| welcome to fertility first |
|
|
| |
My doctor just did a physical examination for me, and he feels that the reason for my infertility is that my uterus is tipped backwards, and this prevents the sperm from swimming into the uterus. He is advising I have surgery to correct this problem. Should I go ahead ? |
| |
About one in five women will have a retroverted uterus. If the uterus is freely mobile, this is normal, and is not a cause of infertility. This is not an indication for surgery!
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My husband says we should be having intercourse every day to achieve pregnancy. Is this true ? |
| |
Sperm remain alive and active in woman's cervical mucus for 48-72 hours following sexual intercourse; therefore, it isn't necessary to plan your lovemaking on a rigid schedule.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My friends say I should have sex exactly on the day I ovulate to get pregnant. How can I do this ? |
| |
Although having sexual intercourse near the time of ovulation is important, no single day is critical. So, don't be concerned if intercourse is not possible or practical on the day of ovulation.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My sister in law is advising me to keep a pillow under my hips during and after intercourse . Will this increase my chances of conceiving ? |
| |
Sperm are already swimming in cervical mucus as sexual intercourse is completed and will continue to travel up the cervix to the fallopian tube for the next 48 to 72 hours. The position of the hips really doesn't matter.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My mother feels I am too tense, and that if I just relax, I'll get pregnant ? |
| |
If pregnancy has not occurred after a year, chances are there is a medical condition causing infertility. There is no evidence that stress causes infertility. Remember, all infertile patients are under stress - it's not the stress which causes infertiliity, it's the infertility which causes the stress!
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
I just had a HSG ( X-ray of the uterus and tubes) done, and this shows my tubes are blocked. I've never had symptoms of a pelvic infection, so how could my tubes get blocked ? |
| |
Many pelvic infections have no symptoms at all, but can cause damage, sometimes irreversibly, to the tubes.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My doctor has advised me to take fertility drugs . I don't want to take them because if I am scared that if I do, then I'll have a multiple births ? |
| |
Fact: Although fertility drugs do increase the chance of having a multiple pregnancy (because they stimulate the ovaries to produce several eggs), the majority of women taking them have singleton births.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My husband's sperm count varies every time we test it ! How do we determine what the "real" sperm count is ? |
| |
Even a normal ( fertile ) man's sperm count can vary considerably from week to week. Sperm count and motility can be affected by many factors, including time between ejaculations, illness, and medications. There are other factors which affect the sperm count as well, all of which we do not understand.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
I have no problems having sex. Since I am virile, my sperm count must be normal ? |
| |
There is no correlation between male fertility and virility. Men with totally normal sex drives may have no sperms at all.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
I don't think infertility treatment should not be offered in India, because there are too many babies in this country already. Why should we exacerbate the population problem by producing more? In any case, IVF treatment is too expensive for India to be able to afford ? |
| |
The right to have children is a fundamental right of every human being and a very basic biological urge. Just because a neighbour has too many children should not deprive the infertile couple of their right to have their own. IVF and related technologies are undoubtedly expensive, but, then, so is heart surgery. Yet no one objects when over Rs 1 lakh are spent to try to salvage the heart of a 70 year old man (whose life expectancy in any case is only about 5 years and is not extended by the surgery). Why then should medical technology not be used to help couples in their thirties (with their whole lives ahead of them) have their own baby? In fact, IVF is a much more cost-effective use of medical resources than a number of other accepted surgical procedures (such as joint replacement surgery or kidney transplants).
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My semen analysis report shows I have no sperm in the semen
(azoospermia ). Is this because I used to masturbate excessively as a boy ? |
| |
Masturbation is a normal activity which most boys and men indulge in. It does not affect the sperm count. You cannot "run" out of sperms, because these are constantly being produced in the testes.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
My wife is frigid and does not enjoy having sex. Could this be the reason for her infertility? |
| |
There is no connection between sexual pleasure and fertility. Don't forget that even a woman who gets raped can get pregnant! And don't forget that the commonest reason women do not enjoy sex is because their husbands are unskilled lovers ! Maybe you should improve your sexual technique, and spend more time in foreplay and in pleasuring your wife.
|
| |
|
| |
|
