It is estimated that 1 in 7 to 10 couples in India experience sub-fertility. It’s a common problem with identifiable male and female causes in up to 85-90% couples. Malefactors contribute to about 30-35% of infertility cases. Both male and female factors coexist in 15-20% of couples.
Female factors such as insufficient ovarian reserve, problems in ovulation, problems with fallopian tubes, endometriosis, PCOS, etc are responsible for the rest.
Fertility treatments in India are often handled by doctors of various specialties including obstetricians, gynecologists, general physicians, urologists, etc who have training infertility management but are not specialists.
Fertility specialists have experience as a doctor combined with core expertise infertility which includes a post-graduate qualification in obstetrics and gynecology followed by a formal specialization infertility management with a 1-2-year fellowship program.