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When should couples seek help for infertility, even when everything seems fine on paper?   In this eye-opening episode, a fertility expert Dr Natasha Ain Mohd Nor walks us through the first steps of getting fertility help.   From red flags to look out for, to what really happens when you walk into a fertility clinic for the first time, Dr Natasha shares her expert insights, plus her own personal journey.  WATCH FULL VIDEO: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7OWratEjv8&t=2693s  FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sinardaily/videos/1939009443601468  #FertilityJourney #DrNatashaAin #SinarDaily #LifeAndStylePodcast #InfertilityAwareness #TryingToConceive #WomensHealth

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00:00It's basically we need to follow the cycle, right?

00:02So we need to follow the cycle, you have your period.

00:05So that's the early cycle of the period.

00:06Then it will be different from the mid cycle.

00:08So people go like, why are you scanning me over and over?

00:11Because different cycles at different phases is different.

00:15Normally, what is the first step?

00:16Since we know when the couple should seek for help, right?

00:20If they are having regular cycles for a year,

00:23I mean, they don't have any other issues and they don't conceive.

00:26So this is actually a red flag sign that you should actually start seeking medical attention.

00:32So maybe Dr. Natasha, you can share some of your journey also from personal point of view,

00:37from medical point of view.

00:38The first step for the couples who want to start the fertility treatment,

00:43I mean, what are the things that they would be going through?

00:46And how long does it take from the first time that they appear at your clinic

00:50and then doing all the tests and also whatever procedures which is necessary

00:54and before the initiation of the treatment itself?

00:58Okay, I suppose it varies from where you are, where you are for your journey

01:03and which facility, medical facilities you are, you know, seeking treatment.

01:08Because obviously when you are in a government setting,

01:11it will be different from the private setting.

01:14In a private setting, it will be different from whether you are seeing a general practitioner,

01:18a gynecologist or you're seeing a fertility specialist.

01:20For us, for fertility specialist, time is important.

01:23We do not like to delay.

01:25We would like to complete all testing within the next one to two months.

01:28So basic testing needs to be a blood test, which will check blood group,

01:32make sure there are no sexually transmitted disease,

01:35there are no thalassemia, check your rubella status,

01:38check your vitamin D level, which is important for egg quality implantation.

01:43We then check your hormones, make sure there's no imbalance.

01:45Also, then that's blood test for both men and female, husband and wife.

01:52Then we'd also check for the tubes, right, whether it's blood or not.

01:55So there are several ways in checking for the tubes.

01:58And the most important, but not, you know, which we should not forget, is the sperm.

02:04Right.

02:04So from the male side, it's actually quite easy because you need just a blood test and a sperm test done within one setting.

02:11Right.

02:12But for the female, it's basically we need to follow the cycle.

02:16Right.

02:16So we need to follow the cycle.

02:18You have your period.

02:19So that's the early cycle of the period.

02:20Then it will be different from the mid cycle.

02:22So people go like, why are you scanning me over and over?

02:25Because different cycles at different phases is different.

02:29Where you are on your second day of your period is different from where,

02:32what the uterus and the ovaries will look like at your mid cycle.

02:36And from cycle to cycle, from this month, January, February, March, it's different.

02:40Right.

02:41So we actually monitoring and getting to know and see what you do on a normal basis.

02:47so we can anticipate how we're going to move forward.

02:51Okay.

02:51Right.

02:52So we see lots of things.

02:54Sometimes they, you know, would show, okay, this is a scan done by my guy.

02:59I mean, it's not like a chest x-ray.

03:01So I will need to scan myself.

03:03I mean, I'm happy to see like chest x-rays and things.

03:06But for ultrasound, it's better to be doing the ultrasound myself.

03:10It depends on when I'm doing it, which cycle.

03:13Right.

03:13So after that's done, I think that's been in one to two months.

03:16It should be done.

03:17And depending where you want to move forward, depending on the results,

03:21you are ready to move towards treatment, which is suitable.

03:24And it depends on how fast the couples want to move or where they are.

03:29Like, you know, younger couples, we can wait.

03:31But sometimes younger couples don't want to wait anyway.

03:33So actually, I will have to then depend on the patients, what they want to do.

03:37Okay.

03:38And some couples would want to do things faster.

03:41Like they go like, what, IUI 10, 15%, forget about it.

03:44Okay.

03:44I want IVF, I've got, you know, the means, the social means.

03:47I've got the money.

03:48I want to move fast.

03:49So we actually do then recommend accordingly.

03:53All right.

03:53Yeah.

03:53So things to anticipate for gynae, we do do scans.

03:58And majority of the time, we do vaginal scan.

04:00Okay.

04:00Right.

04:00Then you can only see accurately and clearly the ovaries.

04:05So be prepared that we do a vagina scan.

04:08Also be ready.

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Seek Help - The First Signs of Fertility Struggles

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