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
2 - Is the Male Partner Fertile? Can His Sperm be Improved? What Options Are Available?
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
As one of the three basic fertility factors is that the ‘right number of fertile sperm should be deposited into the vagina’, investigating the male partner’s semen quality is important and is one of the first investigations when a couple have a fertility problem. In fact, one-third of cases of subfertility are thought to be due to a male factor.
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- Understanding Fertility , pp. 14 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022