Basic Infertility Workup Which Every Couple Struggling to Get Pregnant Must Do !

Please do a complete workup before starting treatment haphazardly!

You need to do ALL  the following simple medical tests:

Semen analysis for your husband ( to check his sperm count and motility). Read more at www.drmalpani.com/sperm.htm

Blood tests for you for the following reproductive hormones – FSH ( follicle-stimulating hormone),LH ( luteinizing hormone),PRL ( prolactin) , AMH ( antiMullerian hormone) and TSH ( thyroid stimulating hormone) on Day 3 of your cycle, ( to check the quality of your eggs). Do this from a reliable lab such as SRL ( http://www.srl.in/). Day 1 = Day the period starts.

HSG ( hysterosalpingogram, X-ray of the uterus and tubes, www.drmalpani.com/hsg.htm)  on Day 8 of your cycle ( to confirmYour fallopian tubes are open);

The vaginal ultrasound scan on Day 10-11 should check for the following. A. ovarian volume b. antral follicle count c. uterus morphology d. endometrial thickness and texture

Courtesy : Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, Malpani Infertility Clinic, Mumbai, India