Infertility and Age, Gender and Lifestyle Factors
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Infertility Symptoms - Definitions
When a couple is unsuccessful at having a baby after 12 months of unprotected, regular intercourse, they are considered infertile. Infertility is the incapacity to procreate.
Couples have different reactions to the news of being infertile. Severe reactions occur more frequently among childless couples.
Infertility in couples who've never born children is 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.
The Male Factor
Several emotional and physical factors can cause infertility.
"Male factors" like hormone deficiency, low sperm count, impotence, retrograde ejaculation, environmental pollutants and scarring from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) cause roughly 30 to 40% of infertility cases.
Intake of prescription drugs like nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone and even frequent marijuana use can negatively affect sperm count.
Being Female
Ovulation dysfunction, fallopian tube abnormality, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, scarring from STDs, hormonal imbalances, pelvic infection, poor nutrition, and tumors are just some of these "female factors." These make up between 40 and 50 % of infertility problems 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 essential for couples to keep trying to conceive for a year at the very least.
Age Influenced Factors
Healthy partners both below 30 years of age having intercourse regularly only have a 25 to 30% probability every month to become pregnant. The peak of a woman's fertility is in her 20s. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.
Healthy partners both below 30 years of age having intercourse regularly only have a 25 to 30% probability every month to become pregnant. A woman is most fertile when she's in her 20s. Women above 35 years of age have a less than 10% chance of getting pregnant, and this declines as they get older.
Other Non Age-Related Factors
Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:
* Having had sex with more than one partner * STDs
* Pelvic inflammatory disease history
* Males with history of orchitis or epididymitis
* Mumps among men * Male varicocle
* Health background citing exposure to DES (both male and female)
* Eating disorders in females
* Anovulatory and irregular menstrual cycles
* Endometriosis
* Defects of the uterus (myomas) or blockage of the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
About the Author
My name is Joseph Conrad.
I am a medical researcher by profession and the creator of natural ovarian cyst relief secrets.
Six years ago, my wife Lu and I were battling to have children. We had consulted with a long list of traditional medical doctors and fertility specialists, but nothing we tried resulted in Lu’s getting pregnant.
Due to the risks involved, we were reluctant to turn to artificially assisted technologies so I began looking for alternative solutions.
Eventually, two years of research, experimenting and interviewing other couples paid off and today, we have two healthy children.
Everyone deserves to experience the joy of childbirth and the amazing process of watching the little guys grow up…so now I share my knowledge with the world for free.
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