What Causes Infertility In Women?

There are many causes of infertility in women, but one in particular stands out. Find out the most common reason a woman might have trouble getting pregnant by watching this video featuring obstetrician and gynecologist Evelyn Minaya, M.D.

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There are a lot of causes for infertility in women. The number one cause believe it or not is age. As we have ageing eggs, we also

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have more propensity unfortunately, for it to make mistakes at the time of division. That's number one. Believe it or not one third

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of the time it is the woman, one third of the of the time it is the man and one third of the time it is unknown, and that's the most

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frustrating part about infertility. Remember the definition of infertility is the inability to become pregnant on your own. A

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normal fertile couple at the age of 30 usually it takes about a year to a year and a half to become pregnant. Usually by the age of

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35 we really have to shorten that window because unfortunately the age matters, and now other factors also matter.