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Thursday, 09 January 2020 06:07

What is Secondary Infertility and its Solution

Secondary Infertility

Infertility or inability to conceive a baby is a mentally painful and extremely challenging situation for couples who are planning to extend their families, but unfortunately, are not able to do so.

The term may sound new for the newbies but has extremely simple to understand. Secondary infertility is a medical situation when a woman is not able to conceive a baby after planning for the second time. Theories have indicated a lot of critical cases where there are suitable remedies and coping mechanisms to deal with this medical condition but the ground reality has another face to this. Dealing with the challenges of secondary infertility comes with its terms and conditions and requires professional guidance to be driven until the end. So, let us first dive into various reasons and related questions that we crop in your mind in case you are looking for a solution to this tragedy.

Why can't I conceive for the second time?


Well, the most prominent and common question that may arise in your mind in this situation is why you are not able to make it. In most cases, secondary fertility may happen due to various common and obvious reasons that you might have ignored at a certain stage.

  • The age factor. Yes, the age gap certainly has a lot of impact in this case especially, if you had your first child after reaching the age of 32 or later, I'm still hoping to conceive the second one around 37 or 39. Believe it or not, but age is a major deciduous factor here that influences the case accordingly. However, the situation may get improved.
  • Secondly, you may also fall prey to secondary infertility in case you are trying to conceive a baby with a new partner. This may happen because of the fluctuations in sperm count resulting in undiagnosed infertility problems for the second time. However, the medical conditions may vary from person to person but the basic issue remains the same.
  • Another apparent reason for secondary infertility may be due to endometriosis, or fluctuations in your ovarian reserve of which you are always unaware.
  • Now, this is not that predictable but the weight factor also affects the possibilities of being prone to secondary infertility. Being overweight or underweight can result in various ovulation problems. In a lot of cases, new parents gain weight due to pregnancy and various other reasons like insufficient sleep or stress. Certainly, this becomes a major contributing factor here.
  • Women who have been a patient of diabetes or increased blood pressure are also likely to develop this situation. These factors mainly not found that relevant for secondary infertility but certainly, it has a lot of impact over the chances of a woman being entrapped into it.

Possible treatments

There are a lot of possible treatments in the field of medical science for infertility treatment that can be provided in cases of secondary infertility. However, the treatment for secondary infertility resembles a lot of methods to deal with primary infertility issues. Also, there may be a lot of hormonal and physiological causes for this but these can be avoided up to a certain level.

IVF Treatment: While going through Vitro fertilization, eggs are removed from the body and united with sperm in the laboratory to develop embryos.

These are then transferred back into the uterus to make the whole infertility treatment successful.

Undoubtedly, IVF treatment is one of the most successful techniques of treatment where the fertilisation of the ova is carried out by using conventional IVF techniques or by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection in some cases.

What should be done then?

The first thing you should be aware of is definitely if you suffer from this situation or not. Secondly, the factor you need to take into consideration is your age, as this will decide the span of guidance and prescription you need. If you belong to the age group of 32-35, you should look for professional medical assistance in case you don't conceive even after 1 year of attempt. Often, you might get misled by your hope that if you keep trying you will conceive one day, even after the unjustified time has already passed. But continuous delay in seeking help may reduce the chances of you conceiving it at the earliest. So, never delay as in that case, still, there would be no guarantee if you will be able to get over this stage of infertility or not. In such a situation, Infertility treatment is still the most preferable option one should go for.

Remember, it is always advisable to seek medical assistance in a case expected results to not appear but the delay should never be considered as an option.

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