| If you have been trying to get pregnant and it's not | | | | testing than go straight to an RE. If you are |
| happening as quickly as you think it should you | | | | interested in pacing yourself then you might want to |
| probably have started to gather some information. | | | | see your gynecologist first. |
| That's what I did. I hit the internet and found out | | | | I've mentioned getting information off the internet |
| what I could about 'trying to conceive'. | | | | and we all know that the internet can be a great |
| And that did help. I learned things I should have been | | | | source of information but you need to be careful |
| told in high school biology but apparently good | | | | about where you choose to get medical information. |
| information would have been too dangerous to me. | | | | Sometimes anecdotal information is fantastic and can |
| With the real information we needed my husband | | | | be very helpful but before you try something new or |
| and I tried to conceive on our own. | | | | take something new make sure you ask your doctor |
| And that didn't work. Then I went back to the | | | | if it will interact with anything else you might be |
| internet and learned that if you try to conceive for | | | | taking. There are perfectly safe 'Old Wives Tales' on |
| over a year, when you are younger than 35 years | | | | the fertility boards and you'll find them soon enough |
| old, you are diagnosed as infertile. But what does this | | | | but if someone starts mentioning a new wonder herb |
| mean? | | | | you might want to check this out before you head |
| Thankfully the internet can be your friend. So can | | | | out to the health food store. It could be great and |
| your doctor and you need to make an appointment | | | | your doctor might agree, but it is always safer to |
| with them right away if you are trying to start a | | | | check. |
| family. Women generally go to their OB-GYN first | | | | Information is the key to much of our lives these |
| because they have a relationship with their doctor | | | | days and when our lives feel out of control we need |
| but most insurance companies don't require a referral | | | | to find something to give us a sense of power. |
| if you decide that you want to go ahead and see an | | | | Information can be that power for us. Getting |
| Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE). Reproductive | | | | information from your doctor and the internet can |
| Endocrinologist's are fertility specialists who do fertility | | | | take some of the helplessness out of infertility so |
| testing, can perform surgery, will do interuterine | | | | that you can be your strongest as you move |
| insemination (IUI), as well as in vitro fertilization (IVF) | | | | forward toward a family of your own. |
| procedures. If you want to get started with fertility | | | | |