Having to conceive a child would be a dream come true for most couples. There are a lot of couples that have been blessed with children. But there are those who are seemingly unlucky and have difficulties in getting pregnant. Infertility is most of the time associated with women than men.

Infertility is defined to be an unsuccessful conception for a whole year of trying to get pregnant which means having unprotected sexual intercourse.  A couple should no fret when they fail in trying to get pregnant even for a couple of months. But if they are still unsuccessful for a year or over they should consult a fertility doctor and run tests. A series of comprehensive medical tests will be undertaken by the couple. It includes semen analysis, ovulations tests, laparoscopy to determine if a woman has pelvic adhesions or endometriosis and taking pregnancy and menstrual histories. These medical examinations will help verify the causes and factors of infertility to about 70 to 85 percent of couples.

Female infertility has many factors and causes. This includes ovarian dysfunction, fibroids or abnormalities in the uterus, hormonal imbalance, thyroid problems, tissue scars from past surgeries, low sperm count of the partner and sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s).  Forty percent of all the cases of infertility is associated with female infertility, the other forty percent is with male infertility and the remaining 20 percent is from undetermined causes.

Knowing the cause of infertility can help you derive in a decision in what female infertility treatment to undertake. You need to discuss and consult a fertility doctor to know what female infertility treatment is right for you.  Nowadays there is a big advancement in assisted reproductive technology. ART (assisted reproductive technology) uses fertility drugs or hormonal therapy together with various artificial insemination techniques.

Fertility drugs are used as female infertility treatment as these drugs will let the ovaries to produce more eggs. These hormonal therapy drugs will help stimulate ovulation and produce more eggs which increase the chances of fertilization. Artificial insemination techniques such as intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT), egg  (oocyte) donation and gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) are also done to increase the chances of pregnancy. Discuss with a fertility doctor about these methods and see if which of these female infertility treatments will work for you.

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Scheduled drugs and systematic treatment can cure most of the above mentioned infertility problems except ageing and chronic diseases, although these treatments are quite expensive and may have harmful side effects. Additional treatment may be required to cure the side effects. Treatments conducted through IVF or In Vitro Fertilization and ICSI or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection is best among the other methods of infertility treatment. In this technique, the egg cells outside the womb are fertilized by the sperm and then transferred inside. This treatment is suggested when other techniques fail to give results. This technique is a hormonally controlled ovulation progression. In this treatment involves, the ova is removed from the female’s ovaries and helps the sperm to fertilize in a fluid medium. But this is not a normal process at all and involves excavation of the eggs from the ovary, fertilizing them in an outside laboratory and putting them back in the uterus. In the normal process, the human decides to pick the healthiest sperm for reproducing the egg but in the artificial process, the embryologist takes this decision. However, when he fails to pick the healthiest sperm and egg, it may cause the ill health of the child during birth and even later in life.

Some alternative techniques with a holistic approach are fast becoming popular in order to cure the problem of secondary infertility. These techniques are all the more preferred by people as these have less or no side effects at all.

The acupuncture method, for example, especially ear acupuncture or Auricular is very effective in cases where female infertility has been caused by some kind of malfunction of the ovary. The hormonal message that is transferred from brain to ovary is the most beneficial result received from this technique. In accordance to the investigative trials, those women who have received acupuncture treatment for about 30 times within a time period of 3 months have shown good results. Those female who underwent hormonal therapy along with it suffered from side effects.

In the alternative treatment techniques, diet and lifestyle changes are given a lot of importance. Regular intake of such things that contain caffeine like coffee, chocolate, cocoa, green tea (containing caffeine), black tea and colored soft drinks which has harmful effects on conception is discouraged. According to a study, one and a half cup of coffee for a woman who is trying for pregnancy is sure to delay her conception. Thus coffee is a strictly a no-no for patients suffering from infertility.

Diets that include fish contaminated with PCB or Polychlorinated Biphenyls are also believed to be a cause for substantial reduction in the ability to become pregnant. According to one study, women who had more than one meal containing fish contaminated with PCBs (procured from Lake Ontario), developed reduced fecundity within a month.

The best result for the treatment of infertility has been reported through the Chinese medicines, acupuncture and of course, the holistic approach. The holistic approach reaches to the depth of the problem and only then delivers physical, spiritual as well as emotional treatment, rather than only investigating the organs. On the other side, the conventional approach to the problem of infertility fails to successfully detect and remove the real causes and moreover, causes side effects. The holistic approach suggests a natural remedy and a way of life that can really solve the problem as soon as the real cause is determined.  

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