| When you're investigating or treating infertility, there's | | | | unavailable. |
| a lot you need to know when it comes to choosing | | | | 5. Calmly and clearly make your preferences known |
| the right combination of doctors and making sure | | | | to your doctors regarding testing, alternative |
| you're receiving the best care possible. There are also | | | | therapies, or objections to certain procedures at the |
| a number of ways you can heal yourself during the | | | | beginning of your treatment. |
| investigative or treatment phase of your fertility | | | | 6. Research the costs of your treatment in advance. |
| problem. Before you choose a fertility doctor, you | | | | (Canadians will need to find out what treatments are |
| may want to open up the possibilities and know | | | | covered by the province.) |
| whats possible when trying to conceive. | | | | 7. Notify your practitioners if you intend to seek care |
| 1. Educate yourself. Learn about the physical, | | | | elsewhere or intend to stop treatment. |
| psychological, and emotional processes involved with | | | | Moving on to the "trying" phase of the process may |
| conception and pregnancy. | | | | happen immediately after you've been screened for |
| 2. Learn about all your options, and choose the | | | | various health problems or have been treated for |
| practitioners or fertility options that are appropriate | | | | one. |
| for you. | | | | Before you begin charting the rhythms of your |
| 3. Inform yourself about hospital policies and | | | | individual menstrual cycle, it's important to be aware |
| regulations that will affect your treatment and | | | | of how certain lifestyle habits can interfere with |
| possible pregnancy. | | | | infertility. In other words, you and your partner |
| 4. Arrange for a companion or support person to help | | | | should go through an exercise of evaluating whether |
| you through your treatment if your partner is | | | | your own habits are creating a barrier to conception. |