How to decide on the right time
to proceed with Fertility Treatments
Making a decision on the right time to proceed with your fertility
treatments can be daunting for many couples. Here are a few fertility facts that might help you make that decision:
If you are:
- Under 35 years and have been trying to get pregnant for over 12 months.
- Over 35 and have been trying for 6 months.
- Over 40 and been trying for 3 months.
Now is the time to consult a Fertility
Specialist. First the specialist will ask you to come in for an initial consultation. After an initial consultation and comprehensive review of your medical history, most patients will be asked to undergo a complete physical exam and a series of tests. This evaluation phase also involves some blood and hormone tests which your Fertility
Specialist will utilize along with your history and physical exam to diagnose the cause of infertility. Once the cause
of infertility is known the physician might recommend one of the many fertility
treatments or Assisted
Reproductive Technologies (ART) available.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Overview
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) is a term used to describe advanced
fertility therapies. It most commonly refers to in
vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET or IVF) but also includes other
therapies. These procedures all involve the removal of a woman’s eggs from
her ovaries, processing these eggs with sperm, and returning the eggs to the
woman, sometimes already fertilized, in order to achieve a pregnancy. The differences
in the procedures involve where the eggs become fertilized, and how far along
the fertilization process has progressed before they are returned to the uterus.
To find
out more about Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and its treatments, please
click here.
To find out more about the Future of
Fertility™ please click here.
