04/09/2026
How long is too long to wait?
As a rule of thumb: if you've been trying to conceive for 12 months without success, it's worth being investigated. If the female partner is over 35, or there are known risk factors on either side, don't wait past six months.
And when you are checked: both partners, in parallel, from the beginning. It doesn't slow anything down. Testing both partners at once means nothing waits on one result.
That's the message of our male fertility series, drawn from Dr Sascha Edelstein's article Half the Picture: male fertility is worth assessing early, properly, and without embarrassment.
This week our Scientific Director Dr Lisa Lee looked at the laboratory side, how s***m are selected for IVF, and why a more advanced technique doesn't automatically mean a better result. Her closing point is the one that matters most here: sometimes the most important work happens before the laboratory.
Read Dr Lisa Lee's article here: https://www.thrivefertility.com.au/news/icsi-picsi-zymot-s***m-selection-ivf/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=half-the-picture
