Infertility : the facts

Davies, Melanie (Melanie C.) (Author). Overton, Caroline. (Added Author). Webber, Lisa. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0199217696 : PAP
Physical Description: print
xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Overview of fertility and the biological clock -- Preparing for pregnancy -- Getting pregnant : a background to hormones and how the body works -- How to choose your clinic -- The law and fertility treatment (regulation) -- The initial consultation : what is covered in your first clinic visit -- Why aren't I getting pregnant? : fertility tests -- Counselling : dealing with the emotional aspects of infertility -- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- Male fertility -- Treatment options before IVF -- Problems with ovulation and polycystic ovary syndrome -- Ovulation induction -- In-vitro fertilisation (including ICSI and IVM) -- Ovarian hyperstimulation -- Preimplantation genetic tests -- Sperm donation (donor insemination) -- Egg donation -- Surrogacy -- Fertility and the older woman -- Gynaecological problems and fertility -- Tubal surgery -- Reversal of sterilization and reversal of vascetomy -- Pregnancy after fertility treatment -- Coping with infertility -- Adoption.