Information on Pregnancy
Once you have received your fertility treatment, you will have to wait at least 14 days before the clinic will carry out the test but if you are impatient, home tests are pretty accurate and easily available. However, do remember that there’s a risk of a test showing a false positive result if it is carried out before this time.
Naturally there are other signs of being pregnant for instance: feeling sick, using the bathroom more frequently, missed periods, mood shifts, weariness and finer sensation of smell and taste.
Usually the fertility clinic will keep in contact with you to enable them to carry out checks to find out if your baby’s development is safe. Some fertility clinics do not offer continuing assistance so alternate arrangements during pregnancy will need to be sorted out.
Even providing your fertility treatment is productive, don’t be worried if you are not as ecstatic as you expected to be as it can take a short while to adjust. Don’t be to concerned if you feel this as, many expectant mothers have them when they discover they are having a baby and it impacts those that have had a normal pregnancy equally with those who have used a fertility clinic.
There should not be any real physical difference between a person who has become pregnant naturally to someone who has received fertility treatment, except they may find it harder emotionally. Often, it may be necessary to have additional scans at the hospital. These include previous miscarriages (or stillbirths), if expecting twins, triplets (or more) and of course, your general health. The age of the expectant mother may also be a deciding point because as you age the greater your risk of complications will be.
Since assisted conception has been around over a million babies have been born employing treatments such as In Vitro Fertilization for example, and there is every reason to believe that you will give birth to a healthy baby. This is not a guarantee that there will never be any problems because all medical treatment and every pregnancy can have some element of risk, even those conceived by normal means, but fortunately almost all of the problems are minor. You may find it hard but try to relax during your pregnancy if you possibly can.
It is a sad fact that the figure for women who have a miscarriage after getting fertility treatment such as In Vitro Fertilization is just a little more than those who become pregnant by the natural method. Often the cause of this is because women who have fertility treatment are likely to have a pregnancy test during the early stages of the pregnancy. From time-to-time, where a woman has conceived naturally, she could have what she thinks is a late period but it is where the embryo hasn’t implanted. The other situation where a problem can occur is because women who have fertility treatment are generally more mature than women who don’t, and the chances of miscarrying grow as the woman gets older. To clear up any questions you may have, you should speak to a gynecologist from your fertility clinic.