Female Infertility

The Female Infertility is the inability of a woman to get pregnant after an year of unprotected sex.  If a female undergoes multiple miscarriages, it can cause infertility. The problem can be a result of age, hormonal imbalance, lifestyle, environment or health issues.

By nature, females are born with only limited number of eggs. Chances of producing a baby decreases by some 3 to 5% by the time a female attains an age of 30. Re-productivity (capacity to produce babies) sharply declines by the age of 40 and beyond.

Causes of Female Infertility

Fallopian Tube Damage: The fallopian tube transports the eggs to uterus from ovaries. Pelvic infections, endometriosis, and pelvic surgeries may cause damage to fallopian tube. As a result female eggs do not meet with male sperms.

Hormonal Imbalances: Some females may have issues with ovulations. Medical Doctors take in use body temperature charts, ovulation predictor kits, and blood tests to find if hormonal imbalance is the cause to infertility.

Cervical Reasons: In this condition sperms can’t pass through the cervical tube. This condition may occur due to any previous surgeries or abnormal mucus productions.

Uterine Causes: Unusual anatomy of the uterus; the existence of fibroids and polyps.

In nearly 20% of infertile females, problem is unexplained and cannot be found using available medical techniques.

Female Infertility Treatment

Hysterosalpingography (HSG): This test involves X-ray scan or ultrasound scans or both.

Laparoscopy: In this procedure a small incision is made near to belly button through which a Laparoscope is inserted.

IVF: The females diagnosed with tubal or pelvic disease can undergo for correction of reproductive organs or conceive through In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) techniques.

Medical Therapy: The females diagnosed with ovulation problems may be prescribed drugs such as clompiphene citrate, letrozole, or gonadotropins.

Intrauterine Insemination: In this procedure semen is collected, rinsed with a special solution and then put into the uterus at the time of ovulation.

ICSI: Also know as Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection; this method is applied for sperm related infertility.

GIFT (Gamete intra-fallopian tube transfer) and ZIFT (zygote intra-fallopian transfer): Egg retrieved from the woman, injected with sperm and then placed back into the uterus.

Egg donation: This procedure works in females who do not have normal ovaries but have a normal uterus.