CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELING Part of “CHAPTER 104 – FEMALE CONTRACEPTION“ Couples differ socially, culturally, educationally, and economically as well as in their ages, lifestyles, and desires concerning family size. These individual…
CONTRACEPTIVE SELECTION Part of “CHAPTER 104 – FEMALE CONTRACEPTION“ No contraceptive method is fully effective in preventing pregnancy, free of side effects, and acceptable to all couples. Every method has…
USE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS Part of “CHAPTER 104 – FEMALE CONTRACEPTION“ A worldwide revolution occurred in the early 1960s with the introduction of oral and intrauterine contraception. Use of these…
FEMALE CONTRACEPTION Alisa B. Goldberg Philip Darney USE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE SELECTION Related posts: FUTURE PROSPECTS HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE…
TREATMENT OF THE INFERTILE COUPLE Part of “CHAPTER 103 – THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY“ TREATMENT OF OVULATORY DYSFUNCTION After ovulatory dysfunction is established, treatment should begin. Some specialists…
EVALUATION OF THE INFERTILE COUPLE Part of “CHAPTER 103 – THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY“ GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Treating the couple as a unit is important. Although infertility is not…
CAUSES OF INFERTILITY Part of “CHAPTER 103 – THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY“ Conception and sustenance of early pregnancy require the integration of all of the steps described earlier….
REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES IMPORTANT TO FERTILITY Part of “CHAPTER 103 – THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY“ Several requirements must be met for pregnancy. The male partner must produce adequate numbers…
NORMAL REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE Part of “CHAPTER 103 – THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY“ Fecundability is the probability of achieving pregnancy within one menstrual cycle (20% to 25% per cycle)….
DEFINITION OF INFERTILITY Part of “CHAPTER 103 – THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FEMALE INFERTILITY“ Infertility is the involuntary inability to conceive. Sterility is the permanent inability to reproduce. Infertility is…
