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  At this point, you and your partner have both completed your fertility assessments, the physician has probably concluded by now that the infertility experienced is either due to the male partner or female partner or both or frustratingly, no known cause could be identified 😖😖😖 Now are you considering IVF treatment to start your family? If so, you have probably heard about ovarian stimulation, a crucial step in the IVF process that involves stimulating the ovaries to produce multiple eggs for fertilization. In this article, we will take look at how ovarian stimulation works in IVF and what you can expect during this initial phase of your fertility journey (this does not apply in situation of donor egg gamete). So, what is ovarian stimulation? During IVF, the goal is to retrieve as many healthy eggs as possible from the ovaries. Ovarian stimulation is the process of using medications to encourage the ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs instead of the one egg that typical...

Clinical definition-          WHO defines male factor infertility as the presence of ≥1 abnormalities in the semen analysis or the presence of inadequate sexual or ejaculatory function. Generally- -Male factor alone contributes up to 30% of cases of infertile couples and to an additional 30% to 40% in combination with other factors.  -approximately 2% of all men will exhibit suboptimal sperm parameters.          -Male infertility is one of important issues in men’s health as it could alter the man’s self-esteem.          -Occurs at a significant rate, yet public awareness of the problem is minimal.          -Ironically, when investigation of infertility is in question, testing and treatment begin down a singular route — the female partner. 😔😔😔😔          -Men are almost always the last one t...