| There are so many top causes of infertility, it is | | | | for over 3 years, so I completely understand the |
| difficult to say which ones rank the highest. While | | | | anger, frustration and hope you are feeling. I |
| there are no concrete numbers or percentages for | | | | experienced first-hand the heartbreak of every |
| each cause, it is safe to say that there can be many | | | | month knowing it wasn't the month for you. But |
| issues that one person might be facing. And if that | | | | there are many things that can prevent a woman |
| person is facing an issue, it is the highest cause for | | | | from becoming a Mom. Many of these things are |
| them personally. | | | | reversible. It is a matter of becoming as educated as |
| Often the reasons a woman cannot get pregnant are | | | | you can be and to come to an understanding about |
| intertwined. It is difficult to say "this is my problem" | | | | how the body works. |
| and then address it, with the exception of a | | | | One can look at the body as a machine with many, |
| concrete medical diagnosis for something that is set | | | | many different parts and operating systems. If one |
| in stone, such as blocked fallopian tubes. If you have | | | | part or system breaks down, it affects the rest of |
| been diagnosed with something a little more vague, | | | | them. When one system in your body has a glitch, it |
| like Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) for | | | | can certainly affect the reproductive system. This is |
| example, there are certainly ways to live your life | | | | where understanding comes into play. If you do not |
| that can result in a wonderful pregnancy. And what | | | | understand how all these different systems interact |
| about unexplained infertility? You have gone through | | | | with each other, you may very well be missing the |
| all the tests, and the doctors say everything looks | | | | one piece of the puzzle that will result in having a |
| fine and to just relax. Relax? Is that doctor kidding | | | | baby. Since the reproductive system is not a |
| you? You know you had been relaxed for the first | | | | mandatory system in keeping the body physically |
| 6-12 months when you were first trying, so chances | | | | alive, it can suffer consequences if something else is |
| are that is not your issue. Even if you do not officially | | | | not working properly. But we know that the |
| have unexplained infertility, the road to figuring out | | | | reproductive system is mandatory in keeping a |
| what your issue might be is often a long, lonely and | | | | woman who wants a baby emotionally and spiritually |
| confusing one. All you want is to be able to be a | | | | alive. So now your job is to address your body as a |
| parent. Teenagers get pregnant, drug addicts get | | | | whole, to keep all the parts working as they were |
| pregnant, why can't you? It is such a natural thing, | | | | meant to be. |
| but it is not happening for you. I was in your shoes | | | | |