Discussing Infertility.

Infertility can occur in both partners or in one. These days there is a range of treatment available for infertile couples. Some of the treatments available are hormonal tablets I.b.s treatment. Sometimes the treatments you have don’t always work so you could retake the treatment or take another one.

There are also many techniques available and there are loads more on the way. Some couples who can’t have babies get emotional, what they don’t realise is now there are 13 different ways of having a baby without having sexual intercourse. The person might feel pressure on themselves about not having a baby, when the partners are around other people such as family members of friends that have children they might feel like the odd people out. If infertility is in only one of the partners it could cause tension between both of them, the other might feel like a failure or incomplete like there is something missing from there life. They both might feel like it is a punishment from god.

 Reasons for infertility could be smoking and drinking (alcohol) or drug abuse. They could have other reasons such as illnesses e.g. cancer, prostate ovarian, stress/anxiety. Depression could also cause to infertility problems or a previously fails abortion, blockage of fallopian tubes. The medical technique assists conception is called

 In-vitro   fertilisation (IVF) there are many more medical techniques. If the partners don’t want to get any medical treatments they could always ADOPT a child.

        By Zara Naser Rehman