Trying To Get Pregnant After 35 – Fertility Chances
Are you over 35 and considering the prospect of trying to get pregnant? It is a scary time in my opinion and, for me, left me with lots of questions about whether my husband and I would even be able to start a family. We have only been married 2 years so we would like to have had a little bit longer, but I am now 36 years old and we don’t want to leave it until too late. The thing that is motivating me is that I don’t know what our fertility chances are, so in order to learn a little bit more I started researching on the internet and have found the following.
Where do I even begin with the fertility issues that women are affected with. Here are just two of the factors that can affect a womans’ fertility. 1. Body Weight -either underweight or overweight can cause problems with fertility chances. Underweight women may not be able to conceive and if they do, the fetus/baby requires a lot of nutrition that underweight mothers may not be able to provide. (Well that’s not the problem I’ve got…) Overweight women on the other hand, can have difficulties conceiving due to incorrect hormone levels which are caused by the obesity.
2. The other problem involves issues with the reproductive organs. In the ovaries, women can suffer from conditions such as fibroids, Poly Cystic Ovaries or twisted ovaries. And then also in the uterus we are affected by things like endometriosis. This can cause you to have further issues such as diminished ovarian reserve, low progesterone count and other ovulation disorders. I’m not overly happy with the knowledge that I am both overweight and have suffered from endometriosis for many years.
But don’t forget, it’s not just the women that have the fertility issues. Men can have fertility issues such as: low sperm count and low sperm motility, injury or chronic diseases, sperm blockage or even an STD. And then both of us can have our fertility affected by other factors such as malnutrition, a depressed mental condition and endocrinology factors.
It is because of all these other factors in our life that we have decided to take an holistic approach to trying to get pregnant after 35. We are aware that our chances of conceiving naturally, diminish as we get older so we are going to get our bodies and our minds right first. I think that’s the right place to start.
If you want to learn more about the holistic approach we took when trying to get pregnant if you’re over 35, check out Michelle Rudge’s blog at www.TryingToGetPregnantNow.com