Infertility: support for child conception

A couple that has been trying to conceive for more than a year, but is not succeeding, should be alert because something is not right. This is the time to seek professional medical help.

After a year of frequent sex, without condoms and using contraception, couples under the age of 35 should seek counseling, experts say.

“In cases women in old agethey should go to a professional reproductive health after six months without achieving pregnancysince it is time to assume that there may be a problem and you should take your first fertility quote“, says Saúl Barrera, medical director of the Valencia Institute of Infertility (IVI Panama).

In it first visit to the center for assisted reproductiondifferent diagnostic tests with history of illness i.a Physical exam to determine what is preventing them from conceiving a child.

In case of womenthese tests include a basal hormone studyAnd ultrasound and even a test of antimüllerian hormone which allows you to assess your ovarian reserve. While, the man will be appreciated seed quality through a seminogram or spermiogram.

Then, when the doctor has all the information and exams which he considers necessary, he will indicate treatment To make. Also if necessary meds or others supplementary tests before determining the personalized treatment that follows.

Treatments

There are various innovative treatments, from preservation fertility and have the ability to be a mother whenever they want, to very complex treatments, including those Techniques focused on crafting new family models.

For example, at IVI Panama, they offer all the most well-known and personalized assisted reproduction treatments up to diagnosis, such as: Artificial insemination with sperm from a partner or donor, In Vitro fertilization.

There are also treatments with egg donation for couples, if the diagnosis requires it.

It is worth mentioning that IVI Panama is an area of ​​very complex reproductive medicine s Ovarian Rejuvenation Center.

“We can point out that the first consultation does not necessarily have to be when the couple cannot conceive, because we see that more and more women give birth to their first child at a late age, ie after 35, when it is more difficult to become a mother. Therefore, if a woman wants to have children, but her professional goals come first, she should go to an assisted reproduction center to freeze her eggs and thus postpone motherhood until the time she deems appropriate,” says Dr. Barrera.

On the other hand, patients must be aware of other pathologies such as endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndromewhich, in combination with poor nutrition and an inadequate lifestyle, affect women’s fertility.

The emotional part is also important Assisted fertilization and that’s why they should have an Emotional Support Unit.