Contents:
- Medical Video: 1st Week of Pregnancy - The Pregnant Symptoms, Development and Tips To A Healthy Pregnancy
- What you need to do if you aren't pregnant too
- 1. Make an appointment to consult with an obstetrician
- 2. Start doing a simple fertility test
- 3. Start doing treatment simple fertility
- 4. Visit a fertility clinic
- 5. Do more fertility tests
- 6. Make a plan with your partner and your doctor
- 7. Run the fertility plan that has been made
- 8. Reevaluate your plan if it doesn't work
- 9A. If you are successful, plan for a healthy pregnancy
- 9B. If it doesn't work
Medical Video: 1st Week of Pregnancy - The Pregnant Symptoms, Development and Tips To A Healthy Pregnancy
If you and your partner have been trying to have a child for a year but are not yet pregnant, maybe it's time for you to seek help. Especially if you have experienced two miscarriages or more, this assistance can not be delayed anymore.
Even though each couple has different needs and problems, some of these things can help you know what to do.
What you need to do if you aren't pregnant too
1. Make an appointment to consult with an obstetrician
The first person you have to meet is your gynecologist or obgyn. Also urologist, if your husband might need it. You also do not need to go directly to the fertility clinic because most fertility clinics will also ask for referrals from your specialist.
You can ask about your problem before the test PAP smear routine that you will do, or you can also make a special appointment to consult about fertility.
Write down the sixth day of your last menstrual cycle, even if it's not regular, just show it. If you also record a fertility calendar or body temperature chart, bring your latest data from the last 6 months. This information will be very useful for your doctor. Don't forget to prepare the list below before seeing a doctor to consult:
- List all medicines that are routinely consumed by you and your partner
- List of symptoms of infertility or any risk factors that you have
- All questions that you will ask (better if written)
2. Start doing a simple fertility test
The next step is to do a simple fertility test. Judging from the symptoms you are facing, your test might include HSG testing, vaginal ultrasound, or laparoscopic diagnostics. Your doctor may also recommend a simple pelvic test, pap smear, and a sexually transmitted disease test.
The types of tests you will take depend on the symptoms you are facing and your financial condition.
3. Start doing treatment simple fertility
Based on the results of your fertility test, the gynecologist will recommend several treatments or actions, which may involve treatment of hidden factors that cause infertility, or may include simple measures such as clomid drug administration. If the problem is structural (in the system) or endometriosis, your doctor may recommend surgery.
Another possibility is that your doctor will give a recommendation to a fertility specialist or a special surgeon for reproductive organs, or you may not take any medical action and immediately refer to a specialist. If the factor is infertility in men, your partner may be referred to an andrologist or male fertility specialist.
4. Visit a fertility clinic
When fertility measures don't work for you, or your test results require other actions to be outside of your gynecological competence, you will be referred to a fertility specialist. This means that you are looking for and choosing a fertility clinic.
5. Do more fertility tests
Often (but not always) fertility clinics will tell you to do more fertility tests. Even repeat the test you've done before.
6. Make a plan with your partner and your doctor
After you get your fertility test results, you will usually immediately see a doctor to discuss recommendations for treatment actions or plans. Make sure you ask about the chances of success, the experience of the doctor with this type of treatment, and the potential risks that will be faced. Your doctor may suggest lifestyle and diet changes that will increase your chances of success.
If you choose not to take any action or treatment for a number of reasons, you can still consider other options for getting a child (for example adopting a child), or choosing to continue trying without special care.
7. Run the fertility plan that has been made
After you, your partner, and the doctor have decided which action or treatment to take, immediately do whatever your plan is. This process can be quite simple or vice versa: complex and difficult.
Handling fertility can sometimes be a burden on the mind. Make sure you have consulted a doctor and nurse about everything, and got emotional support from family, friends, support groupor therapist.
8. Reevaluate your plan if it doesn't work
Fertility treatment is not a direct solution, but more like the process trial and error aka trial and error until it works. You may get pregnant immediately in the first treatment cycle, but often you need to try several cycles before finally succeeding.
Remember that if there is one cycle that fails it does not mean that the treatment will not work, and also remember that couples without fertility problems even need 3-6 months to succeed in getting pregnant.
If the plan doesn't work for a longer period of time, or you don't get satisfied with the treatment you receive, consider changing doctors or clinics.
9A. If you are successful, plan for a healthy pregnancy
If your treatment is successful: congratulations! Your fertility clinic will usually carry out surveillance in the first few weeks of pregnancy and you may be asked to continue with some hormonal or injection procedures.
Depending on the cause of your infertility, and whether you are pregnant with twins, you may be able to consider stricter supervision during early pregnancy. Like other couples who are pregnant, try to maintain health during pregnancy by carrying out a healthy and controlled lifestyle.
9B. If it doesn't work
Unfortunately, not all couples with fertility problems can get a pregnancy. You may still get nothing after undergoing a lot of treatment, or you have to stop this process if the financial situation is no longer possible, or you may be tired and stressed and decide not to continue the action.
This failure can be very discouraging, but that doesn't mean you can't handle it with time and support. Make sure you and your partner get adequate counseling to help get through difficult times like this. After you feel better, you might consider other options for family life, such as adopting or raising a child, maybe you might even choose to live without children.
