How To Prevent Secondary Infertility and Get Pregnant Again

Secondary infertility is a diagnosis for couples having trouble conceiving when they already have had another child or children. This type of infertility is different from primary infertility where the couple has not been able to conceive even once.

Secondary infertility is often more difficult to accept -for the couple- as well as those around them. ‘When are you going to have your next one?’ a wise aunt quips at the family reunion. ‘Cassie has a baby brother, I want one too, Mommy,’ says your preschooler and ‘Honey, don’t wait too long,’ reasons your mother-in-law.

If the system has worked already then it should work as before, right? In OB/GYN lingo, the mother has already a proven birth canal and so further. When it comes to the very first conceive, it is alike a small cake piece for majority of the parents. While subsequent or second times, it is also nothing but only another game of ball altogether.

What is family dynamics

Some main reasons when it comes to secondary infertility can be that you don’t have energy or time for intercourse during your most fertile period of the month because of your other children’s demands.

Physical factors - You have to consider these factors

It could have been several years since you had the first baby and your peak fertile time has passed. Women are their most fertile in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties. Infertility starts casting a greater shadow after 38 and more so after forty.

If significant weight is gain without shedding the pregnancy pounds then it can also lead to conceiving difficulty and hormonal imbalance. If a women loss her original partner with whom she had her very first child can also create the reason to raise a red flag for the reproductive endocrinologists.

Some additional testing may be required for the new partner. Beside these, some of the other such complicated factors include abortions or miscarried pregnancies, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and pelvic or uterine disorders after the born of first child.

Please take note of emotional factors

The case of secondary infertility is really a tough job to accept. If discussing about this subject matter is considered as a hard work then the parent may have to add another layer on their burden and guilt.

However, this should not be the case. Secondary infertility is anyway harder to accept. By making it harder to discuss can add another layer of burden and guilt on the parents. Couples are often recommended to decide on a time frame by which they will try to get pregnant or consider alternatives like surrogacy or adoption. Or they can choose the number of tries they will give a particular treatment like in vitro fertilization. Having a limit in their minds often helps in finding closure and accepting destiny. Faith also plays a part in accepting any kid of infertility.