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Female Infertility
Infertility caused by a problem in the female, for example, inability to produce an egg or if an egg is unable to travel to the womb.
Latest News and Research
Patient Resources
- Causes of Female Infertility - a patient education video
- What is primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) 什么是早发性卵巢功能不全
- Who Are Genetic Counselors (GCs)?
- What Do Genetic Counselors (GCs) Do At A Fertility Clinic?
- Causes of Infertility
- Infertility Affects Men and Women Equally
- Updated: 6.7 Million Women Are Unable To Have A Child
- The inability to have a child affects 1 in every 9 women in the USA
- Your chance of pregnancy each month declines with age
- Infertility - a patient education video
- The Impact of Age on Female Fertility
- Defining infertility 不孕不育症的定义
- Hyperprolactinemia (high prolactin levels) 高催乳素血症（催乳素水平高）
- Hypothyroidism and pregnancy: what should I know 甲状腺机能减退和怀孕：我们应该知道什么
- Hysterosalpingogram 子宫输卵管造影术（HSG）
- ¿Que necesito saber sobre el sindrome de Turner y la maternidad? (What do I need to know about Turner syndrome and pregnancy?)
- Adopción: Dónde comenzar y qué pensar al respecto (Adoption: Where to start and what to think about)
- Consumo de tabaco e infertilidad (Smoking and infertility)
- Endometriosis: ¿Causa infertilidad? (Endometriosis: does it cause infertility?)
- Estrés e infertilidad (Stress and infertility)
- Hiperprolactinemia (niveles altos de prolactina) (Hyperprolactinemia)
- Hipotiroidismo y embarazo que debo saber (Hypothyroidism and pregnancy: what do I need to know?)
- Perforación ovárica para el tratamiento de la infertilidad (Ovarian drilling)
- Que son los fibromas (What are fibroids?)
- Trying to Conceive?
- Trying to Have A Baby?
- Understanding Fertility - a patient education video
- Treatment of uterine fibroids 子宫肌瘤的治疗
- Abnormalities of the female reproductive tract 女性生殖器官畸形（苗勒氏管畸形）
- How does age affect a woman's ability to get pregnant? 年龄影响我的生育能力吗？
- Hydrosalpinx 输卵管积液
- Infertility counseling and support 不孕症咨询与援助: 什么时候及在哪里寻求帮助
- Insulin sensitizing agents and PCOS 胰岛素增敏剂和多囊卵巢综合征
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI) 宫腔内人工授精
- Ovulation detection 排卵监测
- What do I need to know about Turner syndrome and having children? 关于特纳氏综合征和孕育孩子的问题，我需要了解些什么?
- Will toxins in the environment affect my ability to have children? 环境中的毒素会影响我的生育能力吗?
- Apoyo y asesoramiento para la infertilidad: cuándo y dónde encontrarlos (Infertility counseling and where to find it)
- Disfunción sexual e infertilidad (Sexual dysfunction and infertility)
- Donación de óvulos (Egg donation)
- Edad y fertilidad (Age and fertility booklet)
- Endometriosis e infertilidad: ¿Puede ayudar la cirugía? (Endometriosis and infertility: can surgery help?)
- Histerosalpingografia (Hysterosalpingogram [HSG])
Publications
- Consensus on women’s health aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): the Amsterdam ESHRE/ ASRM-Sponsored 3rd PCOS Consensus Workshop Group (2012)
- Diagnosis and treatment of luteal phase deficiency: a committee opinion (2021)
- Definitions of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss: a committee opinion (2020)
- Current evaluation of amenorrhea (2008)
- Evaluation and treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss: a committee opinion (2012)
- Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging WorkshopD10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging (2012)
- Fertility evaluation of infertile women: a committee opinion (2021)
- Postoperative adhesions in gynecologic surgery: a committee opinion (2019)
- Subclinical hypothyroidism in the infertile female population: a guideline (2015)
- Testing and interpreting measures of ovarian reserve: a committee opinion (2020)
- Financial "risk-sharing" or refund programs in assisted reproduction: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
- Oocyte or embryo donation to women of advanced reproductive age: an Ethics Commitee opinion (2016)
- Fertility drugs and cancer: a guideline (2016)
- Endometriosis and infertility: a committee opinion (2012)
- Obesity and reproduction: a committee opinion (2021)
- Multiple gestation associated with infertility therapy: a committee opinion (2022)
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for non–male factor indications: a committee opinion (2020)
- Recommendations for practices using gestational carriers: a committee opinion (2022)
- Removal of myomas in asymptomatic patients to improve fertility and/or reduce miscarriage rate: a guideline (2017)
- Recommendations from the international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome (2018)
- Role of tubal surgery in the era of assisted reproductive technology: a committee opinion (2021)
- Uterine septum: a guideline (2016)
- Use of exogenous gonadotropins in anovulatory women: a technical bulletin (2019)
- Cross-border reproductive care: an Ethics Committee opinion (2022)
- Planned oocyte cryopreservation for women seeking to preserve their future fertility: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Increased maternal cardiovascular mortality associated with pregnancy in women with Turner syndrome (2012)
- ASRM müllerian anomalies classification 2021 - printable (2021)
- Micro-presentation: Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation for Women Seeking to Preserve Future Reproductive Potential
- Infertility Workup for the Women’s Health Specialist (2019)
