Secondary Infertility
How To Deal With Secondary infertility
Secondary infertility happens when couples who have previously
been able to get pregnant face difficulty conceiving additional
children. This situation also includes couples who initially
conceive and miscarry, and couples who successfully bear one
or more children.
Similar to primary infertility, which refers to the inability
to conceive at all, secondary infertility is diagnosed after
12 months of appropriately timed intercourse that fail to
conceive. When this happens, couples should seek medical interference
to determine the cause and possible solutions for their secondary
infertility.
Reasons of Secondary Infertility
In fact, there are many reasons of secondary infertility.
The main reason is probably due to the advanced maternal age,
because female infertility drops harshly after 35 of age.
In addition, trauma from previous pregnancies and births might
potentially cause secondary infertility. This is especially
true if a cesarean section is required to deliver earlier
babies.
Scar tissue which results from this procedure might also
cause a number of complications, this includes blocked fallopian
tubes that can potentially keep eggs from reaching the cervix
to be fertilized, scarring in the cervix, which might result
in preventing the sperm from reaching eggs and scarring in
the uterus which makes it harder for fertilized eggs to implant.
Besides, the other reasons also include lifestyle changes
between the time of conceiving earlier children and current
attempts which help explain secondary infertility. Drastic
weight losses or weight gains might also prevent ovulation
and pregnancy, as well as certain infections. Finally, there
are also some diseases can cause hormonal abnormalities, as
can exposure to toxic chemicals, which can potentially decrease
both male and female infertility.
Coping With Secondary Infertility
As far as it is concerned, secondary infertility is just
as hard as dealing with primary infertility. For one thing,
most couples who have successfully conceived usually assume
they will be able to conceive again easily. However, this
can be a shock when they find out that this is not the case.
Besides that, couples who become very concerned about being
able to conceive a second child may experience a sense of
guilt with regards to their first child, because they feel
as if their first child should be “enough” and
they shouldn’t be so upset about dealing with secondary
infertility.
Similarly, treatment for secondary infertility is very similar
to treatment for primary infertility. After one year of correctly
timed intercourse fails to result in pregnancy, couples should
seek help from their gynecologists or obstetrician for basic
diagnostic test.
If these basic tests fail to identify the problems, then
couples should seek more advanced diagnostics and treatment
from a fertility clinic. There are a wide range of fertility
drugs and assisted reproduction techniques which can help
couples achieve pregnancy.
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