Dr Samina Ahmed

Dr Samina Ahmed provide patient-focused
specialist care in women’s
health

Fertility

Dr Samina Ahmed offers a careful assessment, investigation, counselling and treatment to women with both primary and secondary infertility.

Dr Samina is a fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, with a Masters of Reproductive Medicine.

Her practice covers all aspects of infertility with an interest in  adolescent gynaecology, endometriosis, endocrine dysfunction, secondary infertility and fertility preservation.

If you are trying to get pregnant a pre-pregnancy consultation can optimise your reproductive health is encouraged in anyone considering becoming pregnant. Where women have a pre-existing condition such as PCOS or are above the age of 35, seeking review after six months is recommended to achieve the best outcomes.

Please contact us if you have any questions or if you’d like to make an appointment.

Pre-Pregnancy Counselling

Pre-pregnancy counselling is a counselling session conducted before you conceive and is beneficial for the mother as well as the baby during the term of pregnancy. It helps in checking for possible risk factors during pregnancy and gives a way to resolve any medical issues you may have before you become pregnant. Pre-pregnancy counselling and care will help you to become physically healthy and emotionally strong before you enter the pregnancy phase.

During this session you can discuss all the things that concern you before you get pregnant, like starting prenatal vitamins, diet or any hereditary health issues.

Some of the topics you may discuss at a session are: 

Fertility Preservation

Fertility preservation is the process of saving or storing eggs, sperm, embryos, or reproductive tissue so that a person can use them to have biological children in the future. 

Among the various fertility preservation options, egg freezing is the most common and well known one.

If you are considering fertility preservation, talk to Dr Samina about what the best options are for you.

Ovulation Induction

Ovulation Induction is a form of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and involves taking medication to improve ovulation and is usually the first-line fertility treatment. Ovulation induction uses hormonal therapy to stimulate egg development and release, or ovulation. Historically, these medications were designed to induce ovulation in women who did not ovulate on their own — typically women with irregular menstrual cycles. The goal was to produce a single, healthy egg. Some of these medications are available in pill form and block estrogen receptors, making the body think estrogen levels are low. This stimulates the release of a hormone called Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) from the brain, leading to ovulation (the release of one egg) or sometimes superovulation, meaning that more than one egg is released. The more eggs produced in a cycle, the greater the chance of conception. Careful monitoring with ultrasounds during the process increases the chance of success while also minimizing the risk of twins and more than twins. For some women who are resistant to ovulation induction with pills, more aggressive medications, such as Follicle Stimulating Hormone in the form of once-daily injections, can be used with careful monitoring. Dr Samina Ahmed offers ovulation induction treatments to help stimulate egg development and release for women with irregular menstrual cycles or those who do not ovulate on their own. We use hormonal therapy, such as medications that block estrogen receptors to stimulate the release of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), which promotes ovulation and increases the chances of conception.

Clomiphene tablets are usually started early in your cycle (between day three and five) and are taken for five days. This medication stimulates the release of a naturally occurring hormone called FSH, which will cause ovarian follicles to grow.

Letrozole tablets are also started early in the cycle (between day three and five) and are taken for five days. Letrozole increases the production of FSH by suppressing the production of oestrogen. The production of FSH will cause ovarian follicles to grow.

Vaginal ultrasounds measure the thickness of the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) as well as the size and number of follicles on both ovaries. Trigger injections are not always necessary, if you surge naturally, they are not required.

If you do not have a period within 19 days of ovulation, you need to have a pregnancy blood test.

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