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Infertility is the inability to conceive after one year of regular, unprotected sexual activity or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term.

On average, between 10% and 20% of couples in Ireland are unable to conceive after one year of trying. Women reach the peak of fertility in their early twenties. Couples in their twenties who are in good physical health and engage in regular sexual activity have about a 25% to 30% chance per month of conceiving. Women in their thirties, particularly those over the age of thirty-five, have less than a 10% chance per month of becoming pregnant.

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What causes infertility?

Infertility may be due to problems in the female, the male or a combination of both. In some cases, the cause is not known.

Some common female factors that may cause or contribute to infertility include:

  • Damage to the fallopian tubes following infection or surgery;
  • Uterine fibroids;
  • High levels of the hormone prolactin;
  • Ovulation problems;
  • Endometriosis;
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease;
  • Galactorhoea (milk leaking from the breasts).
  • Amennorhoea (absence of periods).
  • Hostile cervical mucus. This is a condition in which the cervical mucus creates a thick barrier that sperm cannot penetrate.
  • Sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia;
  • The production of sperm antibodies (when a woman develops antibodies to her partner’s sperm).

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