Imagine yourself this situation. You are in your mid-20's, having a successful career and a very supportive and loving husband. You are now excited to get pregnant and have the child that you have been eagerly waiting for. A year has passed, two years...and then five years. But alas! You were still not able to conceive a child. Then you ask the big question: why can't I get pregnant? Is there something wrong with me?
What is the answer? It could be yes, but it could also be no. This question is on the minds of many women who find themselves in a seemingly endless waiting game when all they want is to become pregnant. Society doesn't help at all, when the expectation is still for women to have children and live the life of a mother. To some extremely conservative people, a woman who cannot have children is seen as not fulfilling her purpose in life. In extreme cases, some women are alienated from their families and communities because of this one simple issue. Different explanations exist for the inability to conceive. A few of these reasons are listed below:
*Smoking and alcohol intake- Several studies have already revealed that people who smoke and drink alcohol have difficulty in getting pregnant. This is because smoking and alcohol intake lowers the estrogen level of women. Effects of the chemicals present in them can reduce the nutrients that a woman should have to get ready for pregnancy. In the same way, if your partner cannot do away with these vices, it can also lower their sperm count necessary for pregnancy to take place.
-Contraceptive pills - A large number of women today are taking advantage of the cheapest and easiest form of birth control you can get: contraceptive pills. Many times these pills are used to control not just when a woman gets pregnant, but also how many children she will have. But sometimes when women stop taking the pill in hopes of becoming pregnant, there can be residual effects. Why does this happen? A whole host of hormonal changes can occur when women are taking a contraceptive pill, and it is possible that the body and a woman's ability to get pregnant can be adversely effected by having been on the pill.
*Stress, stress and stress- Since everything now is going global, people from all walks of life are also keeping at pace with the modern world. In short, everybody is busy working and this can cause stress. In First World countries, stress is the major factor on why people acquire lifestyle diseases. Stress also contributes why women can't get pregnant. Sometimes couples are just too tired to have sex. And when they do, it didn't match with the perfect timing in the ovulation cycle. Sex should be done at the peak of the woman's ovulation cycle.
~Age: When the woman gets to the age of 35 and older it is harder to fertilize the eggs because the hormones are not as high as they were when the woman was younger. A man can also become infertile when they get into their 40s because of the same problems with hormonal changes. Younger women will have more regular ovulation cycles that are also more high quality.
~Medical problems: It can be hard to get pregnant if a woman has undiagnosed diabetes or any issues with the thyroid.
Natasha Marryat runs the Why Can't I Get Pregnant blog where she blogs about pregnancy issues. Hop over to her blog to learn more about trying to get pregnant.
