Fertility Info

Infertility Symptoms – Definitions

When a couple cannot have a baby after 12 months of regular and unprotected intercourse, they can be classified infertile. Infertility is the incapacity to procreate.

Couples respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. Severe reactions occur more frequently among childless couples.

Couple who are infertile and who’ve never had a baby are classified under primary infertility.

On another note, secondary infertility refers to the condition where couples who already succeeded in having a baby are finding problems conceiving again.

Masculinity – The Male Element

Several emotional and physical factors can cause infertility.

Around 30 to 40% of infertility cases in men are attributed to maleness factors like retrograde ejaculation, low sperm count, scarring from STDs, hormone problems, environmental pollutants, and others.

Sperm count is greatly affected by certain factors like frequent marijuana use or intake of prescription medicine such as nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone.

Being Female

Ovarian cysts, tumors, pelvic infection, hormonal imbalances, ovarian dysfunction, enometriosis, fallopian tube abnormalities, scarring from STD are some examples of “female factors.” These comprise 40 to 50 % of infertility cases among couples.

Factors contributed by both individuals and unidentifiable factors are responsible for 10 to 30% of all infertility cases.

It is estimated that just 10 to 20% of couples fail to conceive after a year. It is very crucial for couples to contine trying to have a baby at least for 12 months.

Factors Related To Age

Couples who are healthy, are below 30 years old, and have intercourse frequently have just a 25 to 30 per cent chance a month of conceiving. Women in their 20s are at the peak of their fertility. Women above 35 years of age have a less than 10% chance of getting pregnant, and this declines as they get older.

More Non Age Related Causes

Factors related to age are not the sole reasons for infertility. Infertility may also be increased due to the following:

* Having more than one sexual partner (high STD risk)
* Sexually transmitted infections
* History of pelvic inflammatory disease
* Males with history of orchitis or epididymitis
* Mumps in males
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating disorders among women
* Irregular menstruation and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* A blockage in the cervix or uterine defects
* Long-term disease like diabetes

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