Erica HokeFertility Coach for Women 35+ | Unexplained Infertility, Recurrent Loss & Failed IVF

Why Can't I Get Pregnant? infertility Testing (You Might be Overlooking These 5)

18 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Erica Hoke. This content was uploaded by Erica Hoke. This is a YouTube video titled "Why Can't I Get Pregnant? infertility Testing (You Might be Overlooking These 5)" (posted 2023-03-18). It is an informational monologue about infertility testing, outlining five often-overlooked contributors/tests: Ureaplasma (and bacterial vaginosis), thyroid dysfunction (and the importance of checking shifts in thyroid levels), blocked fallopian tubes (recommendation for a hysterosonopneogram), PCOS and ovulation issues (use of ovulation predictor kits), and male-factor infertility. The speaker emphasizes being proactive about testing, the potential links to miscarriage and ongoing symptoms, and that infertility can involve one or both partners.

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Why can't I get pregnant? Today I'm gonna talk to you about 5 tests. These are often overlooked tests. Ureaplasma. It's quite a tricky bacteria that occurs in your vaginal biome, and that along with bacterial vaginosis can be a contributor to ongoing symptoms and miscarriage and infertility. Thyroid disease and thyroid disorder. Your thyroid range is huge. Doctors don't look and see if you used to be way over here and now you're way over here on this side. You need to be proactive for your own health, and you need to look those numbers up. Blocked tubes— make sure that if you haven't had a hysterosonopineogram, have that done and make sure that your tubes are open. PCOS and ovulation— not ovulating is primary reason for not getting pregnant. You can track that with over-the-counter ovulation predictor kits. And also undiagnosed PCS, male factor infertility. A third of all infertility cases are male factor infertilities. Despite that, men's fertility is often overlooked in testing until the woman has been tested and retested, only to come to find out it's her partner that is contributing to the infertility in the relationship. Also, a lot of times it's both. There's male factor infertility and there's female contributing factors for infertility.