Involved in
Fertility
Treatments
Fertility Treatments
, Topics involved in Fertility
Menstruation -
Hormones = FSH & LH = Oestrogen & Progesterone
- Production = Pituitary Gland - Releases FSH & LH
- Ovaries - Release oestrogen & Progesterone
- Main events in the cycle
- Menstruation - Proliferation /Fertilisation- Ovulation
- Uterus lining breaks down, blood & cells are lost
- Repair of the uterus lining
- Release of an egg from the ovaries
- Fertilisation
- Oestrogen and progesterone remain at high levels. - they maintaining the uterus lining, so
menstruation does not occur
- Proliferation
- Repair of the uterus lining
- Ovulation
- Release of an egg from the ovary
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, What is infertility?
Infertility refers to a couple's inability to conceive and reproduce.
➢ Infertility refers to a couple's inability to conceive and reproduce, after regular UPSI (Unprotected
Sexual Intercourse), for 2 years in the absence of reproductive pathology. It is also advised that the
couple should receive needed investigation if the process is unsuccessful within the 1st year of trying to
conceive.