When should you look for a humam reproduction professional?

Many things may indicate the need of recurring to a Human Reproduction professional, such as the following:

• A long period of failed attempts: when a woman is not yet 35 and has been keeping up sexual activity (no condoms) for at least 12 months and does not get pregnant
• Woman’s advanced age: when a woman is already past 35 and has been keeping up sexual activity with no condoms for at least six months and fails to get pregnant
• Irregular menstrual cycle: in these cases the fertilization and egg cell implantation processes may have troubles, so it requires an evaluation
• Female genital diseases: endometriosis, fibroids, bacterial / viral infection, Policystyc Ovary Syndrome
• Gynecologic surgeries: Fibrosis and cyst removal processes may compromise the uterine tubes due to how their healing process work
• Varicocele: When a man has varicocele, the couple should pay attention to it. In it’s more severe stages, this disease threatens sperm production, which may prevent them from getting pregnant.
• Azoospermia: It’s when there is a total lack of sperm in the semen, which prevents fertilization. It may happen for several reasons, so it must be investigated.
• Smoking: It may reduce both male and female fertility. Look for a doctor if six months of failed attempts have passed
• Diabetes: It must be well controlled so that it doesn’t affect fertility. Otherwise, it may cause an irregular ovulation on women and affect sperm production and erection capability of men.

The above conditions may compromise fertility in various levels and ways, so each case must be evaluated individually.