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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. | *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]]. | |||
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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.