Infertility and Reproductive Health

Popular culture makes it sound like having a baby is as simple as deciding you want to start a family. However, it's not always that easy. Every year, millions of couples seek treatment for infertility. But being part of such a large number doesn't make anyone struggling with infertility feel any better. In many cases, not being able to conceive can lead couples to feel depressed and isolated.

The Struggle of Infertility

For some couples, overcoming fertility issues may be as simple as charting ovulation and timing intercourse to improve the chances of conception. Simple lifestyle changes like eating healthy and taking care of your body can also help you conceive.

But if you have been trying to conceive for over 12 months without any luck, you should speak to your doctor about getting tested for infertility. It's important that both partners get tested since it's common for either partner, or even both, to be experiencing fertility problems. Infertility, contrary to popular belief, it's not a problem exclusively reserved for women.

Treatments Are Available

Discovering you have fertility problems can be a heartbreaking experience. Fortunately, there are a lot of reliable fertility treatments available, from fertility drugs like Clomid to assisted reproductive techniques like In Vitro Fertilization and Intrauterine Insemination.

If medical treatments are not an option, couples can still investigate adoption or surrogacy as a way of having the baby they want.

Get the Information You Need

Whatever method you explore, or if you decide not to have a child, talking with other couples and with your doctor is important to help you understand that infertility is not your fault and that you are not alone in your journey toward parenthood.