Advice on diet and exercise is routinely given to couples trying to conceive, not necessarily for infertility but for general health.
by physicians? as a standard practice?
Doctors don't leap straight into offering IVF - it takes years to get that far. Given that unexplained infertility is just that - unexplained - we can't say that improving nutrition will help... and couples who have got to that stage can't afford to spend another few years of trying to conceive naturally, there is a time limit (both biological and an upper limit for IVF treatments to be offered).
I think you are taking a simplistic view that doesn't take other factors into account, LionKing. I get the impression you generally distrust doctors and medical intervention - is this true?
They don't jump to IVF before "standard tests". the question is , is nutrition check up among these?
I trust medical interventions, but only if I can't solve it on my own. I am certainly with going to the physician (trusting an ethical physician only , not the one that my relative went to, I will explain in a minute).
as fro IVF, they rates of its success are not high either and is expensive. so no, trying few supplements in case of nutritional imbalance is more appropriate. I think it should be among the standard check ups. I am afraid you don't know how much a woman suffers psychologically when she can't conceive..she wants to turn every rock and it is her right..she should be told about this issue because it might make a great difference in her/his life
now what happened to my other relative? her dad used to work in a hospital and the Drs. now him. I forgot what was her problem, but she told me the physician told her that if you weren't Mr. X's daughter, I would have given you a pile of medicines, but go and use salt and water.. she did, and she was cured.. that drove me insane frankly.
