A medical examination is conducted to determine the presence of infertility. It usually starts with physical examinations and sexual and medical histories for both you and your partner.
After these examinations, your physician will begin to run some tests. Men usually undergo semen specimen tests where the sperm will be evaluated based on its quantity per ejaculation, its shape, and its movement (or motility). Sometimes other tests are also conducted, such as hormone tests.
For a woman, the physician will try to discover whether she is ovulating properly every month. To determine this, she can either record her temperature every morning and her cervical mucous texture or use a home ovulation test kit. Checking ovulation may also require some other tests, such as blood tests for hormone levels and ultrasound tests on the ovaries.
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