The time is right to start or add to your family and you’re anxious to move ahead, but pregnancy test after pregnancy test delivers the same results — negative.
The first thing we want you to know about your frustrating experience is that you're not alone — the World Health Organization reports that 1 in 6 adults around the globe is affected by infertility.
At Capital Women’s Care, our team of pregnancy specialists have a good deal of experience helping women and couples who are having trouble conceiving, and we understand how frustrating and difficult infertility can be.
We dive into a few important points about fertility issues because knowledge is power and it can help you on your fertility journey.
When you decide you’re ready to have a child, you can’t help but to want it to happen as soon as possible. The reality is that it can take time for the conditions to be right for pregnancy, so patience is key.
In general, we define infertility as trying to get pregnant for 12 consecutive months without success. In more specific terms, we break infertility down into two categories:
These distinctions can be important in narrowing down the possibilities behind your fertility issues.
There’s a lot that needs to come together to create a pregnancy, so it should come as no surprise that there are many potential roadblocks that stem from different sources.
In the United States, about one-third of infertility issues stem from a problem on the female side of the equation. Another third of cases of infertility come from the male side. The final third is attributed to causes unknown or to issues on both sides.
When it comes to issues in women that can interfere with fertility, the following are some of the more common culprits:
As long as this list is, it’s far from complete, but we wanted to give you an idea of the many things that can interfere with your family-building goals.
One of the more frustrating aspects of infertility is that we often can’t pinpoint an exact cause. It’s not uncommon for us to run test after test without identifying a problem, and then the patient ends up getting pregnant.
Sometimes there’s no rhyme or reason when it comes to fertility and your body just needs for everything to align in a particular way to support pregnancy. This is why we always start our infertility treatments by telling patients that fertility is far from black and white.
To drive this point home further, some women report that the stress of trying to get pregnant can have the opposite effect, and that it’s only when they relax and take the focus off conception that they finally have success.
So, with everything we discussed in mind, tackling fertility issues requires a good deal of patience. Rest assured, we’re with you every step of the way to help you realize your dream family.
For assistance with your fertility issues, we invite you to contact one of our three offices in Frederick and Mount Airy, Maryland, to schedule a consultation.
