Contents:
- Medical Video: Why can a second child be so hard to conceive? - Dr. Uzma Zeenath Taher
- Why are there couples who have difficulty adding children?
- The cause of difficulty getting pregnant again is secondary infertility
- 1. Age and fertility rates
- 2. Sperm quality
- 3. Related opportunities
Medical Video: Why can a second child be so hard to conceive? - Dr. Uzma Zeenath Taher
For some couples, getting a second child is not as easy as first having a child. There are those who need years to get a second child, not even a few who end up only having one child, because it is difficult to get pregnant again. The possibility of this condition is caused by secondary infertility or fertility disorders to get a second child. Why does this happen?
Why are there couples who have difficulty adding children?
According to Anthony Luciano, obstetrician from the Center for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, New Britain General Hospital, Connecticut, USA, 60% of mothers have had children, whether there are only one or more. risk of experiencing secondary infertility. In fact, in couples who are healthy and have no problems with the reproductive organs, this risk of secondary infertility may occur.
Difficult to conceive a second or third child and subsequently can occur in couples of reproductive age (20-34 years) or those who have passed reproductive age (over 35 years). The cause of secondary infertility is actually almost the same as primary infertility or infertility that occurs in couples who find it difficult to have their first child.
In the span of time since you gave birth to the first child to plan to get pregnant again, many things and changes can occur in your reproductive organs and your partner. This change is not impossible to cause the pregnancy process to be disturbed or difficult to occur.
That is why, from the beginning you should both make a plan for the number of children and the distance between births of the first and second children. The distance, try between 18-48 months so that the selection of how you do KB is easier to do.
The cause of difficulty getting pregnant again is secondary infertility
1. Age and fertility rates
Fertility rates are closely related to the age of a married couple. However, that does not mean pregnancy cannot occur when the mother's age or father enters 40 years. In fact, female fertility will decline dramatically when entering the age of 35 years and over. This condition is due to the production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone decreases with increasing age.
If the first child is obtained when the mother's age is close to 35 years and wants to get a second child with a distance of 3 or 4 years, it is highly recommended that the mother improve the fertility rate so that the pregnancy remains healthy even though the age of the mother enters 38 or 39 years.
Preferably, consult this issue with a fertility doctor in a hospital or special fertility clinic that already exists in various regions. Make efforts to improve the quality of your health and your husband as a whole, thus the quality of fertility will also increase.
If a variety of efforts and handling with drugs have been undertaken but have not succeeded. You can try fertilization by inserting sperm cells into the uterus through artificial insemination or by fertilization outside the uterus, the IVF method.
2. Sperm quality
Male fertility also needs attention. If the motion of sperm is slow and the amount is small, fertilization can be inhibited. Fatigue and unhealthy lifestyles are one of the triggers for poor sperm quality. You should not hesitate to check the quality of sperm because handling is very easy. Even easier than handling fertility disorders in the mother.
3. Related opportunities
Lack of time to have sex can also be a trigger for the difficulty of getting a second child. This may be due to the husband's work schedule which often goes out of town so the opportunity to have sex with his wife while in fertile period is also limited. As a result, the fertilization process is more difficult to occur.
Ideally, consulting the problem of secondary infertility or trouble getting pregnant again for the second pregnancy is carried out jointly by the couple so that fertility challenges can be handled thoroughly. The second pregnancy was immediately realized.
