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fertility* disorder* your body* food & diet* mother, baby & child April 2011

getting ready

Secondary Infertility

You already have a baby and everything was straightforward
last time around. Now it may come as a complete shock to
find that it’s taking a while to conceive this time and often the
biggest step in coping with the problem is deciding that you

may actually need some help this time around.

Secondary infertility,
defines Dr Mira Bajirova,
Consultant Obstetrics
and Gynecology at Euromed
Clinic, is when a couple have not
conceived after spending one
year trying to get pregnant, and
despite having had no problems
in getting pregnant in the past.
“While primary infertility gets the
most media attention, secondary
infertility is just as common,”
she says, adding, “Women
who have had no difficulty in
conceiving previously will start
to question why they are not
pregnant if they have spent one
year or more having intercourse
during the most fertile time
of their menstrual cycles.” In
fact, secondary infertility is a
real problem that accounts for
approximately 60 percent of the
existing cases of infertility. More
than 3.3 million women in the
U.S. alone suffer with secondary
infertility, and the numbers are
rising every year. Unfortunately,
couples suffering with secondary
infertility don’t often get the
help and support they need from

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