What we offer
At King’s Fertility, we aim to fuse decades of experience with the latest technological and scientific breakthroughs. By tailoring protocols to your unique needs and characteristics we may opt to use emerging techniques that we feel may benefit you. First and foremost though, all our decisions are driven by evidence and in accordance with the HFEA.
Extended blastocyst culture
Previously in IVF, all embryos were transferred around two to three days after fertilisation, when they reached the ‘four to eight cell’ stage. Recent...
Time-lapse imaging (EmbryoScopeTM)
Keeping embryos safe in the lab means keeping them in special culture incubators; while standard incubators mean removing the embryos at certain intervals...
EmbryoGlue®
An embryo needs to ‘stick’ to the inner lining of the uterus in order for it to implant; and to help it, we can use a special substance called EmbryoGlue®....
Physiological Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (PICSI)
In cases of poor embryo development in previous ICSI cycles or when there is high sperm DNA fragmentation, we may opt to carry out a version of ICSI called...
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A)
In order for an embryo to implant and progress to be a normal pregnancy, it requires to contain the correct number of genetic material, known as chromosomes....
Endometrial scratching
An endometrial scratch is a simple, out-patient procedure performed in the mid-luteal phase (second half) of a woman’s cycle, prior to beginning a cycle...
Egg activation (calcium ionophore)
In order for an egg to allow a sperm to fertilise it and start developing into an embryo, it first has to be activated. In some women with previously unexpected...
Assisted hatching
Before it can attach itself to the uterine lining, the embryo must ‘hatch’ – quite literally, it must break out of a protective shell called...