Getting Pregnant

It was a relief to be able to tell a doctor that we had been trying to get pregnant for a year, without success, and could she please help us - and to have the doctor immediately say of course, and take our relevant histories and send us for tests.

Dr K said that she would do basic initial tests and then depending on the results, might refer us to a fertility clinic. That sounded fine to us. She explained that there were so many possible reasons why people had trouble conceiving but that her initial tests could rule out a few of the basic ones to start with, so she sent me off for blood tests, and another one on Day 21 of my cycle to check that I ovulated; my husband had to give his first “sample” for a semen analysis. While I think it’s fair to say that women have a lot more hard work to do in the instance of being pregnant and giving birth, I have a lot of sympathy for men who have to give semen samples.

It was a relief to be having some kind of “action” taking place. I knew all the stats - something like 80% of couples conceive naturally within the first 6 months, 90% within 12 months, 95% within two years. It seemed like we were at least in the unlucky 10% who need more than a year, and might have some complications that were, well, inhibiting our progress. It ws great to know that we would soon have more information.

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