From the moment you begin your experience with The Reproductive Medicine Group, you should feel comfortable openly and honestly communicating with everyone in any of our offices. No matter how simple or complex your medical treatment, we pay particular attention to making sure you are treated with personal care every step along the way. Never hesitate to ask questions or take more time with any of our team members at the front desk or in the operating room.
Before undergoing any tests or treatment, you will:
- Review your reproductive and medical history
- Evaluate you for signs of infertility
- Perform a medical examination
- Discuss fertility treatment options
At The Reproductive Medicine Group, you and your partner are a vital part of the treatment equation; therefore we suggest the two of you attend this initial consultation. It’s also possible that you may need additional diagnostic testing before your physician can make a final recommendation.
If no further tests are requested, your physician will create an optimal treatment plan specific to your fertility issues and comfort level. Once you begin treatment, you may set up additional meetings with your physician to discuss any issues or concerns about your progress or an upcoming procedure. Even when you aren’t seeing your doctor, please know your physician will be monitoring your fertility treatment. Our nurses will be in constant contact with your physician at all times, following your progress.
It is often possible for you to have some control over your fertility. How? By taking charge of your fertility health whether you want to get pregnant now or later. Our patient’s most common regret is that they didn’t seek help from us sooner. The earlier treatment is started, the better the chances of success. There is also a better possibility of using less invasive fertility procedures.
Many of our patients realize there is a fertility problem when they start “trying to conceive”. Ironically, most of our education around conception comes from NOT trying to get pregnant. So when the time comes for you to start your family, you may think that pregnancy will quickly occur. Getting pregnant is natural, right?
What is infertility?
Simply stated, infertility is not getting pregnant after 6 to 12 months of not using any form of prevention or birth control. You may call it “trouble getting pregnant”. It can also be the inability to sustain a pregnancy, resulting in recurrent or repeat miscarriage. Sometimes, there are early signs of infertility that suggest that difficulty with conceiving may occur.
Successful pregnancy requires several factors from both male and female partner. These include:
- The man and woman’s bodies creating sperm and eggs
- The sperm and egg successfully meeting and resulting into a fertilized embryo
- The embryo attaching to the uterine wall and developing for 37-40 weeks
Understanding the Impact of 1-2 Infertility Factors:
Issues identified with EITHER or both the man or woman during fertility testing can cause or contribute to infertility problems. This is also true for couples who are having trouble sustaining a pregnancy (with 2 or more miscarriages), or what’s called recurrent miscarriage. What’s important is that couples seek early intervention, or if possible, prevention. Diagnosed, most male or female problems can be treated by a fertility doctor who is a specialist in testing and treatment. Reproductive Endocrinologists are surgeons and experts in helping women get pregnant and sustain pregnancies. They are also experts in hormone disorders, and are specialists in IVF (In Vitro fertilization), among other fertility treatments.
Here’s a look at both male and female reproduction. It’s important that both partners be tested to identify potential infertility. And yes – infertility CAN be treated.
Reasons for infertility:
