5 Small Steps to Naturally Improve Your Fertility

Have you been trying to get pregnant with no success? I've been there. You are not alone. Infertility affects more and more couples each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of 2010 about 6.7 million American women suffer from infertility. Infertility is defined as as the inability to conceive after one year of well-timed, unprotected intercourse (or after six months if the woman is over 35) or the inability to carry a viable pregnancy to live birth. It's important to remember that having infertility isn't just about not being able to conceive, but it also represents the inability to stay pregnant as well. Infertility isn't only about women, either. About 4 million males ages 25-44 in the U.S. experience some form of infertility. So, what do you do now? Many fertility doctors will recommend treatments, but fertility treatments can be cost-prohibitive for many couples. Assisted reproductive technologies like IVF are used in less than 3 percent of infertility cases. IVF costs an average of $12,000-$15,000 per cycle, and associated medications may add as much as $3,000-$5,000 more. And generally, two or more IVF cycles are necessary to achieve pregnancy. Cost isn't the only factor -- there are the emotional costs, invasive procedures and time intensive treatment regimens to take into account as well. Here's what you may not know: If you're struggling to get pregnant and you don't have a specific type of infertility where IVF is required, there are many fac...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news