Author: Dr. Mamta Dighe

The festive season is almost upon us and most people around you are looking forward to enjoying their holidays being with family and friends.  But it could cause anxiety for those of you who are struggling with infertility.  You would…

Did you know that the human testicles normally produce millions of sperm every day?  A sperm is a male reproductive cell with an oval head and a long tail that is produced in the testicle.  It is mixed with semen…

Proper nutrition means eating healthy food and having a balanced diet which helps us to live and grow, protects us from illnesses, gives us energy and is even important for reproduction.  A balanced diet contains all the nutrients in the…

Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure to look inside the abdomen or pelvis through small cuts in the abdomen instead of making a large incision in the belly to help the doctor determine the cause of the problem.  It is done…

When conception has not occurred after 1 year of having regular, unprotected sex, which is defined as infertility, then people approach for treatment and some of them also need  assisted reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF) for helping them…

Menstruation, also known as period, is the release of blood and tissue from the uterus lining through the vagina.  The egg is released from the ovary every 28 days on average and if the egg isn’t fertilized by sperm, the…

Every woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have in her whole life and they lie dormant in the ovaries.  During each menstrual cycle, some of these immature eggs will mature with usually only one egg being…

Often, living a healthy lifestyle usually begins once a woman finds out that she is pregnant.  Preconception is the time before the sperm fertilizes the egg and so preconception age is usually the period of time between the decision to…

Breastfeeding involves feeding a baby human milk from the breast.  Breast Milk provides the ideal nutrition with proper combinations of fat, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, antibodies and various other things.  The breast milk could be fed directly from the breast or…