Patient Resources

Start here

These eight pages cover the most common questions patients and families ask. We have ordered them from the most general to the most specific.

FAQs Twenty-two answers to the questions patients ask most often, before, during, and after treatment. A good first stop if you are not sure where to start.
What is NeoFertility? An overview of the restorative approach and how it differs from conventional fertility treatment. Useful reading before your first consultation.
The treatment plan The three-phase structure of investigation, treatment, and pregnancy support. What happens, in what order, and roughly how long each phase takes.
What we treat We see couples and women for a range of conditions: impaired fertility, PCOS, endometriosis, recurrent miscarriage, hormonal symptoms, and more. This page lists the conditions we work with and links to a dedicated page for each one.
Published results Five peer-reviewed papers and one case report from the NeoFertility cohort. If you want to see the outcome data before you contact us, start here.
A second opinion after previous treatment For patients who have already been through fertility investigations or treatment elsewhere, and want a different clinical perspective before deciding what to do next. We work with patients coming from the UK, Europe, and Australia, as well as from Ireland.
Hormonal symptoms and women’s health NeoFertility investigates and treats hormonal conditions whether or not you are trying to conceive. This includes PMS and PMDD, perimenopause, cyclical symptoms, and conditions where surgery has been recommended but you would like to explore what else might be done first.
Recurrent miscarriage For patients who have been pregnant and lost pregnancies repeatedly. This page covers what we look for, what investigations we use, and what the clinical evidence shows.

Before your first consultation

You do not need a GP referral to contact us or to book an appointment. Patients can refer themselves directly through the contact page.

If you can, it helps to begin cycle charting before your first appointment. Charting gives us data we can read alongside your hormonal bloods and ultrasound findings. A NeoFertility Advisor will teach you how to chart in a short series of sessions; you do not need to know how to do it before you contact us.

For the first consultation, it is useful to have any recent blood test results and scan reports to hand. If you are coming from outside Ireland, please gather the following before or shortly after your inquiry:

Hormone bloods (FSH, LH, AMH, oestradiol, progesterone if available)
Any ultrasound scan reports
A summary of any previous fertility investigations or treatment cycles you have had

You do not need to send everything at once. When you contact us, we will let you know what is most useful to share ahead of the appointment.

Partners are encouraged to attend. If a partner has had a semen analysis or any male-factor assessment, it is worth having those results available too.

For partners and family

The NeoFertility consultation is structured as a couple’s appointment. We look at both partners: male-factor conditions are a clinically relevant part of the picture in a significant share of cases, and we would rather investigate fully than miss something on either side. So if you are coming as a couple, we would encourage you both to attend from the start.

Partners who attend consultations consistently tell us they found it helpful. Being in the room means you understand the investigation as it unfolds, you can share your own history, and you are not receiving a second-hand account of a clinical conversation. The treatment plan is not a set of instructions for one person; it is a process the two of you go through together.

Family members are welcome at consultations if a patient wants them there. We ask only that patients let us know in advance if they are bringing someone along, so we can plan the appointment accordingly.

For family members who want to understand what restorative reproductive medicine involves, the pages listed in the Start here section above, particularly What is NeoFertility? and The treatment plan, give a clear account of the approach and what to expect.

Cycle charting with ChartNeo

Cycle charting is part of the NeoFertility approach. The chart gives us a view of the reproductive cycle that blood tests and scans alone cannot provide: it shows the mucus pattern, the temperature shift, and the relationship between them over time. That information shapes how we read the hormonal data and informs the treatment plan.

New patients are asked to begin charting before their first appointment if possible. You do not need to be proficient before you come in; what matters is that you start. A NeoFertility Advisor will teach you the charting method in a series of short sessions, most of them in the first month or two.

The app we use is ChartNeo, which Dr. Boyle co-founded specifically for this clinical context. It supports four fertility-awareness-based charting methods and is built to HIPAA and GDPR standards. You can find out more at chartneo.com.

Once you are a patient, you will be asked to share your chart with the clinic through the app so that the team can review it alongside your bloods and scans. The clinic pricing page sets out the costs involved in charting.

Practical information

Two types of initial consultation

NeoFertility offers two separate initial consultation types. They are not tiers of the same appointment; they are different appointments for different clinical situations.

Fertility consultation (45 minutes)

This is for couples who are investigating impaired fertility, or who want to understand what the restorative approach would look like for their specific situation. Both partners are encouraged to attend.

Women’s health consultation (20 minutes)

This is for women who want hormonal investigation or clinical advice outside the fertility pathway. It covers conditions including PMS and PMDD, perimenopause, endometriosis, and cyclical hormonal symptoms. This consultation is appropriate whether or not you are trying to conceive.

When you book, you will be asked to choose which type of appointment you need. If you are unsure, the FAQs page covers the distinction, or you can describe your situation when you contact us and we will advise you.

Virtual consultations for patients outside Ireland

If you are based outside Ireland, video consultations are available. Patients from the UK, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere have been seen this way. If you are based in the United States, please see our notice for US patients. The clinical workup still requires blood tests and, in most cases, imaging; we will advise you on how to arrange those locally. For patients who are able to travel to Dublin for at least one in-person visit, we would generally recommend that.

Fees

All fees, including consultation costs and what is included in the treatment plan, are on the clinic pricing page. We prefer not to list euro amounts here in isolation, because the right starting point depends on which type of consultation you need. The pricing page has the full breakdown.