10 important questions to ask your doctor about infertility

• Could lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol, stress or age be affecting my fertility?
• Might my job or my partner's job be contributing to our problems?
• Are there any non-medical approaches, such as relaxation or meditation techniques, that could improve my chances of becoming pregnant?
• Is it important to proceed with an infertility evaluation now, or should we wait a while longer?
• What specific tests would you recommend to diagnose our infertility, and are they available on the NHS?
• What are the treatment options for our suspected diagnosis, and are they available on the NHS?
• How much of the cost of fertility treatments or testing is covered by the NHS?
• What is the national success rate, in terms of live births, for each of these treatments?
• How many procedures of the type that you are recommending has this fertility clinic performed, and what is its success rate in terms of live births?
• Can you help put us in touch with a support group for couples living with infertility?