Before You Become Pregnant
If you are impatient to learn whether your fertility treatment has been successful, over the counter home pregnancy kits are now readily available but your fertility clinic will also carry out the test for you. However, do bear in mind that there’s a risk of a test showing a false positive result if it is done too early.
Of course, there are physical signs of pregnancy for instance; feeling sick, the need to use the toilet more frequently, missing your period, mood changes, tiredness and improved sense of smell and taste.
Some clinics stay in touch during the early weeks of pregnancy and do one or more ultrasound scans to make sure your baby is developing normally.
Some people take a little while to acclimatize to the fact that they are going to have a child after successful fertility treatment so don’t worry if initially, you are not as excited about as you thought you would be.These mixed feelings are normal for many women when they learn they are going to have a baby, irrespective of whether they became pregnant naturally or through fertility treatment.
Some pregnant women find it necessary to have more than the normal amount of scans because of their particular situation.Often this is because they have had previous problems with miscarriages, stillbirth, health problems or multiple births. Another important factor could be the pregnant mothers age as the older you get the more likely complications can occur.
But as well as huge benefits, all medical treatments carry some risks and there is no way of ruling out the slight chance of problems, no matter how the baby was conceived, but most problems are relatively minor.Try to enjoy your pregnancy as much as possible and relax even though it might be easier said than done.
Unfortunately the number of miscarriages after using In Vitro Fertilization is slightly higher than those after normal conception.This is down to two reasons, the first being that a pregnancy test is carried out in the early stages of pregnancy following the fertility treatment.
To read more about pregnancy and baby, visit pregnancy101.org and while you are it, you can learn more about tips to getting pregnant
