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The most important thing you can do when making decisions about fertility treatment is to ensure you are well informed. Get clear, impartial information on the different types of fertility treatments available and find out about costs and funding, the risks of treatment, using a donor and having treatment abroad.

There is a number of fertility treatments, from fertility drugs and embryo screening to surgical sperm extraction and IVF. Explore all the different treatments.

Clear, impartial information on intrauterine insemination (artificial insemination) from the UK Government's fertility treatment regulator.

For around half of heterosexual couples trying to conceive, the cause of infertility is sperm-related. ICSI is the most common and successful treatment for male infertility.

If you have no, or extremely low numbers of, sperm in your semen which means you can’t have a standard fertility treatment, you may be able to have sperm collected surgically. This page will introduces you to your options and chances of success.

Surrogacy is when a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for another couple. Find out more about what surrogacy involves and if it might be right for you. Please note we don’t regulate most aspects of surrogacy.

If you need to have fertility treatment you have two options: you can either pay for it yourself or you can see if you’re eligible for treatment on the NHS.

Fertility treatment can be an emotional rollercoaster so getting support from people who can relate to what you’re going through is very important. This page will help you understand the different types of support available and how to find them.

Many fertility treatments in the UK use donated sperm or eggs. Some people will always have known that they’ll need a donor to have a family. For others, finding out they need a donor can be a real shock. Find out more about using donated eggs, sperm or embryos in your treatment.