Healthy Living

If you have been the recipient of fertility treatment, you will have to wait at least two weeks before the clinic will carry out the test but if you are impatient, home tests are reasonably accurate and easily available. It is important to bear in mind that if the test is carried out too quickly after the treatment, the test could show a false positive.

There are however, other signs of pregnancy that you will discover, for example: frequent mood changes, sensitive breasts and the desire to use the toilet more frequently, sickness, missing your period, fatigue and heightened sense of smell and taste.

Usually the fertility clinic will want to stay in touch regularly with you so they can carry out checks to find out if your baby’s growth is safe. Others do not offer continuing care, in which event you will no choice but to make your own arrangements for your prenatal care and birth.

Don’t forget that the fact that you have become pregnant might bring mixed feelings especially if you have been trying for a some time so it might take a period to adapt to the knowledge you’re having a baby. Accept this as perfectly natural, but the important thing is to accept your emotions whatever they are, and to take into consideration that nearly all mums-to-be go through a mix of emotions on finding out they are going to have a baby whether they have been through fertility treatment or not.

In reality, your pregnancy probably won’t be any more difficult than someone who hasn’t experienced fertility treatment however, you may find it more emotionally trying. Some expectant mothers will find it essential to have more than the normal amount of scans owing to their particular situation. A number of reasons exist including a past miscarriage (or stillbirths), if expecting more than one baby and of course, your general health. An additional reason is when the mum is older because as your age increases the more likely it is that problems will happen.

More than a million babies around the globe have now been born as a result of aided conception treatment such as IVF and the prospects are you will give bear a healthy baby. It must still be remembered though that all medical treatments have some dangers and there isn’t a way of dismissing the small chance of there being a problem, no matter how the child was conceived, although most problems are relatively insignificant. Easier to say than to do, you should try to relax during the pregnancy as much as you can.

Unfortunately the amount of stillbirths that occur after employing IVF is higher those for normal conception. This is down to two reasons: the first being that a pregnancy test is performed early into the pregnancy following the fertility treatment. Also there is the situation where where a woman has conceived naturally, she could have what she believes is a late period but it is where the embryo hasn’t implanted. There is also an increased chance of miscarrying when you are mature and women who get fertility treatment are normally older on average than those who conceive naturally. If you have any other concerns it is best to contact your specialist at the clinic.