Does anyone know?

Great question. I don't think there is a test that is specific to this and that is why I think fertility treatments are sort of trial and error and individual to the couple. My RE said that so much research and money is spent in finding ways to get couples pregnant but not on what actually is causing the high rates of infertility or the specific problems associated with infertility. I believe though through trial and error and multiple testing such as ultrasounds etc they can determine what will work for a person to succeed. I am also thinking that they can determine the lining of the uterus by doing interuterine ultrasounds during different time in your cycle. This can show the thickness, etc of the lining. I think they really can't pinpoint most peoples exact issue without doing some basic treatments to see how the person responds before moving into IVF. Of course they can do things like check for tubal blockages, etc that would keep an egg from being fertilized. By the way that test is pretty painful!!! So they can do a lot but it is not an exact science yet. Thanks for asking this question and I will be checking back for answers to see if someone knows of somthing I don't. Best wishes ttc!!!!!!!!

This is such a good question. I think about this all the time! I would imagine that they can do this with ultrasounds; after all, they can monitor the process of ovulation that way. I think IVF would be possible because they pretty much stick the embryos into the endometrium lining. But yes, in theory, IUI would not necessarily work.

But here's my own answer to this question -- if they knew this could be an issue, wouldn't they have addressed it by now? I mean, if they found that women with otherwise no sign of problems weren't implanting, they would have found a way around it. Just ruminating here .....

That's a really good incite. As far as I know it doesn't exist, most couples turn to IVF after trying everything because it is costly.

Doctors probably don't spent much time coming up with something like this because they would take money from the IVF and infertile couple field. Most doctors are in it to make money.

GREAT QUESTION!!

I would think that the only way to test something like this is to have a woman as a live-in case study and monitor her everyday...it would be a long process but hopefully it can help us that are TTC....and sometimes things just happen with no explination at all.

heather, that is a real good question..... i sometimes often think the same thing if only we could see what is going on inside of our bodies to know what is going on i think that is were we all get stressed out is we dont know what is realy goingon so we end up with the 2ww then why have the 2ww if we knew what was realy going on so that we can get it goingon and finaly concive but i think it could be possable it dont hurt to ask u will never know unless u ask im not sure about the answer but i think they could

This is an excellent question....and I have wondered that exact same thing!!

I'm sorry I can't answer it, but I'd love to know if anyone knows the answer to this question.

I wonder if the Mayo clinic has done any of this?

Best of luck to you!