Get Pregnant With These Tips Over Secondary Infertility

by Eddy Kong

Secondary infertility is a diagnosis for couples having trouble conceiving when they already have had another child or children. This type of infertility is different from primary infertility where the couple has not been able to conceive even once.

Of course, more often, it is extremely difficult accepting secondary infertility for couples as well as for those who are around these couples. A wise aunt quips ‘When are you going to have your next one?’ during the family reunion. ‘James has a baby brother, I also want one, Mum,’ states your young child and ‘Honey, please don’t wait for so long,’ says your mother-in-law.

The system should work again, if it has worked before, right? The mother has a proven birth canal and so on in OB/GYN lingo. The first conceive is like a small piece of cake for most of the parents. When it comes to subsequent or second time, it is just another game of ball altogether.

What is family dynamics

Some of the reasons for secondary infertility can be as simple as not having time or energy for intercourse at your most fertile time of the month because of the demands of your other children.

You have to take physical factors before any decision to conceive

It could have been several years since you had the first baby and your peak fertile time has passed. Women are their most fertile in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties. Infertility starts casting a greater shadow after 38 and more so after forty.

Significant weight gain by not shedding the pregnancy pounds can also lead to a hormonal imbalance and difficulty in conceiving. Loss of original partner with who the woman had the first child can raise a red flag for reproductive endocrinologists.

Some additional testing may be required for the new partner. Beside these, some of the other such complicated factors include abortions or miscarried pregnancies, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and pelvic or uterine disorders after the born of first child.

Emotional factors

An emotional rollercoaster that also rides with secondary infertility is that the when the couples are struggling with the feel of primary infertility that patients of the secondary infertility are being ungrateful. ‘They have been able to conceive at least one child’ and ‘they have been gone through the experience of child birth at least once’ is what they have to regret. This can obviously be one of the reasons behind why many secondary infertility cases are not discussed about.

However, the case should not be this way. It’s really hard to accept the secondary infertility. If it becomes harder to discuss about this matter then another layer of guilt and burden will be added on the parents. Generally, Couples are recommended to opt on a time frame by which they will attempt once for getting pregnant either considers other alternatives such as adoption or surrogacy. In addition, they can prefer other several tries where they have to go through specific treatment such as in vitro fertilization. However, Faith also plays a vital role in acceptance of any child of infertility.

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