FAQs About Infertility
Infertility is not an inconvenience; it's a disease of the reproductive system that impairs the body's ability to perform the basic function of reproduction.
Infertility is not an inconvenience; it's a disease of the reproductive system that impairs the body's ability to perform the basic function of reproduction.
Posted Mar 08, 2017
Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system that impairs one of the body's most basic functions: the conception of children...
Posted Mar 08, 2017
In rough terms, about one-third of infertility cases can be attributed to male factors, and about one-third to factors that affect women. For the remaining one-third of infertile couples, infertility is caused by a combination of problems in both partners or, in about 20 percent of cases, is unexplained...
Posted Mar 09, 2017
Couples are generally advised to seek medical help if they are unable to achieve pregnancy after a year of unprotected intercourse...
Posted Mar 09, 2017
Most infertility cases -- 85 to 90 percent -- are treated with conventional therapies, such as drug treatment or surgical repair of reproductive organs.
Posted Mar 09, 2017
In infertile couples where women have blocked or absent fallopian tubes, or where men have low sperm counts, in vitro fertilization (IVF) offers a chance at parenthood to couples who until recently would have had no hope of having a "biologically related" child....
Posted Mar 09, 2017
Like other extremely delicate medical procedures, IVF involves highly trained professionals with sophisticated laboratories and equipment, and the cycle may need to be repeated to be successful...
Posted Mar 09, 2017
Yes. Since 1985, when we began counting, through 2017, 1,204,594 babies have been born in the United States as a result of reported Assisted Reproductive Technology procedures (IVF, GIFT, ZIFT, and combination procedures).
Posted Mar 09, 2017
The degree of services covered depends on where you live and the type of insurance plan you have...
Posted Mar 09, 2017
Infertility often creates one of the most distressing life crises a couple has faced...
Posted Mar 10, 2017
Most eggs will fertilize when they are placed in a culture dish with several thousand normal sperm...
Posted Mar 10, 2017
If you have stored embryos that you have decided not to transfer into your uterus to attempt pregnancy, you have four options for their final disposition...
Posted Mar 10, 2017
A response to ovarian stimulation depends on a number of different factors, the most important include available eggs, appropriate hormone levels, proper administration of any medications and lifestyle/environmental factors...
Posted Mar 10, 2017
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is a technique in which one or more cells is taken from an egg or embryo (fertilized egg) for testing to provide information about the genetic make-up of the rest of the cells in that embryo...