ASRM Guide

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is a nonprofit organization that provides information, education, and advocacy in the field of reproductive medicine and biology. The ASRM has produced a series of detailed fact sheets about various fertility topics that can be downloaded below.

A

Abnormal uterine bleeding
Abnormalities of the female reproductive tract (Müllerian defects)
Acupuncture and Infertillity
Adoption: Where to start and what to think about
Age and fertility
Are vaccinations a good idea if I’m trying to get pregnant?
Assisted hatching
Assisted reproductive technologies
Avoiding conflict in third-party reproduction

B-C

Bioidentical hormone therapy
Can I freeze my eggs to use later if I’m not sick?
Challenges of parenting multiples
Conditions treated with adnexal surgery
Counseling issues for gay men and lesbians seeking assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
Cross-border reproductive care

D

Defining infertility
Diagnostic testing for female infertility
Diagnostic testing for male factor infertility
Dilation and curettage (D&C)
Does my age affect my fertility?

E

Ectopic pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy fact sheet
Egg donation
Embryo donation
Endometrial ablation
Endometriosis
Endometriosis and infertility: Can surgery help?
Endometriosis: Does it cause infertility?
Evaluation of the uterus

F

Female cancers, cryopreservation, and fertility
Fertility drugs and the risk of multiple births
Fertility options after vasectomy
Fertility rights and responsibilities
Fibroids and fertility

G

Gamete (eggs and sperm) and embryo donation
Gamete and embryo donation: Deciding whether to tell
Genetic screening for birth defects
Gestational carrier (surrogate)

H

Hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome
Hormonal contraception
Hydrosalpinx
Hyperprolactinemia (high prolactin levels)
Hypothyroidism and pregnancy: What should I know?
Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)

I-J

In vitro fertilization (IVF): What are the risks?
Infertility counseling and support: When and where to find it
Infertility: An overview
Insulin-sensitizing agents and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Intrauterine adhesions: What are they?
Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy

M

Male cancer, cryopreservation, and fertility
Male infertility evaluation: What do I need to know?
Managing pelvic pain
Medications for inducing ovulation
Minimally invasive surgery
Multiple pregnancy and birth: Twins, triplets, and high order multiples

N

Noncontraceptive benefits of birth control pills
Nonhormonal contraception
Normal and abnormal puberty in girls

O

Optimizing male fertility
Optimizing natural fertility
Oral medicines for inducing ovulation
Osteoporosis
Ovarian drilling for infertility
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)
Ovarian reserve (predicting fertility potential in women)
Ovulation detection

P-R

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)
Progesterone supplementation during in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles
Reproductive aging in women
Robotic surgery

S

Saline infusion sonohysterogram (SHG)
Sexual dysfunction and infertility
Side effects of injectable fertility drugs (gonadotropins)
Smoking and infertility
Sperm DNA integrity testing: What is it?
Sperm morphology (shape): Does it affect fertility?
Stem cell research
Stress and infertility
Surgical sperm retrieval in men with spinal cord injury (SCI)
Surgical techniques for sperm retrieval: What should I know?

T

Talking to children about their gay and lesbian parents
Testosterone use and male infertility
The intrauterine device (IUD): A long-acting reversible contraception
The menopause transition (perimenopause): What is it?
Third-party reproduction
Treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)
Treatment of uterine fibroids

U-V

Understanding clinical studies
Varicocele

W-Z

Weight and fertility
What are fibroids?
What do I need to know about conceiving after tubal surgery?
What do I need to know about Turner syndrome and having children?
What do I need to worry about with a multiple pregnancy?
What is in vitro maturation (IVM)?
What is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)?
What is premature ovarian insufficiency (also called premature ovarian failure)?
What is recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)?
Why would I choose to have elective single-embryo transfer (eSET)?
Will toxins in the environment affect my ability to have children?
Zika virus

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