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

Last updated: 11 March 2016

Review date: 11 March 2018

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.

Last updated: 31 March 2016

Review date: 31 March 2018

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.

Last updated: 1 April 2016

Review date: 1 April 2018

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.

Last updated: 8 April 2016

Review date: 8 April 2018

Clear, impartial information on the IVF process, how IVF works, the risks and success rates from the UK Government's fertility treatment regulator.

Last updated: 9 March 2016

Review date: 9 March 2018

Last updated: 14 July 2016

Review date: 14 July 2018

Before embryo transfer, various decisions need to be made about your embryos. This page explains the decisions you and your clinic will need to make.

Last updated: 10 August 2016

Review date: 10 August 2018

Egg freezing is a method of preserving a woman’s fertility so she can try and have children at a later date. This page explains how the process works, its success rates and risks.

Last updated: 8 April 2016

Review date: 8 April 2018

Some people who are having fertility treatment have embryos which are not transferred in their IVF cycle. Find out how your embryos can be frozen for use in later treatment or to donate to research, training or someone else.

Last updated: 13 May 2016

Review date: 13 May 2018

Pre-implantation genetic testing can be used by people who have a serious inherited disease in their family to avoid passing it onto their children.

Last updated: 5 April 2016

Review date: 5 April 2018