Fertility Testing
Okay, just doing some reading through the library site. (I have discovered ebooks. It is not a particularily good ebook, but it’s something I can read now, as opposed to waiting for the good books to be shipped to the local library.) Basic info:
Things to be checked / Tests that can be performed:
For the Male
- Semen Analysis
(Yeah, that’s basically it.)
For the Female
- Tubes
- HSG (dye test, check for blockages)
- Lap (surgical proceedure, sample)
- Cervical Mucus
- Post-coital test (check how the spermies do in the CM)
- Hormones & Ovulation
- Check progesterone levels (1-3 blood tests in LP)
- Endometrial biopsy (tissue sample)
- Pelvic ultrasound (can see follicles developing)
- Day-3 FSH levels (evaluate egg reserves)
- Prolactin (blood test, hormone that can screw up cycles)
- TSH (thyroid function – can really mess up cycles
Wasn’t that fun. (Not.) Apparently there’s a lot of things that can go wrong in a female. Everything surgical is off-limits for the time being and for some time to come – not willing to go there yet. *shudder* But I would not be adverse to getting my progesterone checked and maybe a pelvic ultrasound and the FSH checked.
Of course first things first: sperm analysis. That’s first. My testing can wait another few months.
