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At Houston Fertility Center, we take a thorough, personalized approach to diagnosing fertility concerns in both partners. Evaluations may include hormone testing, imaging, and/or semen analysis to uncover what’s standing in the way of pregnancy for you. From minor treatments to IVF, we’ll tailor your care to your specific needs.
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Fertility evaluation, also sometimes
called infertility evaluation,
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is a process where couples
who are having difficulty conceiving
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or who are not ready
to conceive right now,
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but are concerned maybe the woman
is in her upper 30s, 40s,
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want to assess what's
their options for a future.
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Infertility evaluation will involve
hormonal assessment of the woman,
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will involve assessment
of her health status,
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will involve assessment of her uterus,
sometimes tubal patency
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or whether or not her tubes are open,
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will involve semen analysis,
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so we can make sure
that there's not a male factor issue,
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hormonal issue, egg issue,
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or a structural problem
with the uterus or tubes.
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Some patients are born with problems.
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There's birth defects,
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and you don't know that you have
these birth defects necessarily
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until you're trying
to get pregnant and can't.
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Diabetes, high blood pressure,
chronic illnesses,
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there's lots of things
that can lower somebody's fertility,
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and most of these things
cannot be evaluated
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unless you go to an infertility specialist
for evaluation.
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Infertility treatments can go anywhere
from simple fertility pills
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with or without putting sperm in the uterus,
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all the way up to in vitro fertilization,
biopsying embryos.
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Just depends on what the causes
for the situation are.
