Infertility is defined as the inability to get pregnant after 12 months of trying for women under 35 years of age, and after 6 months of trying for women 35 years of age and older. About 80% of infertility is caused by one these three problems: Ovulation problems: is she ovulating regularly and are her eggs OK? Sperm problems: does he have enough and good sperms? Fallopian tube problems: are her fallopian tubes open?
Carbohydrates and Infertility
The amount and quality of carbohydrate in diet may be important determinants of ovulation and fertility in healthy women.
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Vegetarian Diet: Can It Lead To Infertility?
Does a vegetarian diet lead to infertility? In one study, 9 healthy, normal-weight women who had regular ovulatory menstrual cycles followed a vegetarian diet and 9 followed a non-vegetarian diet.
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Anti-Sperm Antibodies
Anti-sperm antibodies are protein molecules made by the woman's or man's body that are attracted to a specific site on the sperm and interfere with the sperms’s activity.
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Protein Intake and Ovulatory Infertility
Replacing animal sources of protein with vegetable sources of protein may reduce ovulatory infertility risk.
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Causes of Luteal Phase Defect (LPD)
There are three causes of LPD: poor follicle production, premature demise of the corpus luteum, and failure of the uterine lining to respond to normal levels of progesterone.
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What Is A Luteal Phase Corpus Luteum Defect (LPD)
A luteal phase defect (LPD) is a medical condition associated with the failure of getting pregnant because the luteal phase is shorter than normal.
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New definitions for infertility and other definitions
Recently, there have been new definitions for infertility published in Fertility & Sterility:
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Early and Home Pregnancy Test Info and HPT and hCG levels
Early home pregnancy tests detect the pregnancy hormone hCG human chorionic gonadotropin in your urine.
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Chromopertubation - What is it?
Chromopertubation is a procedure usually done during a laparoscopy where dye is injected through the cervix in order to visualize the fallopian tubes to see if they are patent or open.
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Can I Get Pregnant Myths and Presumptions
Answering the question, can I get pregnant, depends greatly on the age or stage of life and medical status of a woman.
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New Pregnancy Exercise Routines
Women who are pregnant should start a daily exercise program even if they have not exercised prior to pregnancy.
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Gestational Surrogates - Surrogacy and Pregnancy
Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person. This arrangement may be done as traditional surrogacy or gestational surrogacy.
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MAR Test
This condition is also known as 'sperm allergy.' The immune system of some men and women see sperm as a foreign invader, like a germ, and their bodies make antibodies to attack and destroy the sperm.
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Infertility - What Can I Do At Home?
Infertility is not a word anyone wants to hear, but it is a word many
couples are familiar with. At first, the diagnosis can be overwhelming,
but being told you are infertile does not always mean you’ll never have
children.
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Follow the Mediterranean Diet and Improve Your Fertility
It's a fact: If you watch your weight and closely follow a Mediterranean-style diet high in vegetables, vegetable oils, fish and beans then you may increase your chance of becoming pregnant.
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Will My Infertility Be Cured?
The answer to this question is one every man and woman facing
infertility must deal with at some point or another. For me it happened
the minute I walked out of the doctor's office. He had just told me that
I was infertile at the age of 20.
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My Mom Was Infertile - Will I Be?
When I was growing up my mother never talked about infertility problems –
most moms that I knew never talked about sex or sexual matters and
fertility would fall into that category.
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Infertility Links 11/19/2012
Infertility links from Amos Grunebaum, MD from 11/19/2011
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Asking Intimate Questions about Infertility
Where does a
woman turn when she’s too embarrassed or too scared to ask the most
intimate questions of her health care providers?
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Having a Baby Naturally After Infertility IVF Treatment
Though few studies track how often a spontaneous pregnancy after use of assisted reproductive technology occurs, those that do suggest it is not uncommon.
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