What should I do if I haven't gotten pregnant after six months of trying to conceive?

In order to become parents smoothly, many young couples will arrange pregnancy preparation measures in advance. However, if they still have not conceived after half a year of preparation, they should first check the physical condition of both husband and wife. If there are no physical problems with both husband and wife, it may be caused by psychological factors and stress. In addition, if the pregnancy preparation measures are not done well, it will also affect the chance of pregnancy. The couple needs to take pregnancy preparation measures again.

I haven't gotten pregnant in half a year. What's going on?

1. Irregular menstruation: Women with irregular menstruation will affect normal ovulation. Regular menstruation is a strong guarantee for pregnancy. When a woman who is planning to have a baby has irregular menstruation for three consecutive months, it is best to see a doctor. Some women originally had regular menstruation, but due to frequent overtime work, staying up late, social engagements and business trips, coupled with excessive mental stress, they develop irregular menstruation.

2. Disease factors

Male diseases such as prostate hyperplasia, penis abnormalities, premature ejaculation, impotence, and nocturnal emission may affect normal ejaculation. Sometimes the reason why a woman cannot get pregnant is not her own fault, but it may be that her husband is infertile. Therefore, men should also go to the hospital for a check-up to see if their sperm is normal and whether they have oligospermia or asthenospermia.

Female diseases such as cervicitis, ovarian cysts, cervical erosion, vaginitis, etc. may affect normal ovulation. If the failure of conception is caused by disease factors, you need to go to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment. When a woman is infertile, it will be difficult for her to get pregnant even if she has been preparing for pregnancy for a long time. Therefore, when there is no sign of pregnancy after half a year of preparation, women should go to the hospital for a check-up to see if they can still get pregnant normally. If you get checked early, you can try to cure the disease earlier.

3. Emotional factors: During the pregnancy preparation period, you should maintain a good mood. Excessive mental stress will affect normal conception. When a woman's mental state is not good, it is difficult for her to conceive during this period. Therefore, when you are preparing to have a child, when you start preparing for pregnancy, you must learn to relax yourself and not put too much pressure on yourself. Only in a relaxed state can you conceive better.

4. Sperm and egg health factors: The quality of sperm and eggs has a great impact on the success of conception. For example, if a man has symptoms of abnormal sperm such as oligospermia, azoospermia, asthenospermia, yellow sperm, etc., it will affect normal fertilization. Similarly, if a woman's ovarian follicles develop too small, it will also affect conception.

Pre-pregnancy preparation

What should you do to prepare for pregnancy? Pre-pregnancy preparation means making plans in many aspects such as life, diet, psychology, physical examination, etc. in the three months before pregnancy, so that the quality of the eggs of the prospective mother and the sperm of the prospective father can be optimized as much as possible to give birth to a healthy and intelligent baby. Conceiving a baby is the common responsibility of both husband and wife. Here, the editor will introduce to you what to pay attention to before pregnancy.

1. Be careful about your diet, adjust your daily routine, and develop good living habits. In the three months before pregnancy, you should pay attention to dietary diversification, strengthen nutrition, and conserve your energy to create favorable material conditions for both husband and wife to prepare good sperm and eggs; try not to stay up late, go to bed early and get up early; according to your own preferences and local conditions, you should carry out necessary physical exercises, such as jogging in the morning, playing badminton, and taking a walk in the evening, in order to strengthen your physical fitness and maintain a good physical condition.

2. The couple are considerate and loving. Regularly strengthening emotional exchanges between husband and wife can deepen their love and make the wife have a sense of happiness, security and belonging, which is very beneficial for stabilizing the wife's emotions and cultivating a good mood; a harmonious and happy sex life can keep the wife's emotions in a happy state, which is conducive to the wife's discharge of high-quality eggs.

3. Pay attention to improving the quality of sex life. Before ovulation, the frequency of sexual intercourse should be reduced in a planned manner to ensure the quantity and quality of sperm. Then, before ovulation, both parties should try their best to be in a good mood during sexual intercourse and devote themselves wholeheartedly so that the woman can reach orgasm more smoothly, which will promote the contraction and upward movement of the uterus, forming a larger semen pool in the posterior fornix of the vagina, allowing more contact between the cervix and the semen pool, and allowing more high-quality sperm to swim to the uterus and fallopian tubes.

4. Avoid harm from adverse interference factors. The egg is most susceptible to the effects of drugs and other factors within 14 days from the primary egg cell to the mature egg. Therefore, the woman should not take general medicines, drink large amounts of alcohol, or be exposed to X-ray examinations and toxic chemicals and other adverse factors within 20 days before pregnancy. Since oral contraceptives are excreted relatively slowly, women who use contraceptives or one of the spouses takes long-term medication due to illness should stop taking the medication 6 months before pregnancy. In particular, men and women who work in heavily polluted environments such as those exposed to toxic chemicals should leave such environments in advance to avoid damage to their sperm and eggs.

5. Learn relevant knowledge. Couples should consciously learn relevant knowledge about sex, pregnancy and fetal education, understand how to get pregnant and what special physiological phenomena will occur during pregnancy, such as early pregnancy reactions, fetal movements, pregnancy edema, low back and leg pain, etc. When these physiological phenomena occur, we can treat them correctly and avoid unnecessary tension and panic.

6. Pay attention to pre-pregnancy check-ups. It is generally recommended to start prenatal check-ups 3-6 months before pregnancy, including both husband and wife. The female's pre-pregnancy test should be conducted within 3-7 days after the end of menstruation. Be careful to avoid having sex before the test. Pre-pregnancy check-ups for women mainly include routine blood tests, gynecological B-ultrasound examinations, toxoplasmosis screening, liver function tests, etc.; pre-pregnancy check-ups for men mainly include ABO and RH blood type tests, HIV, full hepatitis tests, liver function tests, sperm quality and quantity tests, chromosome testing, etc.