by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | May 11, 2026 | Endometriosis, Guides, IVF, Miscarriage
The embryos were good. The transfers were done correctly. And each time, your embryo didn’t make it.If you have been through this more than once, you already know that recurrent implantation failure is one of the hardest places to be in fertility treatment —...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | May 10, 2026 | Guides, IVF
A failed transfer of a good-quality embryo is one of the hardest things to make sense of. The clinical numbers said the embryo was strong. The lining looked right on the scan. The protocol was followed. And still, no pregnancy.When that happens, the conversation often...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | May 9, 2026 | Guides, Implantation, IVF, Miscarriage
Preimplantation genetic testing IVF identifies chromosomally normal embryos before transfer and is frequently offered as a significant additional cost within IVF packages — yet even a genetically screened embryo does not guarantee a live birth.Understanding the...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | May 8, 2026 | Guides, Implantation, IVF, Nutrition
Today is not a day to wing it.Nobody tells you how strange transfer day feels.You have been through scans, injections, egg collection, the phone calls about fertilisation, the grading updates. And now you are sitting in a waiting room with a full bladder, trying to...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Apr 19, 2026 | Guides, Implantation, IVF
When IVF fails at the very last hurdle, it can feel like a cruel blow. You had your transfer. You waited out the two weeks before beta testing. And then you got a negative. It can feel like it will never work. Even after transferring the best-graded embryo. Even after...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Mar 25, 2026 | Guides, Implantation, IVF, Miscarriage, Nutrition
A chemical pregnancy after IVF means implantation began but did not hold.Your embryo initiated contact with the endometrial surface.Early attachment activity started.Pregnancy hormone became detectable.But the biological progression required to sustain early pregnancy...
