A woman is considered to be medically infertile if she has been having sex, without any form of contraceptive, for 12 months and has been unable to become pregnant.

1. What is Female
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2. What is Female Infertility?
• A woman is considered to be medically infertile if she has been having sex,
without any form of contraceptive, for 12 months and has been unable to
become pregnant. Fertility is described in a medical sense as being either:
 First Degree Infertility - women that have never had children
 Second Degree Infertility - women that have had children, but are unable to
conceive a second time
• It is vitally important to make the distinction between infertility and
sterility. Sterility is the term used to describe women that are completely
unable to conceive their own children. Female infertility describes the
difficulty that women experience in trying to conceive. Being infertile does
not mean that you will never be able to have children. Exploring various
female infertility treatment options will improve your chance of
conception, and carrying a full term, healthy baby.

3. What causes female infertility?
• Ovulation disorders
Ovulation fails to occur due to hormonal imbalances. Failure to ovulate can result in
irregular or absent periods. The hormonal imbalance that contributes to failed
ovulation has been attributed to factors such as extremely low or high body weight,
excessive exercise, prolonged emotional distress and thyroid problems. Other causes
of ovulation disorders include endometriosis or PCOS.
• Damage to the reproductive organs
Damage to the delicate fallopian tubes, caused by pelvic inflammation (from STDs or
Appendicitis) is the culprit for around 25 percent of female infertility cases. Other
physical damage to the reproductive organs that contributes to female infertility
includes damage and abnormalities to the cervix and uterus, for example fibroids.
• Hormonal imbalances
As you have already seen hormonal imbalances in women can result in failed
ovulation and consequent infertility. Imbalance of progesterone can prevent the
woman's body from being able to maintain pregnancy

4. What causes female infertility?
• Chronic Miscarriage
Some infertile women may be conceiving, but are regularly losing the conception.
Miscarriage can be caused by Thyroid problems, defective egg or sperm, hormone
imbalance, malnutrition, drugs, trauma and deficiencies to the immune system.
• Nutritional deficiencies
There are certain nutrients that have been found to particularly influence the health
of the reproductive system.
• Psychological and emotional factors
Emotions affect your body and your health. When it comes to understanding and
treating female infertility, the mind-body connection is becoming an important focus.
So far it has been estimated that around 5% of female infertility is caused by
psychological and emotional factors.

5. Infertility treatment?
• Science and medicine is just beginning to understand the ways in
which certain nutrients and behaviors can effect, and in many cases
enhance and restore fertility. Some doctors are willing to admit that
there are many areas of female infertility which are yet to be fully
understood, and unfortunately there is reluctance within the medical
community to recommend vitamins and diet advice over drugs and
surgery - even when vitamins are being proven to be more and more
effective as a female infertility treatment.