Generally speaking, once you have had fertility treatment, you will have to wait at least 14 days before the clinic will carry out the test but if you are impatient, home tests are fairly accurate and easily available. It is important to remember though that if the test is conducted too soon after the treatment, the test might show a false positive.

You may find other signs of pregnancy that you will see, for example: sudden mood changes, sensitive breasts and the desire to use the toilet more frequently, nausea, missing your period, tiredness and heightened sense of smell and taste.

A number clinics continue to stay in touch during the early weeks of pregnancy and carry out a few ultrasound scans to be certain your foetus is growing normally. Some fertility clinics do not provide an aftercare service so substitute arrangements during pregnancy will need to be sorted out.

Quite often it takes a short while for a woman to get used to the fact that they are having a baby after successful fertility treatment so don’t worry if, in the beginning, you are not as happy about as you thought you expected to be. Accept this as perfectly natural, but the important thing is to accept your feelings whatever they are, and to take into consideration that most mums-to-be go through a number of emotions on discovering they are going to have a baby whether they have had fertility treatment or not.

It may not seem that way but normally there is little physical difference from an individual who is expecting naturally to someone who has had fertility treatment, except they may find it harder emotionally. Some expectant mothers will find it necessary to have more than the normal amount of scans because of their special situation. This might be because they have had previous problems like miscarrying for example, or, owing to their overall health. An additional reason is when the expectant mother is older because as your age increases the more likely it is that problems will occur.

Ever since this type of treatment has been available over a million babies have been conceived and delivered utilizing treatments such as In Vitro Fertilization as a prime example, and there is every chance that you to will give birth to a healthy baby. This does not mean there will not be any problems because all medical treatment and every pregnancy have some risk, even those conceived naturally, but thankfully most of the problems are tiny. Try to enjoy your pregnancy as much as possible and slow down even though that might not be easy.

Unfortunately the amount of miscarriages after the use of In Vitro Fertilization is above those for normal conception. Ordinarily there are only a couple of situations that can cause this: the first being that the majority of women that receive fertility treatment experience a pregnancy test early into the pregnancy. There is also the possiblility that a woman who becomes pregnant naturally may experience what she believes is a late menstrual period when in truth an embryo has been created, but failed to implant. Of course there is a higher risk of losing the baby when you are mature and women who get fertility treatment are commonly older normally than those who conceive naturally. To clear up any questions you may have, you would be advised to speak to a gynecologist from your fertility clinic.

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