The IVF process is heavily focused on the mother-to-be and typically involves consultation, testing, ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, fertilisation and embryo transfer.

At Fertility Psych, we play a small but vital part which involves the logistics of accessing superannuation funds to finance the IVF process, providing the mother meets the criteria laid out by the ATO.

Now our attention turns to the male and their role, small or large, in providing the sperm to fertilise the egg after retrieval. This post describes some of the situations where a procedure is required to retrieve the sperm required.

The most common situations we encounter are as follows:

TESA (Testicular Sperm Aspiration)

A fine needle is inserted into the testicle to aspirate (withdraw) fluid.

TESE (Testicular Sperm Extraction)

A small incision is made in the testicle to retrieve a tissue sample.

Whilst needing to have a TESA or TESE procedure is not ideal, the good news is these are not unusual situations, and happily the procedure above can also be funded using superannuation. When you attend your appointment with us, please make sure that you mention it during the consultation with our doctors so we can be sure to include this in our reports and CRS documentation.