Secondary Infertility: Common Causes | Dr Rama Sofat Hospital
Woman’s age
Women are most fertile in their 20s and early 30s. In your late 30s, the ovarian reserve or egg reserve starts to deplete. This decline is seen in the quanity as well as quality of eggs produced. Also, the proportion of eggs with chromosomal abnormalities increases proportionately as we age. Abnormal eggs are incapable of giving rise to successful pregnancies and also have a higher chance of transmitting genetic defects to the child. This is known to be the most common reason for infertility as described by Dr Rama Sofat.
The health of the uterus
If you underwent a caesarean or during the birth of your previous child, if there were uterus adhesions or pelvic scarring, it would make it difficult to go through a healthy second pregnancy. The scarred tissues might affect the fertilisation process the next time.
Women can develop PCOS for many reasons at any age. It might have been an underlying condition during your previous pregnancy too. This condition will affect your ovulation causing difficulties in conceiving. If you have been trying to conceive naturally over six months and not been able to, please visit your gynaecologist for a routine check-up as described by Dr Rama Sofat.
Partner’s health
The age matters both in women and men. The sperm quality may reduce as a man ages. Sometimes, there may be no movement in the sperms thus affecting the fertilisation process or there may be a lower sperm count. If your spouse is of advanced age, you need to consult a fertility specialist for a sperm analysis.
Some of the common male factors causing secondary infertility are:
Oligospermia is a condition where your partner’s sperm count is lower than 15 million sperms per ml. The treatment for this case involves extracting healthy sperms from the semen sample and then performing ICSI for fertilisation.
Teratospermia is a condition where sperms are abnormally shaped, which affects the ability of the sperm to reach and penetrate an egg. The remedy for this would be to identify sperm with good morphology in the lab and an ICSI may be the best treatment option if the percentage of abnormal sperms is too high.
Asthenospermia means there is poor motility of the sperms. The lack of motility affects the movement of the sperm and there is lesser chance that the sperms can swim to the egg for fertilisation.
Azoospermia is a condition wherein there is a complete absence of sperm in the testes. In this case, doctors will take a biopsy of the testes (TESA) to examine for any sperm presence.In the above cases, only a sperm analysis would give a broad idea of where the issue lies.
Woman’s age
Women are most fertile in their 20s and early 30s. In your late 30s, the ovarian reserve or egg reserve starts to deplete. This decline is seen in the quanity as well as quality of eggs produced. Also, the proportion of eggs with chromosomal abnormalities increases proportionately as we age. Abnormal eggs are incapable of giving rise to successful pregnancies and also have a higher chance of transmitting genetic defects to the child. This is known to be the most common reason for infertility as described by Dr Rama Sofat.
The health of the uterus
If you underwent a caesarean or during the birth of your previous child, if there were uterus adhesions or pelvic scarring, it would make it difficult to go through a healthy second pregnancy. The scarred tissues might affect the fertilisation process the next time.
Women can develop PCOS for many reasons at any age. It might have been an underlying condition during your previous pregnancy too. This condition will affect your ovulation causing difficulties in conceiving. If you have been trying to conceive naturally over six months and not been able to, please visit your gynaecologist for a routine check-up as described by Dr Rama Sofat.
Partner’s health
The age matters both in women and men. The sperm quality may reduce as a man ages. Sometimes, there may be no movement in the sperms thus affecting the fertilisation process or there may be a lower sperm count. If your spouse is of advanced age, you need to consult a fertility specialist for a sperm analysis.
Some of the common male factors causing secondary infertility are:
Oligospermia is a condition where your partner’s sperm count is lower than 15 million sperms per ml. The treatment for this case involves extracting healthy sperms from the semen sample and then performing ICSI for fertilisation.
Teratospermia is a condition where sperms are abnormally shaped, which affects the ability of the sperm to reach and penetrate an egg. The remedy for this would be to identify sperm with good morphology in the lab and an ICSI may be the best treatment option if the percentage of abnormal sperms is too high.
Asthenospermia means there is poor motility of the sperms. The lack of motility affects the movement of the sperm and there is lesser chance that the sperms can swim to the egg for fertilisation.
Azoospermia is a condition wherein there is a complete absence of sperm in the testes. In this case, doctors will take a biopsy of the testes (TESA) to examine for any sperm presence.In the above cases, only a sperm analysis would give a broad idea of where the issue lies.
Secondary Infertility: Common Causes | Dr Rama Sofat Hospital
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When A couple not concieve after a long time of marriage the relationship could be in problem and partners start to blame each other. Instead of this couple should visit Rana. IVF center and discuss your problem with best IVF doctor.
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