Book contents
- Understanding Fertility
- Series page
- Understanding Fertility
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 How Conception Occurs and Why Pregnancy Does Not Always Happen
- 2 Is the Male Partner Fertile? Can His Sperm be Improved? What Options Are Available?
- 3 Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle and Anovulation Treatment
- 4 Are My Uterus or My Tubes Stopping Me Getting Pregnant?
- 5 Unexplained (Idiopathic) Infertility
- 6 What Is IVF and What Does It Entail?
- 7 Fertility Preservation and Other Reproductive Options
- 8 Mind over Matter?
- Concluding Remarks
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Glossary
- References
- Figure Credits
- Index
1 - How Conception Occurs and Why Pregnancy Does Not Always Happen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2022
- Understanding Fertility
- Series page
- Understanding Fertility
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 How Conception Occurs and Why Pregnancy Does Not Always Happen
- 2 Is the Male Partner Fertile? Can His Sperm be Improved? What Options Are Available?
- 3 Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle and Anovulation Treatment
- 4 Are My Uterus or My Tubes Stopping Me Getting Pregnant?
- 5 Unexplained (Idiopathic) Infertility
- 6 What Is IVF and What Does It Entail?
- 7 Fertility Preservation and Other Reproductive Options
- 8 Mind over Matter?
- Concluding Remarks
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Glossary
- References
- Figure Credits
- Index
Summary
In this first chapter, we will outline the necessary steps to achieve pregnancy. These include the three primary requirements that have to be fulfilled for an embryo to be produced, and the process for that embryo to implant and grow within the womb (uterus).
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- Understanding Fertility , pp. 1 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022