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Difficulty getting pregnant can cause anxiety but don’t rush into expensive infertility treatments. Thorough examination is needed to understand the causes of infertility.

Diagnosis

Questions to discuss with your partner.

How can you know if you’re infertile?

What to expect when you go to the doctor.

Without regular exams, reproductive problems may go untreated.

Embarrassing? Perhaps. But it’s also necessary for diagnosis.

Tests

Details on the major tests for men.

Learn what to expect when you submit to hormone tests.

This test can detect whether a uterus defect is at the root of infertility.

This controversial procedure must occur just hours after intercourse.

All about the test that can detect a blocked fallopian tube.

Learn why this nonsurgical test can be useful.

webMD Video

Show or hide information about video: Semen: What's in There?   Semen: What's in There?

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What can be gleaned from a semen analysis? Sheldon Marks, MD, clarifies.

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