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Today I’d like to share the results of a survey we’ve carried out on our patients with you. We’ve asked up to one thousand patients from 31 different countries, all childless and with fertility troubles, if they would prefer to have twins, an only child, or if they didn’t mind either option. The results...

Before reading this, please watch the video and try and count how many times the players in white pass the ball. Then, please read the last sentence of this text and then you can start reading. Our eyes capture images, but what our brain actually sees is conditioned by what we know and what...

One must admit that in the last decades things have changed for the better and, nowadays, we can discuss a seminogram without any incidents. Four years ago, the School of Medics in Barcelona found out that a patient tried to assault me; more specifically, he tried to throw me out the window! Since they...

Both gynecologists and pediatricians are constantly surprised that most couples haven’t changed a diaper or don’t even know about the umbilical cord up until the moment of labor. We ask ourselves: have they never taken care of a baby, even if only for a little while? Haven’t they wondered about their own belly buttons?...

In our Sterility Team we often find ourselves in situations that are ethically problematic. Luckily, we are several thinking tanks, which allows us to see the situation from many perspectives and reach a unified decision. Our basic principles: We are doctors, and by that I mean that our sole objective is to help others;...

Women with a certain socio-cultural and economic standard usually delay the moment of having children. The trend nowadays is to have fewer children and to postpone maternity. Before becoming a mother, women want to finish their studies, find a stable job, a loving partner, and an affordable flat. These aren’t easy to attain, and...