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How long does it take to get pregnant with unexplained infertility?

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Answer from: Patricio Calamera, MD, MSc, ObGyn

Gynaecologist, Specialist in Reproductive Medicine
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Actually getting pregnant with unexplained infertility naturally speaking it’s difficult because when we say that we have a couple with unexplained infertility they’ve been trying to get pregnant at home for at least a year, 12 months so keeping in that direction will actually bring us nowhere because they they’ve been trying to get pregnant for a whole year. Some patients or some doctors say that when we do the hysterosalpingogram, we sort of free the tubes and they get pregnant right after that but that’s not a scientific path. So, basically, I wouldn’t say that it’s something that we should consider. What we do when we have unexplained infertility, it’s go straight away to IVF because there is something happening of course, there is something happening and we don’t know so, by doing IVF, as we were talking before, it’s not only a possibility of getting pregnant while doing the treatment, it’s also a way to study in deeper the possible cause of this unexplained infertility.

Answer from: Jane Stewart, MD

Gynaecologist, Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology at Newcastle’s Fertility Centre
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Sub-fertility comes in many shapes and sizes. If you have a specific problem, then obviously it can be impossible although there are very few people that we see at our clinic whom we say to that it would be impossible for them to conceive naturally, they do exist of course. If you have normal tests, if you are looking at normal couples trying to conceive over a period of time, about 75 percent will conceive over the first six months, maybe about 85 percent over the first year and 95 percent over two years with regular intercourse, opportunity to conceive, everything looking at least to be okay. There will be a few people left over after that time who haven’t. However they will still conceive and there are plenty of people when we’re setting up for treatment who will get pregnant, who have had unsuccessful treatment and get pregnant on their own afterwards. There are all these combinations, we’ve seen all those things happen, it is whether on not we can improve their chances over a period of time. If you include age it begins to look a little bit different however, so if you take women in their forties trying to conceive with normal investigations, then about half of them would conceive by that two year mark. There will be any number of them for whom time catches up to them because they are year on year decline in fertility exceeds the chances they have and they may not get pregnant. Around the region of 40 to 50 percent of women trying to get pregnant in their forties and worse as they get older won’t conceive simply because of age alone and that’s because time catches up with their attempts, that is a trickier aspect. But the rationale for the label is exactly the same. If you have normal tests you must give yourself the best chance on your own and maybe treatment might help for some people. It will not be a great time for people to think about treatment either.

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