Emily's Story
/This is a collage of our 12, 16 and 20 week scans. We still cannot believe it's real!
Read MoreThis is a collage of our 12, 16 and 20 week scans. We still cannot believe it's real!
Read MoreAfter four years and several early, but no less heart-breaking, miscarriages an unofficial diagnosis of ‘unexplained infertility’ was ours.
Read MoreI had no idea it was possible to get pregnant naturally with the assistance of acupuncture, 6 weeks post a failed IVF transfer.
Read MoreDiagnosed infertility is not common although on the increase (perhaps due to greater awareness), Sub fertility is far more common. It is possible to not actually be diagnosed as infertile yet still struggle to conceive. Sometimes this is referred to as unexplained infertility.
No male factor infertility is on the increase. This is something that isn’t talked about too much, but something to always take into consideration.
From the time you get your period (menarce) until the time you cease (menopause). So long as there are no other presenting problems one could argue she remains fertile all this time. However, fertility declines with age mostly because the quality of the egg (and to some extent the sperm) declines with age.
Women have what is called a fertile window, which is a few days in the middle of the month when she produces an egg from a follicle in her ovary. Often vagina secretions change and become like egg whites. If you have a 28-day cycle then you ovulate around day 14 (but this varies), Emma states that increasing sex from day 8 is advisable.