Female infertility

A huge amount of research has been done over the last few decades into the reasons for female infertility, and great advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of problems. The causes of female infertility tend to fall into four main areas and all of these types can now be treated with varying degrees of success.

Ovulation and hormones

>About one-third of female infertility is caused by failure to release an egg (ovulate). This is usually due to hormonal problems, but occasionally a woman's ovaries are damaged or, more rarely, have run out of eggs.
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Female fertility tests

One of the aims of the primary tests you'll have is to find out whether or not you are ovulating. If you are, the fertility clinic will start a range of more advanced tests to discover why you haven't been able to conceive. These tests will check the condition of your hormones, ovaries, uterus,...
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Treatments for female infertility

If a woman isn't ovulating, her ovaries can nearly always be encouraged to produce good-quality eggs by using fertility drugs. These drug treatments used to produce a large number of multiple pregnancies, but much more is now known about the correct dosage and treatment is very carefully...
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Chlamydia infection

Clamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection, and it can cause fertility problems. Up to 70 per cent of women with it have no symptoms so they don't know they've been infected and aren't treated.
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Focus on female infertility

Inability of a woman to conceive with a partner of normal fertility
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Structural problems and reproductive disease

A woman's reproductive organs, such as ovaries, tubes or uterus, may have structural problems or disease, that can affect fertility.
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