Life seems unfair sometimes doesn't it? As you walk through the park you ask yourself why that couple playing with their son on the swing were able to have a child. You question why that woman sitting on the park bench was able to conceive.
You and your partner, on the other hand, have been trying to have a baby for more than a year now -- and there is still no pitter patter of little feet in your house.
Of course you're frustrated, confused and downright angry! Who wouldn't be! And of course you have questions -- it seems like an infinite list of questions -- about the whole process.
Doctor, why can't I get pregnant? Is it me? Is it my husband? Is it temporary? Will I ever be able to have children?
For many women, getting married and having children is the center piece of a life well lived. For many couples, the desire and joy of having a baby, raising them, watching them grow and sharing a natural, extended love, is something they have dreamed about for years.
But that dream for about 10 to 15 percent of all couples in the United States is just an empty promise. These couples are infertile. Try as they might, they are unable to conceive.
The medical community defines infertility as the inability to get pregnant after at least one year of repeated, frequent attempts. In other words, if you and your partner are not using any type of birth control, have had sex for at least a year and you still have no child, medically speaking you're considered infertile.
Is it a death sentence? Does it mean that you'll never be able to have a child? Even though you may think so right at this moment, actually nothing could be further from the truth.
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