Couples Fertility Test – Plan parenthood with experts (2024)

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Take the first step to understanding you and your partner’s fertility health and ability to conceive with a thorough assessment for both of you.

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Make a plan for the future together

When you and your partner have been trying for a baby for a while it can feel like a stressful and worrying time. However, before you turn to fertility treatment, our approach is always to understand your unique fertility health first. With a combined fertility check-up for you and your partner, we’ll carry out a useful series of tests that can reveal vital information about how fertile you both are and what to do next. And even if you and your partner are not ready to have a family just yet, a fertility check-up is a useful way to understand your fertility health so you can make a plan for the future.

What to expect during a couple’s fertility check-up

First you’ll have a consultation with one of our fertility specialists, either in person or remotely, before arranging a convenient time for you to come into the clinic for the assessments detailed below. Last but not least, you’ll see the same consultant again to review the results and provide you with our advice.

Making the impossible, possible

Undergoing both male and female fertility check-ups is crucial for family planning. By jointly assessing reproductive health, couples gain valuable insights for making decisions about starting a family and potential interventions. This collaborative approach fosters open communication, enhancing the likelihood of achieving a healthy and successful pregnancy when the time is right.

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We’ll perform the following routine investigations

Step 1: Initial consultation – in person or remotely

There are many factors important to your fertility health. So, before we carry out any tests, first we get to know you. During this initial consultation (performed remotely or in person), we’ll take a detailed medical history and explore any problems that might be relevant, such as family history, previous medical issues and travel history. Your consultant will then arrange for you to have a few investigations (tests). If there are any specific issues picked up in your history, your consultant may advise you to have additional or other investigations.

Step 2: Investigations

For females, we’ll perform the following routine investigations:

a. A blood test to check a comprehensive panel of hormone levels, including anti-mullerian hormone (AMH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), oestradiol (E2), lutenising hormone (LH), prolactin, thyroid profile (Free T4, TSH) and vitamin D.

b. A pelvic ultrasound scan to assess ovarian reserve. A fertility specialist will also assess the general health of the uterus and ovaries.

Male partners will be asked to provide a semen sample for a comprehensive analysis that will analyse density, volume, count, morphology, motility, anti-sperm antibodies and infections. Prior to providing the sample, you’ll be asked to abstain for between 2 and 5 days so we obtain a good sample. Arrangements can be made for you to provide a sample from home, however, this should be discussed with our Andrology laboratory first to make the necessary arrangements.

Step 3: Follow up with your consultant to review the results

A follow-up consultation will be arranged with your consultant to review the results in detail and answer any questions you may have about what they mean. They’ll then advise of your best next steps, including treatment and planning for the future.

Step 4: Further investigations

If needed, your fertility specialist may recommend further tests that they think would be beneficial to fully diagnose suspected issues.

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