In our daily routine we find it difficult to deal with certain facts, to accept reality when it differs from what we desire. And in our practice as reproductive medicine specialists, it is not different. Every time an infertile couple enters our offices, we already know that chances of reproductive success are smaller than we would like them to be, even in the context of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Moreover, given the importance of the issue and its emotional burden, those chances of success become discouragingly small.