Infertility in African American Women
Many health problems are becoming more of a concern that
In general, infertility is defined as not having the ability to get pregnant or conceive after 12 months of unprotected sex (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Usually, women struggling with infertility have caused the issue by the lifestyle they are living or previously lived, or the cause was inevitable. Unfortunately, it is a more complex and prevalent issue, especially in African American women, than society realizes and is willing to acknowledge. Research reports that black women have had increased occurrences and longer periods of infertility (Fertility Weekly, 2010).…