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===Infertility=== | ===Infertility=== | ||
Reproductive endocrinologists, the doctors specializing in infertility, consider a couple to be infertile if: | Reproductive endocrinologists, the doctors specializing in infertility, consider a couple to be infertile if: | ||
* | * The couple has not conceived after 12 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is under the age of 34 | ||
* | * The couple has not conceived after 6 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is over the age of 35 (declining egg quality of females over the age of 35 account for the age-based discrepancy as when to seek medical intervention) | ||
* | * The female is incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term. | ||
===Subfertility=== | ===Subfertility=== | ||
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Overview
There are strict definitions of infertility used by many doctors. However, there are also similar terms, e.g. subfertility for a more benign condition and fecundity for the natural improbability to conceive.
Differentiating Infertility from Other Diseases
Infertility
Reproductive endocrinologists, the doctors specializing in infertility, consider a couple to be infertile if:
- The couple has not conceived after 12 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is under the age of 34
- The couple has not conceived after 6 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is over the age of 35 (declining egg quality of females over the age of 35 account for the age-based discrepancy as when to seek medical intervention)
- The female is incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term.
Subfertility
- A couple that has tried unsuccessfully to have a child for a year or more is said to be subfertile.
- The couple's fecundability rate is approximately 3-5%. Many of its causes are the same as those of infertility.
- Such causes could be endometriosis, or polycystic ovarian syndrome.