Lecture 6
Infertility
, Requirements for Conception
• Production of healthy egg and sperm
• Unblocked tubes that allow sperm to reach the
egg
• The sperms ability to penetrate and fertilize the
egg
• Implantation of the embryo into the uterus
• Finally a healthy pregnancy
, Infertility
• The inability to conceive following
unprotected sexual intercourse
– 1 year (age < 35) or 6 months (age >35)
– Affects 15% of reproductive couples
• 6.1 million couples
– Men and women equally affected
, Types of Infertility
• Primary infertility
– a couple that has never conceived
• Secondary infertility
– infertility that occurs after previous
pregnancy regardless of outcome
Infertility
, Requirements for Conception
• Production of healthy egg and sperm
• Unblocked tubes that allow sperm to reach the
egg
• The sperms ability to penetrate and fertilize the
egg
• Implantation of the embryo into the uterus
• Finally a healthy pregnancy
, Infertility
• The inability to conceive following
unprotected sexual intercourse
– 1 year (age < 35) or 6 months (age >35)
– Affects 15% of reproductive couples
• 6.1 million couples
– Men and women equally affected
, Types of Infertility
• Primary infertility
– a couple that has never conceived
• Secondary infertility
– infertility that occurs after previous
pregnancy regardless of outcome
