title: [Informations for the infertile couple].
abstract: The aim of the first consultation related to infertility is supposed to be the optimization of all factors that can increase the chances of pregnancy: more frequent sexual intercourse during the fertility windows; lifestyle modifications (better diet, decreased exposure to tobacco or other toxics); older couples can enjoy the same advice but should be proposed a quicker medical support. Maternal preconceptional advice must be transmitted. A testicular cancer must always be excluded in infertile men, while the risk of hormone-dependent cancers in infertile women remains undetermined. With the results of this first consultation, couples will generally be proposed the best solution to achieve their parental project: ovarian stimulation assisted reproductive technology (IUI, IVF or ICSI) or adoption.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie obstétrique et d'assistance médicale à la procréation, CHU Bichat Claude-Bernard, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France. pierreoger@neuf.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicollet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wainer
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Crécy
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic