sims.ie
Ireland AM – Lisa Freeman’s Fertility Journey
15 January 2015
Ireland AM has just launched a six week fertility series to highlight the options available to those who are struggling to have a baby.
Why does fertility decline with age?
10 October 2014
There is now doubt that starting a family later in life can lead to fertility problems.
How Fertilisation Works
6 October 2014
A brief overview of the roles played by the female egg and the male sperm
The Post-transfer 2-Week Wait - Now what do you do?
2 October 2014
This two week time period, between transfer and test date has been described by some of our patients as a difficult and stressful time.
Tick, tock...do men have a biological clock?
30 September 2014
While men do father children when they are older; age can also be an inhibiting factor and its important to know why.
Going Solo - Contemplating single motherhood?
22 September 2014
The modern-day woman is more likely to be working, travelling, more educated and financially independent than ever before
The Importance of Vitamin D
14 April 2014
Recent advances in vitamin D research have confirmed its importance in the field of assisted reproduction.
Daily Discussion: Polycystic Ovaries and Treatment
4 February 2014
Polycystic ovaries are a common finding in the IVF world and the dosage of gonadotropins used to treat this must be carefully managed
DHEA supplementation and success rates
12 December 2013
This presentation centred on the use of DHEA supplementation.
Sims IVF trial receptivity test
18 September 2013
Today we discussed a patient with good quality expanding blastocysts who, unexpectedly, is not getting pregnant following implantation.
Ireland’s leading fertility clinic to open facility in Cork
12 August 2013
Sims IVF, Ireland’s leading fertility clinic, has confirmed that it is opening a new facility in City Gate Park, Mahon in Cork
Management of Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancies
4 July 2013
This week, our team has discussed new guidelines for the management of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies.
Launch of New Sims Institute in Clonskeagh Dublin by Minister Reilly TD
9 August 2011
On June 8th Minister Dr James Reilly TD opened Ireland’s largest IVF clinic, the Sims Institute of Medical Science.
