INFERTILITY PROBLEM - WHEN TO START WORRYING

Most if not all couples expect to have their own babies once they get married. Many women naively believe that they will get pregnant the very first month they try to do, and become concerned when a pregnancy does not occur.

Before beginning to get worried one should remember that in a single menstrual cycle the chance of a perfectly normal couple achieving a successful pregnancy is only 25%.

The time factor is added because observed and estimated studies in the number of months required for conception in the absence of the use of contraception clearly indicates that.

1. 25% pregnant in the first month.
2. 63% pregnant in six months.
3. 75% pregnant in nine months.
4. 80% pregnant in one year.
5. 90% pregnant in eighteen months.

Thus if the couple has no conceived at the end of year there are investigated on the other hand, some couples should seek help quickly who are -

1. Over 30 years of age.
2. Irregular or absent periods.
3. History of abortions.
4. Men whose testes are not felt in scrotum.
5. Men with erectile dysfunction.

The assisted reproductive technique (ART) overcome the hurdles that prevent in spermatozoan and oocyte fusion. The rapid advance in the technique of oocyte and sperm handling and better understanding in reproductive biology have contributed to the better management of Infertility. Assisted reproductive techniques include procedures that deliver a concentrated sperm sample directly to the uterus, bypassing cervical or vaginal infection, inflammation or abnormalities.

Successful assisted reproduction involves the careful coordination of both a medical and scientific approach to each couple who undertakes a treatment cycle, with close collaboration between doctors , Scientists, nurses and counsellors. Only meticulous attention to detail at every step of each patients treatment can optimize their chance of delivering a healthy baby as a result.

For many couples who have exhausted traditional clinical and surgical treatments for the infertility , these new technologies may offer the best hope for pregnancy. Through these procedures women with otherwise untreatable infertility problems have given birth to healthy babies.