ABSTRACT
The goal of treatment of the infertile woman goes beyond just simply helping her achieve a pregnancy, but rather the ultimate goal is the establishment of a pregnancy that ends with a healthy mother and a healthy baby. An important prerequisite to infertility treatment is preconceptional counseling. Preconceptional counseling is an assessment of the medical, social, genetic, environmental, and occupational factors that can impact on fertility and the health of a pregnancy (Fig. 4.1). In this chapter, a comprehensive summary and framework for preconceptional care is presented.
