...For Her ...Fertility Resources

The Internet has a huge amount of resources and we highly recommend that you visit the HFEA web site. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which was set up in the UK in 1991, ensures that all UK treatment clinics offering in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or donor insemination (DI), or storing eggs, sperm or embryos, conform to high medical and professional standards and are inspected regularly.

Dr Malpani is a very comprehensive site based in India, there is a free online book How to Have a Baby -- Overcoming Infertility Getting Pregnant -- A guide for the infertile couple, which gives a vast array of information.

Choosing a clinic: Questions and Answers - This information on the Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority web site aims to help those seeking fertility treatment to understand the services provided by fertility clinics and to help them in choice of treatment clinic. It provides a list of questions to ask clinics and discuses possible answers.

Additionally CHILD has a large range of booklets which cost £1 each. They can be contacted
CHILD - The National Infertility Support Network
Charter House, 43 St Leonards Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 1JA
Phone : 01424 732361
Fax : 01424 731858
http://www.child.org.uk
office@email2.child.org.uk

Selection of leaflets:-

Male infertility - This leaflet looks at the different causes of male infertility; hormonal, genetic and physical and the treatment which may be offered

Investigations into infertility - A comprehensive look at seeking professional advice which includes details of the information which will be required at an initial examination, and considers the possible causes of male and female infertility. Discusses Basal Body Temperature Charts, the Post-Coital Test, Sperm Analysis and Sperm Invasion Test, Hormone Tests, Endometrial Biopsy, Hysterosalpingography, Hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography, Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy and Ovulation Prediction.

Infertility due to ovulation defects - Leaflet Explaining how to detect normal ovulation and looks at the causes of ovulatory problems, including polycystic ovary syndrome. Gives detailed information about all the different types of treatment currently available.

Choosing a Specialist Infertility Clinic - This leaflet looks at how to get referred to a specialist clinic. Discusses costs and considerations which should be taken into account when choosing a clinic Includes useful questions to ask, and considers success rates. Gives contact addresses and telephone numbers.

Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), micro-assisted fertilisation (MAF) and sperm retrieval techniques - Gives background information about the development of ICSI, and explains when it may be recommended. Explains sperm retrieval techniques, and gives details of the ICSI procedure. Discusses success rates and looks at the safety of the procedure and at possible future developments.