One or more factors may influence a
couple’s chances of achieving a pregnancy. Although
the physiological events that lead to pregnancy are
highly-orchestrated and integrated, it is easier to
conceptualize these factors when they are categorized
as follows:
• Ovarian
• Tubal
• Uterine
• Cervical
• Peritoneal
• Male
• Unexplained
A full evaluation, tailored to a couple’s fertility
history, may identify one or more areas
that can be treated in order to facilitate pregnancy
with the patients’ and physicians’
ultimate goal, a live birth, in mind.
