Objective To compare the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (including HIV) and of highrisk sexual behaviour in the following three groups: primary infertile relationships, secondary infertile relationships and fertile relationships. Primary infertility is here defined as never having conceived before, secondary infertility as infertility subsequent to having conceived at leas...

Background: Infertility has complex implications for individual and social well-being of those involved. The medical definition of infertility used by the World Health Organization is a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. The aim of this review was to assess the prevalence of infertil...

satarzadeh n1, bahrami n2, ranjbar koch-saraei f3, ghojazadeh m4 1. instructor, department of nursing, faculty of nursing and midwifery, tabriz university of medical sciences 2. instructor, department of parastari, faculty of nursing and midwifery,ghazvin university of medical sciences 3. assistant professor, department of psychology medicine , faculty of medicine , tabriz university of medical...

Background The purpose of this investigation is to determine the efficacy of emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT-C) on enhancement of marital adjustment in infertile couples. MaterialsAndMethods This was a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design. We selected 30 infertile couples (60 subjects) by purposive sampling. Couples were randomly assigned to two groups, sample and c...

background: with regard to the importance of preconception conditions in maternal health and fertility, preconception risk assessment makes treatment trends and pregnancy outcome more successful among infertile couples. this study has tried to investigate preconception risk assessment in infertile couples. materials and methods: this is a descriptive analytical survey conducted on 268 subjects,...

This qualitative study sought to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences of couples who have relinquished their stored frozen embryos to one or more infertile couples. All couples were recruited through a U.S. based not-for-profit, prolife, Christian "embryo adoption" agency. In-depth semistructured interviews were undertaken via e-mail. Implications for practice strategies, includ...

Background: With lockdown and cessation of non essential, life saving treatment options couples registered at ART centres were dismayed. The aspirations numerous their families left in a lurch. Unexpectedly cases spontaneous conceptions this pool patients ray hope.Methods: In multicentric retrospective analytic study, we evaluated all pregnancies compared them with the cohort our centers. objec...

According to the microcosmic Syndrome Differentiation, immunological infertility is recognised as Kidney Yin Deficiency-Hyperactivity of Fire Syndrome. Zhibai Dihuang Pills, a recipe of Chinese medicinal herbs, was used to treat the infertile couples with antisperm and/or antizona pellucida antibodies in their blood serum. It was found that after the treatment, the antibodies were converted to ...

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:414:"Surrogacy is one of the most popular ART methods which is used when a woman is not able to breed a fetus through pregnancy in her own uterus. Gestational surrogacy is approved by law and religion in Iran. Infertile couple's decisions between possible treatments are influenced by their knowledge and attitudes. The aim of this study is to compare knowledge and attitu...