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Fertility Road Issue 06

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Q&A | zita west<br />

EXPERT<br />

WITNESS<br />

WITH<br />

ZITA WEST<br />

We’ve once again asked our resident<br />

fertility expert Zita West to answer<br />

questions sent in by readers to the<br />

<strong>Fertility</strong> <strong>Road</strong> website. If you have a<br />

question you’d like answered in the<br />

next issue, why not get in touch?<br />

QMy Doctor has told me that I will need injections<br />

to stimulate my ovaries. What are FSH injections<br />

and what are the success rates? – Kylie, 27, Hull<br />

A<br />

The success rates depend on your age, and your<br />

hormone levels. Injections can be given as part as<br />

an ovulation induction protocol, and also if you are<br />

going through assisted fertility such as IVF. Different clinics<br />

have different success rates based on a number of factors. If<br />

you go to HFEA website there is a lot of information there to<br />

help you understand success rates.<br />

QI am 35 and I have unexplained infertility. What<br />

are my chances of becoming pregnant? I already<br />

have a three-year-old son, and have been trying<br />

for another baby since his birth. – Jo, 35, Newcastle<br />

A<br />

There can be number of factors that may be the reason<br />

you are not getting pregnant easily the second time.<br />

These are wide ranging from hormonal imbalances<br />

such as thyroid to being anaemic, infection. It is worth going to<br />

your GP to find out any other investigations that you can have.<br />

www.fertilityroad.com<br />

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