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How To Improve Chances Of Conceiving Along With Taking Folic Acid?
Hello. im 34 female. healthy, perfect weight. Have a 10 year old daughter now panicking over my biological clock and want to have another baby. Been trying around 4 months now with no sucess. Getting desperate. Taking folic acid every day and having sex on my fertile days...any advice please? Thank you
Mon, 27 Feb 2017
Hi ,
How are you doing ?
If you have a previous pregnancy , you still have a good chance of second pregnancy. Folic acid will help improve the health of the baby , but will not help in getting pregnant. As you said your age is ticking so need to clear any hindrances to get pregnant. Kindly see if the following checklist of investigations is done
Husband- Semen analysis at least 2- done 4 weeks apart preferably in an infertility center ( examination done by andrologist), Blood sugars
Wife - Blood Sugars, Thyroid profile
Ultrasound scans to evaluate Uterus , Ovaries & adnexa
Confirm tubal patency- most important- Tube is the connection
between uterus & ovaries( the bridge where sperm meets the egg &
forms a baby) this is size of hair follicle & cannot be seen on scans.
So check with HSG( Xray with dye), or SSG ( Scan with dye) or
Laparoscopy
If all this done & found normal , nothing can stop a pregnancy with God's will
Hope I have cleared your query
All the best
Dr.Balakrishnan
How are you doing ?
If you have a previous pregnancy , you still have a good chance of second pregnancy. Folic acid will help improve the health of the baby , but will not help in getting pregnant. As you said your age is ticking so need to clear any hindrances to get pregnant. Kindly see if the following checklist of investigations is done
Husband- Semen analysis at least 2- done 4 weeks apart preferably in an infertility center ( examination done by andrologist), Blood sugars
Wife - Blood Sugars, Thyroid profile
Ultrasound scans to evaluate Uterus , Ovaries & adnexa
Confirm tubal patency- most important- Tube is the connection
between uterus & ovaries( the bridge where sperm meets the egg &
forms a baby) this is size of hair follicle & cannot be seen on scans.
So check with HSG( Xray with dye), or SSG ( Scan with dye) or
Laparoscopy
If all this done & found normal , nothing can stop a pregnancy with God's will
Hope I have cleared your query
All the best
Dr.Balakrishnan
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