Tests & Treatments for Infertility & Reproductive Issues

Tests for Infertility

Your caregiver will take a health history from you. This includes past pregnancies, length of infertility, and sexual history. Caregivers will also ask questions about your past and current medical history and your lifestyle. You may have one or more of the following tests:

• Blood and urine tests
• Hysteroscopy
• Imaging tests:
  • Hysterosalpingography: This test, also called HSG, uses x-rays to take pictures of the inside of the uterus and fallopian tubes.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging test
  • Ultrasound
• Laparoscopy: This is a surgery to look inside your abdomen (also called minimally invasive surgery).
• Pelvic exam: This is also called an internal or vaginal exam.

Treatments for Infertility

Treatment depends on the cause of infertility. With appropriate treatment, you should have a greater chance of getting pregnant. You may need one or more of the following:

• Fertility medicines: These medicines treat ovulation problems by making you ovulate or controlling ovulation.
• Surgery: You may have surgery to check the cause of infertility. During surgery, endometrial tissues that are growing in inappropriate places may be removed. Your doctor may also repair blockages or other problems in your fallopian tubes.
• Assisted reproductive technology (ART): This is usually done when all other treatments have failed. Treatments options include:
  • Intrauterine Insemination
  • In vitro fertilization
  • Blastocyst Embryo Culture
  • Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT)
  • Assisted hatching
  • Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
  • Donor embryos
  • Donor sperm insemination
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis