Infertility in women

Women should be informed of lifestyle associations that increase the risks associated with infertility. They should be advised to lose weight as appropriate, quit smoking, and reduce stress.

Patient resources, information, and support:

• NHS Choices: infertility Opens in new window

• Resolve: The National Infertility Association Opens in new window

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine Opens in new window

• UK Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority: treatment add-ons with limited evidence Opens in new window

• ​UK Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority: decisions to make about your embryos Opens in new window​

If a woman without a male partner is seeking and accepted for therapy, the woman’s fertility should be assessed in order to select the best technique to achieve a pregnancy using donor sperm.