The Vatican, for example, opposed it on the grounds that it also disapproves of birth control and other fertility interventions, as outlined in Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae.
Following diagnosis of early breast cancer, women need to make rapid decisions regarding fertility interventions before commencing chemotherapy.
It is likely that patients are highly influenced by clinical recommendations regarding fertility interventions, particularly from their medical oncologist (Silvestri et al, 2003; Lam et al, 2005).
The information gathered may help clinicians and policy-makers to make more informed decisions in fertility interventions, taking into account patients' views on the value of treatments.
Little is known about how and why women and their partners make decisions about fertility interventions following a cancer diagnosis, or how clinicians decide who to refer to a fertility specialist.
An understanding of all these prognostic factors and an appreciation of the difficulty of accurately predicting prognosis in an individual are of particular importance when counselling the patient about fertility interventions (see below).
Uptake of fertility interventions is not only dependent on information, but also on personal circumstances (such as having a male partner), availability and cost of interventions, previous fertility as well as religious and personal beliefs (Lee et al, 2006; Dutney, 2007; Jukkala, 2009; Ata and Seli, 2010; Eisenberg et al, 2010; Hershberger and Pierce, 2010).
This study will assess the cost and effects of a six-months structured lifestyle program aiming at weight reduction followed by conventional fertility care (intervention group) as compared to conventional fertility care only (control group) in overweight and obese subfertile women.
We hypothesize that the intervention will decrease the need for fertility treatment, diminish overweight-related pregnancy complications, and will improve perinatal outcome.
With regard to obstetric interventions, the proportions of mothers experiencing fertility treatment and caesarean section increased during the period.
