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 />
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