female infertility
What Are Some of the Signs of Female Infertility?
Mike Jerry
There are many signs of female infertility. Some of the factors that can aid your body in being infertile are: an irregular menstrual cycle, family history, and age. If your menstrual cycle is less than 24 days or more than 35 days, then you may have an irregular cycle. If your cycle is normal, then family history might be playing a part in your infertility. Finding out if your mom had fertility problems will help with a proper diagnosis. If you are trying to get pregnant and are in your mid to late 30s, your chances of an unassisted pregnancy are decreased. Your fertility also depends on the number of eggs that are being produced in your body at this stage of your life.
Married just over a year, Janice and David Landenberg were trying for a baby. Young and healthy, the thought of female infertility did not even cross Janice's mind until their doctor confirmed the diagnosis.
David's lab tests came back normal and there were no other factors to indicate that he might be the one having the trouble. Female infertility seemed like a sharp blow but as their doctor explained, it was not the end of their planned chapter on parenthood; it was just the beginning of a different chapter.
Their doctor took a detailed medical and family history to find out if there were any other symptoms of female infertility lurking around. Some of the things that he found were:
Irregular Menstrual Cycle
Even though few women have a textbook-like 28-day cycle; many have their period only once every couple of months. Any cycle less than 24 days or more than 35 days is considered irregular and can lead to a meeting with a reproductive endocrinologist.
Irregular Ovulation
One assumes that if the menstrual cycle is regular, she must be ovulating, but this is incorrect as not all women ovulate every cycle. Since there is usually a 24 hour window where the woman is most fertile, calculating if and when she ovulates is crucial to eliminate female infertility.
Family History
You find out your mom had trouble conceiving you, and your husband's sister had to go through infertility treatments before she had her first child. This gives you a higher probability of having to go through female infertility screening questions.
Age
Women 35 and older are not automatically female infertility candidates. A forty year old could have no problem conceiving. It is just that the number of eggs a woman produces each cycle diminishes in her mid-thirties and therefore the chances of getting pregnant become reduced in comparison to someone in their early twenties with all other factors being constant.
Stress
Just as we like to plan everything in our lives, we feel it should be easy to have children when we choose to. However, unlike airline tickets, we can not book the dates months in advance. This uncertainty can cause couples struggling with female infertility additional stress which in turn impedes their chances of success. 'Why me?' is one of the most common questions as is 'Why did I wait?' and 'Why did I take having kids for granted?'
However, punishing yourself with such questions will only make conception harder. Science has progressed by leaps and bounds and more miracle babies are being born everyday.
David's lab tests came back normal and there were no other factors to indicate that he might be the one having the trouble. Female infertility seemed like a sharp blow but as their doctor explained, it was not the end of their planned chapter on parenthood; it was just the beginning of a different chapter.
Their doctor took a detailed medical and family history to find out if there were any other symptoms of female infertility lurking around. Some of the things that he found were:
Irregular Menstrual Cycle
Even though few women have a textbook-like 28-day cycle; many have their period only once every couple of months. Any cycle less than 24 days or more than 35 days is considered irregular and can lead to a meeting with a reproductive endocrinologist.
Irregular Ovulation
One assumes that if the menstrual cycle is regular, she must be ovulating, but this is incorrect as not all women ovulate every cycle. Since there is usually a 24 hour window where the woman is most fertile, calculating if and when she ovulates is crucial to eliminate female infertility.
Family History
You find out your mom had trouble conceiving you, and your husband's sister had to go through infertility treatments before she had her first child. This gives you a higher probability of having to go through female infertility screening questions.
Age
Women 35 and older are not automatically female infertility candidates. A forty year old could have no problem conceiving. It is just that the number of eggs a woman produces each cycle diminishes in her mid-thirties and therefore the chances of getting pregnant become reduced in comparison to someone in their early twenties with all other factors being constant.
Stress
Just as we like to plan everything in our lives, we feel it should be easy to have children when we choose to. However, unlike airline tickets, we can not book the dates months in advance. This uncertainty can cause couples struggling with female infertility additional stress which in turn impedes their chances of success. 'Why me?' is one of the most common questions as is 'Why did I wait?' and 'Why did I take having kids for granted?'
However, punishing yourself with such questions will only make conception harder. Science has progressed by leaps and bounds and more miracle babies are being born everyday.
