When a couple is facing a problem in having a child, a general trend is to blame the woman for being infertile. In fact, it is not wrong to say that infertility is a potential medical problem and a social problem too. Unfortunately, various cultural customs and blind faiths still prevail, making it all the more difficult for women to plan assisted reproductive procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is imperative that lack of knowledge and belief in age-old tales have made people ignore scientific facts. But not anymore. It is time to gather knowledge and spread the knowledge so that the myths don\u2019t hold women as the responsible entity for infertility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myth #1: Infertility is strictly a female problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s true that women bear children in their bodies. But it’s not true that the child happens because of the woman only. It takes one sperm and one ovum to create the embryo. Naturally, it\u2019s a disgrace for a society where people still believe that infertility is a women\u2019s problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Infertility has never been a gender-specific condition. It can affect both men and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, you must have begun to understand that the males can have major fertility issues too, leading to infertility and failed attempts to conceive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myth #2: Men are always fertile, unlike women.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n All of you know that women have a short fertility window. But that never implies men can be reproductively active as long as they live. As a woman starts approaching menopause, her reproductive abilities start decreasing. Similarly, when a man reaches the age of 45, the sperm count begins to decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you read the different research studies, you will see that women suffering from miscarriages or premature delivery often have older partners. There is a high chance of genetic disorder in the child if a couple plans to have a child when the man is above 70 years. So, both males and females have a healthy reproductive phase. Infertility sets in with aging and is not based on sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myth #3: Women should lead a healthy lifestyle for being fertile.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nowadays, the stress factor is a major concern in men and women leading to increased cases of infertility. It\u2019s scientifically incorrect to say that infertility happens in women only when the woman leads an unhealthy life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, infertility will set in, if a man or a woman leads a stressful life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n