What are the types of infertility? Types of infertility include: Primary: A woman who was never pregnant and who can’t conceive after one year of not using birth control. Secondary: Secondary infertility occurs when a woman can’t get pregnant again after having at least one successful pregnancy. SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES What are risk factors for infertility in all genders? These factors increase the r ...

Risk factors Many of the risk factors for both male and female infertility are the same. They include: Age. Women's fertility gradually declines with age, especially in the mid-30s, and it drops rapidly after age 37. Infertility in older women is likely due to the lower number and quality of eggs, and can also be due to health problems that affect fertility. Men over age 40 may be less fertile th ...

Egg freezing is a process that is very similar to in vitro fertilization, IVF Talking about what’s involved with the process of freezing your eggs is a good starting point for the egg freezing discussion. Identical to the first stages of IVF, you can expect the following when you come to our Ashwini fertility center: First, you will take fertility medications to stimulate the growth and developme ...

Causes of male infertility Generally speaking, infertility in men is related to issues with the following: • effective production of sperm • sperm count, or the number of sperm • shape of the sperm • movement of the sperm, which includes both the wiggling motion of the sperm themselves and the transport of the sperm through the tubes of the male reproductive system There are a variety of risk fac ...

AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS: Autoimmune disorders cause the body's immune system to attack normal body tissues it would normally ignore. Autoimmune disorders, such as lupus, Hashimoto's and other types of thyroiditis, or rheumatoid arthritis, may affect fertility. The reasons for this are not fully understood and differ between diseases, but they are thought to involve inflammation in the uterus and plac ...

Causes of female infertility: Female infertility can be caused by a variety of factors that affect or interfere with the following biological processes: ovulation, when the mature egg is released from the ovary fertilization, which occurs when sperm meets the egg in the fallopian tube after traveling through the cervix and uterus implantation, which occurs when a fertilized egg attaches to the li ...

Causes of male infertility: Generally speaking, infertility in men is related to issues with the following: effective production of sperm sperm count, or the number of sperm shape of the sperm movement of the sperm, which includes both the wiggling motion of the sperm themselves and the transport of the sperm through the tubes of the male reproductive system There are a variety of risk factors, m ...

Ovulation disorders appear to be the most common cause of infertility in women. Ovulation is the monthly release of an egg. The eggs may never be released or they may only be released in some cycles. Ovulation disorders can be due to: Premature ovarian failure: The ovaries stop working before the age of 40 years. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): The ovaries function abnormally and ovulation ma ...