If you?ve been trying to get pregnant for over a year, experts recommend that you see a fertility doctor, who will take a detailed history and run some tests to see what might be holding you and your partner back from conceiving.

The chosen treatment will depend on exactly what the problem is. Here?s a breakdown of infertility treatments and who they?re best for.
Fertility medications

If a woman isn?t having a regular menstrual cycle (which can be quite common for those with polycystic ovary syndrome), medications like clomiphene citrate and gonadotrophins may be used to encourage regular ovulation. These medications are often used in conjunction with intrauterine insemination.
Cost Varies, depending on the dosage and the province you live in. Good to know These medications can cause mood swings, breast tenderness, pelvic pain, flushing, abnormal uterine bleeding and headaches.
Intrauterine insemination

For couples in which the woman has at least one open and functioning Fallopian tube and the man has a low sperm count or issues with motility (ability to swim) or morphology (shape), doctors may try intrauterine insemination (IUI). For this infertility treatment, the sperm is processed so that only the best are included in a small sample, which is placed into the uterine cavity with a catheter and timed with ovulation.
Cycle monitoring is often used to optimize timing, which involves several transvaginal ultrasounds and rounds of blood w...