INFERTILITY LINE

Female infertility is an issue that most times, only becomes one when the time to have children arrives. Take Marty and Kym. A young couple who both had a strong maternal instinct and decided to bring a child into the world afetr 5 years of marriage. A further year went by and Marty still couldn't conceive. That's when the alarm bells went off.

For this young couple the thought of eith male or female infertility was the last thing that went through their minds. That is, until it came time to have children.A meeting with their doctor followed a a new chapter in their lives was about to begin. Female infertility can be an emotional rollercoaster for a woman with the strongest of maternal instincts and when those two words, female infertility, are thrown at her, it can be a devastating moment. But it's not the end of the world.
Irregular Menstrual Cycle

Marty and Kym's doctor proceeded to take a very detailed look at their medical and family histories and came up with the following information:

A Finding Of An Irregular Menstrual Cycle

Even though few women have a textbook-like 28-day cycle; many have their period only once a 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.

Detected 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 she is most fertile, calculating if and when she ovulates is crucial to eliminate female infertility

A Report On Their 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 gives you a higher probability of having to go through the female infertility screening questions.

The Age Factor

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 less in comparison to someone in their early twenties with all other factors being constant.

Was Stress A Factor?

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. That is what causes couples struggling with female infertility sessions a lot of stress which in turn impedes their chances of success. ‘Why me?’ is on of the most common questions as is ‘Why did I wait?’ and ‘Why did I take having kids for granted?’

Staying in a negative frame of mind was not in Marty and Kym's make up. They weren't giving up hope and were hopeful that medical science would produce another miracle, this time in the area of female infertility. This is a scenario all too familiar but without a positive outlook, it can been emotionally devastating.