Below are links to our patient information leaflets produced by Fertility Exeter.
They are all in PDF format and will open in a new window.
Referral for sperm cryopreservation v2.10 (F/FORM/25)
For use by referring clinicians only.
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Referral for female fertility preservation treatment v1.2 (F/FORM/81)
For use by referring clinicians only.
Filesize: 93kb
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Together we can achieve so much v2.3 (F/PI/49)
An overview of our clinic.
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Your first fertility clinic appointment v1.5 (F/PI/5)
This leaflet will explain what to expect at your first fertility clinic appointment.
Filesize: 807kb
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Fertility counselling v2.6 (F/PI/10)
This leaflet explains what fertility counselling is and how you can access and benefit from it.
Filesize: 141kb
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Coming in for your procedure v3.3 (F/PI/9)
This leaflet contains information about coming in for your procedure.
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Diagnostic Tests
Guidance on requesting and interpreting diagnostic semen analysis v2.0 (F/GL/17)
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Submitting your semen for analysis v4.1 (F/PI/3)
Semen analysis is a test to check the ‘quantity’ of your sperm, which gives only an indication of your fertility potential.
Before booking a semen analysis appointment, please download and read our leaflet below.
To book a semen analysis, after reading our leaflet, please email rduh.semenanalysisbookinsystem@nhs.net
Filesize: 1,547kb
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Submitting your semen for analysis and ‘trial preparation’ v2.5 (F/PI/4)
Semen Analysis is a basic test to check the quantity of your sperm. Sometimes, following the analysis, a ‘trial preparation’ is required.
Filesize: 113kb
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Tubal patency testing – HyCoSy scan v1.3 (F/PI/73)
Using ultrasound and a microbubble solution is a method of checking that your fallopian tubes aren’t blocked or damaged.
Filesize: 1,949kb
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Thyroid problems and having a baby v1.2 (F/PI/94)
This leaflet explains how your thyroid could affect conception and pregnancy, and why we might test your thyroid function during fertility investigations.
Filesize: 154kb
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IUI
Intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment v1.5 (F/PI/7)
This leaflet will explain what IUI treatment is, including the benefits and risks of IUI.
Filesize: 1,093 kb
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Natural Cycle IUI
Information leaflet for intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment – Natural Cycle v1.0 (F/PI/150)
This IUI Natural Cycle leaflet should be read alongside the IUI leaflet above.
Filesize: 195 kb
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IVF
In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment v2.2 (F/PI/6)
This leaflet will explain what IVF treatment is, including the benefits and risks of IVF.
Filesize: 1,512kb
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Transgender & non-binary seeking in-vitro fertilisation treatment v2.0 (F/PI/132)
This leaflet will explain what IVF treatment is, including the benefits and risks of IVF.
Filesize: 1,646kb
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Shared motherhood in-vitro fertilisation treatment v1.3 (F/PI/114)
Shared motherhood IVF is a technique chosen by some same-sex couples wishing to have a child together. One partner provides the eggs and the other carries the pregnancy. The eggs are fertilised using donor sperm.
Filesize: 1,444kb
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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) v3.2 (F/PI/11)
ICSI is the injection of a single sperm into a single suitable egg.
Filesize: 2.7mb
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Surgical sperm recovery v4.2 (F/PI/15)
SSR is a technique for collecting sperm from your testicles. It is a minor procedure, usually carried out as a day case under local anaesthetic.
Filesize: 1,134kb
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Deciding upon how many embryos to transfer (SET vs DET) v3.3 (F/PI/26)
Whether you are undergoing self-funded or NHS-funded IVF/ICSI treatment, you may have to decide how many embryos you wish to transfer.
Filesize: 195kb
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Medicated frozen embryo treatment v3.0 (F/PI/55)
A frozen embryo transfer (FET) is a cycle in which frozen embryos created during a previous ‘fresh’ IVF cycle are thawed and then transferred back into the womb.
Filesize: 1,168kb
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Embryo storage v1.1 (F/PI/131)
Please read alongside our IVF Information Leaflet above.
Filesize: 2,847kb
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Adjunct to IVF Treatment
Information leaflet for an endometrial scratch v1.6 (F/PI/8)
Studies suggest that doing an endometrial scratch in the cycle before IVF may improve the chance of pregnancy in some women with a history of recurrent implantation failure.
Filesize: 1,949kb
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Sperm Banking
Sperm banking v3.4 (F/PI/14)
Sperm banking is the process of freezing and storing sperm for future use.
Filesize: 141kb
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Storage of sperm for young men under the age of 16 v2.3 (F/PI/43)
Sperm banking is the process of freezing and storing sperm for future use.
Filesize: 169kb
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Egg Banking
General egg freezing v1.1 (F/PI/126)
Who may benefit from egg freezing?
- Women with concerns about age-related fertility decline who wish to delay childbearing.
- Those undergoing treatments which may affect the ovaries and fertility (such as chemotherapy, gender-affirming hormone treatment or surgery).
Filesize: 116kb
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Egg Donation
Altruistic egg donation v3.0 (F/PI/12)
Altruistic egg donation is where a woman donates her eggs to a recipient voluntarily and does not receive any financial or other benefit herself.
Filesize: 1,355kb
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Egg donors: egg sharing v4.0 (F/PI/13)
Egg donation is a type of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment in which eggs are collected from one woman (the donor), fertilised with another woman’s (the recipient) partner’s sperm, and the embryo or embryos that are created are replaced into the recipient to achieve a pregnancy.
Filesize: 775kb
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Egg recipients v4.1 (F/PI/16)
Treatment with donor eggs may be suggested to women who experience recurrent implantation failure during IVF treatment, those with a very low egg reserve or at risk of passing a serious genetic problem.
Filesize: 1,077kb
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Patients on egg donation satellite service between Fertility Exeter and Instituto Bernabeu, Alicante, Spain v1.3 (F/PI/81)
In 2018, Fertility Exeter initiated collaboration with a well-established and highly accredited IVF clinic in Alicante, Spain. This offers an alternative to having egg donation treatment in the UK.
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Donor Sperm Treatment
Choosing your sperm donor – self-funded treatment v1.11 (F/PI/60)
This leaflet will explain the process of choosing and ordering donor sperm for treatment
Filesize: 261kb
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Choosing your sperm donor – NHS treatment v1.5 (F/PI/69)
This leaflet will explain the process of choosing and ordering donor sperm for treatment
Filesize: 233kb
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Donor insemination v4.2 (F/PI/37)
This leaflet will explain DI treatment, including the requirements and procedures associated with using donor sperm.
Filesize: 254kb
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