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Infertility is not a medical problem |
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Clarify - Infertility is definitely a medical problem which can be due to the disease of the reproductive tract either in male or female |
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Infertility requires advanced experimental technologies that have a low probability of success. |
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Clarify - Each & every patient do not require advanced procedures to
conceive. Normally 90 - 95% of couples can be treated successfully with
simple inexpensive hormonal treatment, planned relations & Intrauterine
insemination (IUI ). Only 5 -10% of couples require advanced ART
procedures like IVF / ICSI to alleviate continuing infertility. And with the
advancements in fertility, the pregnancy / take home baby rate is far more
( almost double ) than the natural pregnancy rate a normal couple has in
any month |
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Infertility services are just too costly for society to bear. |
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Clarify - The cost of the Infertility services had gone down drastically in the last decade due to relaxation of Import norms and now even a low middle class couple can also afford the treatment comfortably. |
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You are more fertile in the first months after you go off the pill. |
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Clarify – usage of Oral Contraceptive Pills usually delays pregnancy
temporarily after discontinuation. They are useful in cases of androgen
excess to correct hormonal imbalance if given for a short period &
prolonged use can lead to ovarian insensitivity |
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Your chances of conceiving are better if the woman has an orgasm. |
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Clarify - There is no relation between conception & orgasm in a woman. The vaginal contractions which happen during orgasm may aid in the transport of spermatozoa but are not essential for it, since fertilization of the ovum is not dependent on orgasm. |
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Adoption relaxes you and brings back your fertility. |
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Clarify – Adoption can not bring back the fertility but it may reduce the psychological stress of a couple which can be the reason of an occasional pregnancy in couples with intermediate factors. |
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Keeping your pelvis elevated during and after sex helps the sperm reach the egg. |
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Clarify – It is the alkaline pH of cervical mucus which attracts spermatozoa towards the uterus & fallopian tubes and not the position of pelvis |
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Douching can make you more fertile. |
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Clarify – It is important for a woman to maintain the personal hygiene properly to keep genital tract healthy but it is not required
to go for douching as it does not increase the chances of conception. |
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You must have sex everyday to conceive. |
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Clarify – The sexual intercourse every 2-3 days around the time of fertile period can make a normal healthy couple with out any fertility problems pregnant. |
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