Treatment ladder
From simplest to most advanced. Many couples succeed on the first steps.
- 1Step 1: Lifestyle and timing
- 2Step 8: Donor eggs, sperm or embryos
- 3Step 10: Adoption
- 4Step 2: Treating the cause
- 5Step 4: IUI (intrauterine insemination)
- 6Step 6: ICSI
- 7Step 9: Surrogacy
- 8Step 3: Ovulation tablets (letrozole / clomiphene)
- 9Step 5: IVF (in vitro fertilisation)
- 10Step 7: Frozen embryo transfer (FET)
- 11Letrozole for ovulation: how it works
- 12Clomiphene (Clomid): what to know
- 13Injection-based ovulation cycles (without IVF)
- 14Timed intercourse cycles with follicle tracking
- 15IUI success rates and what affects them
- 16Donor sperm treatment in India
- 17Donor egg IVF in India
- 18Donated Embryos: A Gentle Guide
- 19Egg freezing for the future
- 20Genetic testing of embryos (PGT) in simple words
- 21Tubal surgery or IVF for blocked tubes?
- 22Hysteroscopic Surgery for Fertility
- 23Keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery for fertility
- 24Realistic success rates: reading clinic claims
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