Investigating Menstruation and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Oxymoron or New Frontier? A Narrative Review.

Not discounting the important foetal or placental contribution, the endometrium is a key determinant of pregnancy outcomes. Given the inherently linked processes of menstruation, pregnancy and parturition with the endometrium, further understanding of menstruation will help to elucidate the maternal contribution to pregnancy. Endometrial health can be assessed via menstrual history and menstrual fluid, a cyclically shed, easily and non-invasively accessible biological sample that represents the distinct, heterogeneous composition of the endometrial environment.

Ovarian hyperthecosis in adolescent females: two case reports and a review of the literature.

Objectives: Ovarian hyperthecosis (OHT) is a rare cause of severe hyperandrogenism in the adolescent age group. We describe two case reports, and present an approach to management in this age group based on a review of the literature.

Case Presentation: Patient A presented at age 13 years with a 2 year history of androphonia and hirsuitism.

What do women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) understand about their chance of IVF success?

Study Question: How well informed are Australian women who undergo IVF about their chances of having a baby?

Summary Answer: Only one in four women estimated their individual chance of success with IVF accurately, with most women overestimating their chance.

What Is Known Already: Limited knowledge about infertility and infertility treatment in the general population is well-documented. The few studies that have investigated patients' knowledge about the chance of IVF success suggest that while IVF patients are aware of average success rates, they tend to be unrealistic about their own chance of success.

Successful pregnancy rates amongst patients undergoing ovarian tissue cryopreservation for non-malignant indications: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) is a fertility preservation method that has been clinically applied for almost 30 years. Studies specifically evaluating patients presenting with non-malignant indications for OTC and their subsequent pregnancy rates are limited.

Objective: To summarise the evidence on the rates of successful pregnancy amongst women who have undergone OTC for non-malignant indications.