Most fertility clinics will provide you with a pregnancy test a couple of weeks after your treatment but if you want to carry out yourself, home pregnancy test kits will also give you a pretty accurate reading after fourteen days. It is important to consider that if the test is carried out too quickly after the treatment, the test may indicate a false positive.
If you are expecting a child, you might start to notice other indications such as dropping your period, sickness, sore breasts, needing to go to the toilet more frequently, fatigue, being sensitive to strong tastes and smells, in addition to mood swings.
Occasionally clinics stay in contact during the early weeks of pregnancy and do one or more ultrasound scans to be certain your baby is growing normally. Occasionally clinics do not provide an aftercare service so alternative arrangements during pregnancy will need to be sorted out.
If your fertility treatment is productive, don’t be worried if you are not as joyful as you thought you would be as it can take a while to adjust to the news. Do not concern yourself about this as these thoughts and feelings are natural for most women when they learn they are going to have a child, irrespective of whether they became pregnant naturally or through fertility treatment.
It may not seem that way but normally there is little physical difference from someone who is expecting normally to another who has had fertility treatment, except they may find it harder emotionally. Some expectant mothers will find it necessary to have extra scans because of their special situation. This might include situations where a miscarriage has happened previously (or stillbirths), if expecting twins, triplets (or more) plus of course, your overall health. One of the most important reasons is when the mum is more mature because as your age increases the more probable it is that troubles will happen.
Currently there are in excess of a million babies around the world that have been born using fertility treatment such as IVF for instance and there is absolutely no reason why they shouldn’t be healthy children. This is not a guarantee that there will never be any problems because all medical treatment and every pregnancy carry some element of risk, even those conceived by normal means, but luckily nearly all of the problems are minor. For the most part you should try to enjoy your pregnancy as much as you can and loosen up even though it might be easier said than done.
The normal rate of miscarrying after IVF is slightly higher than following normal conception. Normally, this is the result of only two situations: the first being that many women that get fertility treatment experience a pregnancy test early into the pregnancy. Then of course there is the situation where a woman who conceives naturally may experience what she believes is a late period when in fact an embryo has been created, but failed to implant. There is also an increased chance of miscarrying as a woman ages and women who have fertility treatment are normally older on average than those who become pregnant by natural means. If you are unsure about anything it is best to consult with your doctor at the fertility clinic.
