Trying To Get Pregnant After 35 – Fertility Chances
Have you arrived at that scary time in your life… where time has just caught up with you, and now you’re afraid you may have left it too late for trying to get pregnant? I’m now 36 (what?! Where did the last 6 years go?) and only now are my husband and I considering the prospect of having children. We have only been married two years but time is whizzing by and I can’t deny the fact that we need to get on to it soon. With all this talk of getting pregnant we have both begun to wonder about our fertility chances. My biggest fear is that we may have fertility issues (due to my age and medical history) so in order to educate myself a little bit more about what we may have to deal with, I have found the following.
First off, it’s us women that seem to have the most fertility issues. Here are just two of the main factors affecting fertility that are pertinent to most women I think. 1. Body Weight – often we think that just being overweight can affect our fertility. Overweight or obese women may not be able to conceive due to hormone issues brought on by obesity. But underweight women can problems too; if they are able to conceive some are not able to provide the fetus/baby with the nutrients they need.
2. The other major issue is with the ovaries and uterus. In the ovaries you can have problems like Poly Cystic Ovaries (PCO), twisted ovaries or fibroids. And then in the uterus, one of the most common causes of fertility issues is with endometriosis. This can cause further complications such as low progesterone count, diminished ovarian reserve and other ovulation disorders. It’s just my luck that I have both these issues to deal with, I’m overweight and have a long history of endometriosis.
But it’s not just us women that have fertility issues that need to be addressed. Men, of course, also have fertility issues like; low sperm count and motility, sperm blockages, an STD or may have even suffered an injury or chronic disease. And then there’s the other factors that affect both men and women, such as not enough minerals and vitamins, too much caffeine and alcohol, stress and a polluted environment.
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 after 35, check out Michelle Rudge’s blog at www.TryingToGetPregnantNow.com
