There comes a time in most People’s lives where they want to settle down and start a family. With dreams of the perfect partner lying next to you in bed and the sound of little feet running down the hallway waking you up in the morning. The vision becomes a reality for many couples who want to start families, but what about the couples who try and try but to no avail have no luck in conceiving. Imagine this, here you are with the person you are going to spend the rest of your life with, and you want to start a family. For months, even years you try to conceive but you’re having no luck, and many of the people around you are pregnant or have children. The toll this can have is devastating, not only for the woman, but for her significant other. Many times, the
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In the UK the numbers are a whopping one in six couples have a hard time conceiving. (Leonard) The United States numbers are sitting at one in six as well. (Pittman) In India forty-five percent of couples have difficulties conceiving. (Ganeshan) Canada’s infertility rates, have doubled sense 1992. (Kirkey) As recorded by the National Survey of Family Growth, CDC, one in eight couples worldwide have complications conceiving. With numbers as these it can be considered that infertility is now an epidemic. With statistics, as high as these scientists and doctors now face the tough question, what is causing the rise in infertility? Much research is being done into environmental causes of infertility. Self-induced factors come into play as well, marijuana, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity. Some medications and steroids are also the cause of infertility. A few sexually transmitted diseases can also cause infertility. Age, especially for woman is an important factor in fertility. With all these causes that can come into to play, it is no surprise that fertility is as big of a problem as it
In the UK the numbers are a whopping one in six couples have a hard time conceiving. (Leonard) The United States numbers are sitting at one in six as well. (Pittman) In India forty-five percent of couples have difficulties conceiving. (Ganeshan) Canada’s infertility rates, have doubled sense 1992. (Kirkey) As recorded by the National Survey of Family Growth, CDC, one in eight couples worldwide have complications conceiving. With numbers as these it can be considered that infertility is now an epidemic. With statistics, as high as these scientists and doctors now face the tough question, what is causing the rise in infertility? Much research is being done into environmental causes of infertility. Self-induced factors come into play as well, marijuana, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity. Some medications and steroids are also the cause of infertility. A few sexually transmitted diseases can also cause infertility. Age, especially for woman is an important factor in fertility. With all these causes that can come into to play, it is no surprise that fertility is as big of a problem as it