Several tests performed by your doctor or reproductive endocrinologist will help diagnose the cause for your infertility. We already covered the tests your partner will go through in the section titled “Visiting Your Doctor.”
The tests for you range from very simple in-office tests no more invasive than a PAP smear or ultrasound to surgical procedures.
Post [...]
Tags: cause of infertility, Cervical Mucus, cervix, Falloposcopy, fibroids, HSG, Hysterosalpigogram, Hysteroscopy, infertility, intrauterine insemination, Laparoscopy, Post Coital Test, ultrasound
Posted in: TTC
No Comments »
One way to increase your odds of conceiving quickly is to make sure you are having sex during the most fertile part of your cycle — the days just before, during and after ovulation.
Because sperm can live in the body for up to five days, but an unfertilized egg dies after 24 hours, you increase [...]
Tags: Basal Body Temperature, Cervical Fluid, Cervical Mucus, cervical position, cervix, cycle, fertility, fertility signs, fertilization, menstration, ovulation, Ovulation Calculator, trying to conceive, TTC
Posted in: TTC
2 Comments »
Going into labor prematurely is a fear many pregnant women feel, especially those who have faced premature labor before. Premature labor is defined as labor that starts between the 20th week of pregnancy, when the cervix to begins opening earlier than it should.
There are many signs of premature labor. If caught early enough most are [...]
Tags: bleeding, cervix, contractions, cramping, fluid, labor, leak, Pregnancy, premature, pressure
Posted in: Pregnancy
1 Comment »
As the third trimester weeks crawl by, many pregnant women look for any sign that labor is impending. One of these signs is the loss of the mucus plug. Many women don’t even know what the mucus plug is, or what they should look for. They only know that the loss of it signifies that [...]
Tags: bacteria, blood, cervix, doctor, germs, labor, mucus plub, Pregnancy
Posted in: Pregnancy
33 Comments »
In most pregnancies, at about 37 weeks, your doctor or midwife will begin checking your cervix for effacement, dilation and station. She will then report back to you the results. For first time moms this can be confusing. If you don’t know what effacement, dilation and station are, then when your provider reports that you [...]
Tags: birth, cervix, dilation, effacement, labor, Pregnancy, thick, thin
Posted in: Pregnancy
112 Comments »
When a woman believes she might be pregnant, the quickest way to find out is via a urine test, either at the doctor’s office or by purchasing an over-the-counter pregnancy test from a drug store. Once a woman confirms she is pregnant she should make an appointment with her doctor or midwife for a pelvic [...]
Tags: blue, cervix, exam, first trimester, miscarriage, pap smear, pelvic, Pregnancy, size
Posted in: Health & Safety, Pregnancy
No Comments »