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  Home Page Introduction to Fertility Connect
     
  What Is Fertility? The female and male reproductive cycles and how fertilisation occurs.
     

What Is Infertility?

   
  Definition Medical definition of infertility.
  Initial Investigations Initial clinical investigations for male and female.
  Male Infertility Clinical diagnosis of male infertility.
  Female Infertility Clinical diagnosis of female infertility.
  Unexplained Definition of unexplained infertility.
     

Treatment

   
  Follicular Tracking Scanning a woman during a natural cycle for ovulation.
  Ovulation Induction Medical treatment performed to initiate ovulation.
  Super Ovulation Induction The use of FSH to stimulate the ovaries to cause ovulation.
  IUI A procedure in which sperm is prepared and then passed directly into the uterus by a fine catheter.
  IVF A procedure where fertilisation occurs outside the body. The resulting embryos are then replaced back into the uterus.
  ICSI A procedure in which a single sperm is injected into a mature egg.
  PESA / TESE Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration.
Testicular Sperm Extraction.
  Assisted Hatching The thinning of the shell or creation of a small hole in the zona of an embryo.
  PGD Pre- Genetic Implantation Diagnosis.
  Egg Donation A woman donates eggs through IVF/ICSI treatment, to another woman (recipient).
  Sperm Donation (DI) Donation of sperm, from another person, to help couples conceive.
  Surrogacy A woman carries a pregnancy for a couple.
  Adoption The legal process in which a couple adopt a child and become its legal parents.
     

What You Can Do

   
  Female Lifestyle advice to help natural conception.
  Male Lifestyle advice to help natural conception.
  Nutrition Nutritional advice
  Alternative Therapies Information on aromatherapy and acupuncture.
  Glossary Dictionary of technical terms.
  Useful Links Links to other sites that you may find helpful.
     

Connecting To The Experts

   
  How It Works A guide to using our chat rooms.
  Book A Session How to book a session with the experts.
  Go To Chat Rooms Enter a booked session or public chat room.
     

News & Events

   
  Recent News News in the infertility world.
  New Developments New developments in infertility.
     

About Us

   
  Our Experts Profiles of our fertility specialists.
  Contact Us How to contact Fertility Connect.
  Email a Friend Recommend our site to somebody.
  Legal Statement Terms and conditions of the web site.
  Technical Support System requirements and troubleshooting information.

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