What this specialty covers.

A fertility assessment looks for the factors that may explain difficulty conceiving, in the woman, in the man or in the couple. It guides the choice of treatment and, where indicated, referral to assisted reproduction techniques.

The assessment is done as a couple: investigating only one partner wastes months. We therefore arrange both strands within the same stay, placing the female tests on the right day of the cycle. At the results consultation the couple receives a single answer and, where relevant, a clear referral to assisted reproduction.

Reasons for referral

Your situation is not on this list? It is not exhaustive: send your file and a doctor will read it.

Tests usually included

consultation for the couple
female hormone profile timed to the cycle
anti-Müllerian hormone measurement
pelvic ultrasound with antral follicle count
hysterosalpingography or hysterosonography where indicated
semen analysis and morphology
sperm migration and survival test
male hormone profile where indicated
serology and pre-treatment work-up for assisted reproduction
summary consultation for the couple

The technique used depends on your file. It is settled by the doctor at consultation and stated in your proposal before you travel.

Four steps, from your file to your return.

01

Send us your file

First step: understanding your situation

02

Receive your assessment

A proposal suited to your situation

03

We organise your stay

Your stay, shaped around your needs

04

We stay with you until you are home

Support on the ground, and after your stay

What we organise around the medical care.

You take only what you need: nothing is imposed and nothing is sold as a package.

Medical appointments

Consultations, tests and surgery placed in an order that makes sense, with no day lost between two appointments.

Visa support

Letter of medical care and supporting documents, for the nationalities that require them.

Accommodation and transfers

A place to stay near the facility, airport pick-up and travel during your stay.

Travelling companion

We plan for them from the start: accommodation, transfers and presence at consultations.

What patients ask us.

The usual rule is twelve months of regular intercourse without pregnancy, reduced to six months after 35. A known factor — endometriosis, pelvic surgery, chemotherapy, very irregular cycles — justifies seeking advice without waiting.

Yes, preferably, and it shortens the process. Close to half of cases involve a male factor. If travelling together is impossible, tell us: we adapt, but the assessment stays incomplete until the second strand is done.

Not automatically. Some results lead to simple treatment, to ovarian stimulation or to insemination before in vitro fertilisation is considered. The doctor sets out the options in increasing order of complexity, with what each one involves.

Several of them do: the hormone profile and the follicle count are done early in the cycle, hysterosalpingography after menstruation and before ovulation. Send us the date of your last period as soon as you submit your file.

Have your file read before you decide.

A doctor reviews it and tells you what is possible, what is not and what it involves. With no commitment on your part.

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The information on this page is general and does not replace a consultation. No indication, timescale or outcome can be established without a doctor reading your file.

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