Posted on 02/03/2019 6:59:58 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Infertility is a part of life for 1 in every 8 couples in the United States. Most people know that risk factors like age and tobacco use can make having a baby difficult, yet, there are young, tobacco-free families who struggle to get pregnant in every community. Because knowledge is critical in safeguarding your reproductive health, here are five causes of infertility you may never have heard of.
1. LEEP Procedures
If you’ve ever had an abnormal Pap smear, you may have heard of LEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure). With this treatment, doctors use an electrically heated wire loop to cut abnormal cells off the cervix. This works very well to protect a woman from cervical cancer. If she gets pregnant afterward, however, it also increases her risk of a devastating second-trimester miscarriage or premature birth.
There are other methods to treat suspicious cells, like cryotherapy, which may have fewer fertility risks. But depending on how abnormal your tests are, those treatments may not make you and your doctor feel confident enough that you’ve stopped cancer in its tracks. If you’re ever in this position, make sure your provider knows about your plans for your fertility so she can balance all the goals of treatment.
2. Abortion
It’s a common myth that terminating a pregnancy can’t cause infertility. Even Planned Parenthood’s website confidently reassures patients that having an abortion “[doesn’t] affect your fertility.” Meanwhile, the National Infertility Association, RESOLVE, encourages women concerned about getting pregnant to be sure to tell their doctor if they’ve had two or more abortions. The Association’s website says that’s because terminations are associated with Fallopian tube disease, which itself is a factor in 20% of infertility cases.
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