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New Year, Fresh Start for Your Fertility: 3 Infertility Treatments That Can Help
If you’ve been trying to get pregnant for a while now and aren’t getting the results you’d like, you’re probably experiencing a potent mix of emotions. Frustration, concern, anxiety, and even anger are all normal emotions as you chart a course toward parenthood.
Finding support during this time can go a long way toward helping you achieve your goals. For women in and around Houston, Texas, partnering with Hany H Ahmed, MD is a great way to find relief from fertility woes.
Treatment begins with in-depth fertility screening
The first step in creating a fertility treatment plan is finding out why you’re having trouble getting pregnant. Many things can factor into infertility, including issues with the male and female partners.
Dr. Ahmed uses state-of-the-art technology to diagnose infertility. Many of these options are noninvasive, including blood testing, advanced imaging, and hysteroscopy, which involves using a lighted magnifying device to examine your uterus.
In some cases, a laparoscopic procedure is the best way to get a real-time visualization of your internal organs. Small incisions are all that’s needed to allow a slim scope and camera to gather imaging of your ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus.
Infertility treatments reflect your unique needs
If Dr. Ahmed determines what’s behind your fertility challenges, treatment focuses on addressing that cause. Here are some possible solutions:
Fertility medication
If your ovaries aren’t releasing eggs regularly, medications can help. Some work by mimicking the natural hormone functions that trigger ovulation. Some stimulate ovarian follicle development, and others help the ovaries produce multiple eggs during a cycle.
Surgical intervention
If a physiological problem is to blame for infertility, surgical procedures can help by altering your internal tissues.
For example, Dr. Ahmed can shrink or remove uterine fibroids that are preventing pregnancy. If endometriosis is a factor, he can remove abnormally located endometrial tissue.
Surgery can also improve fallopian tube function. Procedures can remove adhesions within fallopian tubes, clear blockages, or even create a new tubal opening.
Reproductive assistance
These techniques boost your chances of getting pregnant by using medical technology to complete certain parts of the natural process. One option, artificial insemination, involves manually delivering millions of thriving sperm inside your uterus during ovulation.
Another option, assisted reproductive technology, works by removing a few mature eggs from your ovaries, fertilizing them with healthy sperm in a lab setting, and then transferring fertilized embryos into your uterus.
Planning for a New Year’s fertility resolution
If you’re ready to make parenthood a priority in 2025, reach out to Hany H Ahmed, MD to schedule a fertility consultation. Call the office or request your appointment online today.
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