Wonder Fertility Drug
Clomiphene has been helping people "pass" pregnancy tests for years. When a woman ovulates, the hormone estrogen causes a mature ovarian follicle to burst and release an egg into the fallopian tubes, at which time the estrogen level decreases. Clomiphene works by blocking some of the estrogen receptors, tricking the body into thinking the estrogen level is too low to cause an ovulation. The body releases more estrogen, and in a "chain effect" through other hormones, more follicles rupture to release more eggs.
For couples who are struggling with subfertility or infertility, or undergoing in vitro fertilisation, this can be a godsend as it prompts the body to be extra-fertile. It may well be the end of negative results on pregnancy tests. Clomiphene, like many fertility drugs, increases the chance of multiple births; it may also increase the risk of ovarian cancer and weight gain.
A Necessary Boost
Every year, hundreds of couples struggle with their efforts to conceive. Weekly pregnancy tests can take their toll on the couple's confidence and hope, as the pregnancy tests continuously show negative results. Infertility is a difficult issue in marital life and can, at its worst, drive a wedge between two people who love each other.
Conception kits, ovulation predictors, and pregnancy tests aside, sometimes the problem is not in being well-informed but in biology itself. If pregnancy tests are consistently negative, it may be a sign of some medical condition preventing pregnancy from taking place. This could be due to any number of different causes - genetic or biological, the result of an illness or medication for a disorder, even environment and stress levels have an effect on fertility. The problem could be with the male, the female, or both. The truth is, many infertile couples care less about the root of the problem than they do about getting those pregnancy tests to show the results they want!
Medication for Impregnation
Clomiphene can be useful for a couple in which both parties have fully functional reproductive systems, but either the eggs or the sperm are not plentiful enough or strong enough to reach fertilisation. This drug helps by triggering more than one egg at a time, multiplying the chances for the sperm to successfully penetrate an egg. This is the point of conception, and pregnancy tests taken after fertilisation will show a positive result. If a problem with carrying the egg is found - e.g., if the egg won't implant properly in the uterus, or if the embryo is rejected - then clomiphene may be combined with another fertility drug to increase the likelihood of successfully carrying the baby to term.
While pregnancy tests may have been a chore before clomiphene, after several weeks of the drug you may look forward to pregnancy tests with renewed confidence in your chances. Sometimes, simply being reassured that you can be fertile helps to turn conception back into an act of hope and joy. One of these days, you'll be done with all pregnancy tests, and clomiphene can be the boost you need to get there.
