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What is Infertility?

One of the most basic functions of any living organism is reproduction - in the case of humans we talk about that as conception (a complicated process) - the ability to have children.

Conception relies on several factors:

• The production of healthy sperm from the man and healthy eggs from the woman.
• Fallopian tubes which have no blockages to impair the passage of the egg from the ovary to the uterus and whichallow the sperm to reach the eggs for fertilisation.
• The ability of the sperm to fertilize the eggs - many sperm appear normal but fail to fertilize the egg.
• The ability of the fertilized egg to implant in the endometrial lining of the uterus.
• A healthy hormonal environment which allows the embryo to develop through the fetal stage to full term

Any failure in these essential systems can result in infertility.