Infertility

Infertility

Definition of infertility
A diagnosis of infertility means you haven't been able to get pregnant after a year of trying. If you're a woman over 35, it means you haven't been able to get pregnant after 6 months of trying.
Women who are able to conceive but not carry a pregnancy to term may also be diagnosed with infertility.
A woman who's never been able to get pregnant will be diagnosed with primary infertility. A woman who's had at least one successful pregnancy in the past will be diagnosed with secondary infertility.

Infertility isn't just a woman's problem. Men can be infertile too. In fact, men and women are equally likely to have fertility problems. According to the Office on Women's Health, about one-third of infertility cases can be attributed to female infertility while men's problems account for another third of infertility cases.
The remaining third of cases may be caused by a combination of male and female infertility, or they may have no known cause.

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, medical conditions, and medications that can also affect fertility.