| If you have been trying to get pregnant and have | | | | not even wait the initial six months and should consult |
| been unsuccessful, then you may be wondering | | | | an infertility specialist as soon as you can. The main |
| when it is the right time to seek professional help. It | | | | reason would be the woman's age. If the woman is |
| is not unusual to feel apprehensive about seeing an | | | | over thirty-five, then fertility can be rapidly |
| infertility specialist. For some couples, it feels like the | | | | decreasing and you should not prolong seeking help. |
| first step in admitting that something may be wrong | | | | Another reason not to wait is if you have had |
| with them. This should not be how you feel going in. | | | | miscarriages or tubal pregnancies in the past. |
| If you do need help, then it may not be wise to put | | | | Endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome and pelvic |
| it off. With modern advances in diagnostics and | | | | inflammatory disease are other reasons to |
| treatment, you should consider taking that first step | | | | immediately seek help in conceiving. |
| into the infertility specialist's office the first step | | | | Most women start out by telling their OB/GYN that |
| towards starting your family. | | | | they are trying to conceive. Most OB/GYN's have |
| It is very common to need a little help conceiving and | | | | some experience in initial infertility evaluation and may |
| you are not alone. Most people start out tracking | | | | be able to give you some good information to start |
| their ovulation with an ovulation prediction kit or basal | | | | with. They can usually perform simple procedures to |
| body temperature. If you have been trying | | | | see if you have a tubal blockage, the most common |
| unsuccessfully to conceive for six months, then it | | | | cause of infertility in women. However, a real |
| may be time to seek professional help. If you are | | | | infertility specialist, or Reproductive Endocrinologist, |
| under the age of thirty-five, then you may be able | | | | has many more years experience and expertise in |
| to wait for up to a year, but it is not recommended. | | | | the field of infertility treatment. |
| There are certain circumstances where you should | | | | |