How to get pregnant fast with ovulation problems

If you want to get pregnant fast, but you have ovulation problems, there are a number of steps you can take. Watch this episode of infertility TV to learn the best tips.



There are several ways you might know if you are having ovulation problems. The most obvious is if you are not getting your period at all or if your period is coming infrequently. Normally, your period should come roughly every month.



You can also diagnose a problem if your home ovulation tests fail to turn or positive and of course if your doctor tells you that you are not ovulating based on blood testing.



Some types of ovulation problems can be fixed directly. The most common fixable causes for ovulation problems are

Thyroid problems. If your thyroid is over or under active, medication to treat the problem will usually result in your ovulation returning



High levels of prolactin. Prolactin is a hormone produced in your pituitary gland. If you are not pregnant or breast feeding, your prolactin levels should be low. If they are high, that can prevent you from ovulating. There are very effective medications that are available to lower your prolactin levels and using these medications will result in ovulation and pregnancy



Insulin resistance. Many women with ovulation problems have a disorder called PCOS or polycystic ovary syndrome. Women with PCOS usually don’t ovulate because their bodies are resistant to the hormone insulin. Reducing insulin resistance through weight loss or medications like metformin can result in regular ovulation



What do you do if your doctor cannot find the cause for your ovulation problem? Or your cause for not ovulating can’t be fixed directly?  Luckily, we have another group of medications that can help women to ovulate. We called these fertility medications.



There are two groups of fertility medications:  pills and injections

Pills include medications such as letrozole, which works best for women with PCOS and Clomid which works well for most other women. There are several different brands of injections. The most commonly used fertility injections are Follistim and Gonal F but there are others.



Its always best if you can fix your underlying ovulation problem directly. If you do need to use fertility medications,  it will increase your risk for having a multiple pregnancy. Multiple pregnancies are riskier because the chance for serious complications is higher so you have to be willing to accept those risks if you are going to use fertility medications.