What’s the difference between sterility and infertility?

In the strictest sense, the currently accepted definitions are:

Primary sterility: when a couple has not become pregnant after a year of sexual relations without contraceptives.

Secondary sterility: when a couple, after having had a first child, is unable to achieve a new gestation in the following 2-3 years of unprotected sex. Primary infertility: when a couple achieves gestation, but this does not result in a newborn baby.

Secondary infertility: when a couple, after a pregnancy and successful birth, does not achieve a gestation which results in a newborn baby.

Before starting an assisted reproduction treatment, we will find out which sterility or infertility issue is applicable in your case and we will work with you on analysing the best way to deal with it.