For the people who already have taken infertility treatment.

This is the page for people who have received infertility treatment to some degree but haven't become pregnant yet.
Many of you have finished hysterosalpingography, blood tests on ovulation and semen analysis. You might have started the treatment concerning the above three points. If you don't get conceived at the firdt stage, there must be a little deeper causes. It is dangerous to be relieved when no cause is detected. you might waste precious time. Therefore, we should dig in detail and examine fundamental matters again.　
If your weak points are found, it is necessary to treat them completely.
Well, one of the typical main reasons for infertility at this stage is endometriosis. We are getting to know that this disease might be the unexpectedly wide causes of infertility such as blokage in a fallopian tube. Moreover it has been studied recently the endometriosis is a large disturbance against conception from immunological point of view. It is possible to be diagnosed almost exactly by laparoscopy.
As for men, asthenozoospermia might be a important factor of infertility even if it is in light grade, because some functions for fertilization might be poor.
Lastly , you have to be checked implantation disorder. Implantation is the most vague part of medical sciense and a kind of " black box" in the treatment of infertility.
　Moreover it is important to pay attention to the immune system. Though the immune system is originally provided to protect our body from a foreign enemy, it occasionally prevents pregnancy by disturbing maturing of an oocyte and implantation. it is neccessary to check antinuclear antibody, anti-DNA antibody and antisperm antibody. If the exsistence of anti- sperm antibody is detected, IVF might be one of considerable therapies. It is very difficult to conceive if you have an anti-sperm antibody, but a lot of people succeed when the antibody is washed away from the surface of the oocyte in IVF.
As positive use of ovulation inducing agent may be recommended at this stage by your physician in charge, it is also needed to have accurate knowledge about them.

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