What is infertility?
Failure to conceive after one year or more of frequent unprotected sexual intercourse. In other words, struggling to get a baby, despite frequent unprotected sex for one year or more. Infertility can be caused by a problem in both men and women. However, nowadays, there are many facilities available for infertility treatment that increases the chance of successful conception.
What is IVF?
In-vitro fertilization is one of the procedures that can be done to help infertile couples conceive. Unlike artificial insemination or intrauterine insemination where sperm is injected into the uterus to let the fertilization happens normally, IVF happens outside the body. Both egg and sperm are fertilized in the lab before being implanted into the uterine wall.
There are so many fertility clinics that offer fertility treatment. How would one know which one would be the best? The questions asked by couples searching for a fertility doctor to get IVF or other infertility treatments include: