Around 15% of the world population has infertility problems regardless of a country's development. This makes it an important problem of public health. 85% of couples practicing unprotected sex will conceive during the first year of try...

The process of diagnosing infertility begins by talking to a woman. Anamnesis of a woman (a case history established by interviewing a woman) with infertility problems, among others, includes the following: Time of first period (me...

Calendar Method It is based on monitoring the duration of the menstrual cycle. If the cycles are regular, women ovulate 14 days prior to their next period so this method can be used to calculate the time of ovulation. If the cycl...

Ultrasound examination, even though quite frequently used nowadays, is not at all simple. Ultrasound of two organs, uterus and ovaries, can sometimes be rather complex and difficult to interpret. The reason is that uterus, its lining an...

When treating infertility it is common to ask for a so-called hormonal status of a woman. Although in cases of young and healthy women with regular periods the status mostly shows no abnormalities, the simplicity of treating certain dis...

Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is a method of examining patency of Fallopian tubes. For a woman to conceive, tubes must be intact. As they are of very fine structures, if there is no damage, they are not visible by ultrasound. HSG is norma...

Histeroscopy (HSC) is a procedure done often in the process of diagnosing and treating infertility, which enables us to see inside the uterine cavity, using the small camera. The problems can be detected in up to 30% of infertile patients...

Laparoscopy is a direct inspection of abdominal cavity, ovaries, external walls of ovarian tubes, uterus (as well as other organs in the abdominal cavity if laparoscopy is performed for non-gynecological purposes) by using laparoscope. L...

The very first step in testing the male partner is to analyze semen sample. We do this following the World Health Organization (WHO) 2010 standards. These tests are controlled by an independent control done by Quality Control Programme of...