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Parenthood is one of the most joyful and rewarding things life can bring us. Sadly, becoming pregnant can be difficult for some, and if you have been having unprotected intercourse for over a year without conceiving, it is possible that you may be infertile.
Infertility problems can lie with the woman or the man or a combination of both. Female problems account for about 40% of all infertility, male 40% of infertility, and combination or unexplained about 20%.
The causes of infertility are many, and tend to be more complex in women than men.
- Endometriosis is a major cause of infertility in women and is where the uterine lining (which sheds with your monthly period) grows outside the uterus.
- Ovulation problems can have a significant impact on you getting pregnant. They are frequently hormonal and can prevent the release of the mature egg from the ovary.
- Eggs that become damaged cannot sustain a pregnancy. This is usually age related, with egg quality and the ability to conceive decreasing over time.
- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) where the ovaries contain many small cysts have hormonal imbalances and do not ovulate regularly. This inability to ovulate, or ovulating irregularly, is another major cause of infertility.
- If the fallopian tubes are blocked, the eggs cannot get to the uterus and the sperm cannot get to the egg. Common causes include pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia or gonorrhea.
Most of the above conditions can be treatable, either with drugs or medical procedures.
Men too have their share of infertility problems with blocked tubes and low sperm counts being the major causes of male infertility. Once again treatments are available with fertility drugs to improve sperm counts or medical procedures to remove the blockage.
Combination infertility is when both the man and woman have fertility problems, or if one partner has more than one infertility problem. Unexplained infertility is the term used by doctors when they can’t find a cause for infertility following a full series of tests.
Infertility is not uncommon, and there are many different treatment options now available.
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