Infertility can be a stressful and frustrating experience. Find out more on infertility.

If you've been trying unsuccessfully to fall pregnant for a year or more, it's time to see your doctor.

There are a number of tests that are available to determine your fertility.

Male infertility is a major factor in 30-50 per cent of difficulties conceiving. It usually results from low numbers of, or poor quality, sperm.

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There are several factors that can affect a woman's fertility. Treatments are available for many of the causes of female infertility and assisted reproductive technology such as IVF can help some women get pregnant.

There are many reasons a woman may have difficulty becoming pregnant. There are a number of things you can do to increase the likelihood of becoming…

A couple isn't suspected of fertility problems until they have tried and failed to conceive for one year.

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Fertility is your natural ability to have a child. Infertility is when a couple has had regular unprotected intercourse for a year but have not become pregnant. For a woman to become pregnant, a man's sperm needs to meet with a woman's egg. The fertilised egg then implants in the lining of the woman's uterus and starts to grow into a baby.