I have tried looking it up online and it seems a bit confusing..I have also read on a few sites where it says to wait after trying for a year before getting tested.. I’m thinking, just to get checked out so if there is any problem, to find out now without wasting time for after trying and THEN getting treated.
One of my friends advised to just tell the doc you have been trying for a year just so they can test you, because otherwise they may refuse?
Well your gyno will be able to tell you whether is a reason for you to be concerned during your annual check-up based on your age, current physical condition, past medical history and also family history. Unless there is a reason to be concerned and if you have not tried to get pregnancy for at least a few months, why would you want to get invasive medical tests? Not only are the tests invasive, but they can also be costly if your insurance doesn't cover it. And with many of the tests, the doctor has to use your medical history in order to justify it instead of ordering it just because you want it. Of course, if money isn't a concern for you, then this doesn't matter.
Also, one important thing to keep in mind is that often women don't get pregnant because there is something not working right with the husband. So do you also want your husband to get tested for things like his sperm count before trying?
Exactly how long have you been trying to get pregnant and when was the last time you has a full physical from the gyno?
I haven't started yet... I just wanted to take tests as a preliminary caution. And yes, I want him tested as well
I haven't had a pap or full check up in a little while. But I remember the last time I did have one, the doctor didn't mention anything out of the ordinary, but I'm not sure either if she even checked slightly for any fertility issues, I didn't ask, she didn't offer any information on her own either
I haven't started yet... I just wanted to take tests as a preliminary caution. And yes, I want him tested as well
I haven't had a pap or full check up in a little while. But I remember the last time I did have one, the doctor didn't mention anything out of the ordinary, but I'm not sure either if she even checked slightly for any fertility issues, I didn't ask, she didn't offer any information on her own either
If it's been a while since the last check-up, then things may have changed with you physically. Your last pap may have been normal but that doesn't mean the next one will be.
I think you're making this much more difficult than it needs to be right now. I'm assuming you're sexually active since you're married. All you have to do it not use any birth control. To start "trying", you don't have to do anything extra right now. So starting today, stop using whatever form of birth control you have been using. Who knows, you might be pregnant within a month.
And call your gyn and make an appointment for a regular check-up. During the appointment, YOU need to mention to her that you've gone off birth control and actively trying to get pregnant. And then ask her whether you need to be aware of anything based on your medical/family history.
Get an annual physical and have basic blood work done, including TSH. Get a PAP/annual visit with your GYN, and have this discussion with him/her. I don’t think there’s any upfront testing done to rule out infertility when you haven’t tried. Do start tracking your period via apps if you don’t already. If you are ready to get pregnant, simplest thing to try are the ovulation kits which will tell you when you are ovulating.
I'm a bit wary of those ovulation kits, cuz my friend did it, and it was wrong, yet she didn't find that out till trying for over 7 months, and then finally got pregnant on an "off" day, and then when she went to do the doc to confirm the pregnancy found out the timings were all off, so for that 7 month period, she was "active" on the wrong days and that's why she wasn't getting pregnant.
I know that doesn't happen to everyone, but still.
Okay, I will just go to the gyno and get my regular checkups and bring up the healthiness part of my insides, and then see what happens after trying.