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Infertility Defined

Submitted by pria Tue 01/27/2009
Infertility is usually defined as the inability to get pregnant after a year of unprotected sex. According to statistics collected by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 6.1 million women between the ages of 15 to 44 have an impaired ability to have children, and 2.1 million married couples are experiencing infertility. Infertility affects women and men equally. According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, one-third of infertility cases are due to female factor infertility, one-third are due to male factor infertility, and the remaining third due to problems from both sides, or unexplained reasons.

While living a healthy lifestyle is a good place to start when trying to achieve pregnancy, it does not cure infertility. Poor diet, smoking, drinking, and STDs can threaten your fertility, but the majority of infertility cases are not the result of lifestyle choices.

This might be a good time to look at some infertility myths, and consider what infertility is not.

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