Fertility Consultation

Fertility consultation is intended for couples wanting a child when pregnancy is not readily achieved or when a known problem requires assisted procreation.

In most cases, gynecological and andrological check-ups are carried out in parallel.

The female check-up will explore the following areas:

  • General medical history of the individual and her family

  • Gynecological and obstetrical history

  • Exploration de la fonction ovarienne : prises de sang et échographie

  • Check of the ovarian function: blood analysis and echography

  • Womb examination: echography, SIS

  • Fallopian tubes examination: HyFoSy

  • Additional examinations may be proposed depending on pathologies

The male check-up will explore the following areas:

  • General medical history of the individual and his family

  • Spermogram

  • Blood analysis

  • Clinical examination

  • Additional examinations may be proposed depending on pathologies.

The fertility consultation is also addressing other circumstances:

  • Repeated miscarriage

  • Fertility preservation for medical reasons, when necessary medical treatment or medication may impair reproduction (like cancer treatment for example)

  • Fertility preservation for social freezing

  • Pre-implantation diagnosis in case of confirmed genetic anomaly in one of the partners

  • Need of reproductive cells (eggs, spermatozoids)

  • Donation of reproductive cells (eggs, spermatozoids)

Assisted Medical Procreation (AMP)

In Belgium, AMP is regulated and must be performed in a duly accredited center (type A or B).

Treatments must therefore be completed in these centers. From a practical point of view, Dr. Fernandez arranges the set up and the monitoring of the AMP treatments wherever center the couple has selected, including abroad.

She nevertheless performs her own AMP activities within the accredited center of Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc.

Discover the film presenting all the steps of the treatment in the In Vitro Fertilization Unit of the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (Brussels)