Signs of infertility

There are many factors that contribute to the signs of infertility. Some of them are...

Progesterone and infertility are linked through The Pill which can result in temporary infertility after having stopped taking it. Hormone imbalances induced by environmental poisons are a major factor in the infertility of many people.

One of the commonest impending signs is low body-fat. It is vital for a woman to keep her body-fat above 20% of her total weight, otherwise she will stop menstruating.

One of the least known but commonest causes of infertility is a lack of progesterone during the second half of the monthly cycle. This is known as a 'defective luteal phase'.

For pregnancy to occur oestrogen first builds the lining of the uterus, then after ovulation the role of progesterone is to thicken that lining ready for the fertilized egg. Inadequate progesterone reduces fertility.

Research into the causes of infertility has shown that often conception occurs in a fertile woman to be followed by failure of the egg to embed itself in the lining. A lack of progesterone and infertility go hand in glove as this hormone is vital for pregnancy, but if the interval between ovulation and menstruation is too short (less than 12 days) it means that not enough progesterone has been produced. This could result in a miscarriage as early as the next menstruation.

So, you could be fertile whilst showing all the signs of infertility!

The only sign of miscarriage might be a heavier period and/or pain. The reason for this is that the egg takes about 14 days to reach the uterus, and unless the ovaries maintain a high level of progesterone during this time menstruation will occur before the egg is embedded. In these cases the condition is only apparent and is easily corrected.

Another of the signs of infertility is the anovulatory cycle, in which a woman does not ovulate. This has always been common in women from their mid-thirties, but research has found that increasingly younger women are also suffering from these cycles. Too much oestrogen during the luteal phase, particularly the xeno-oestrogens such as DDT, can cause infertility.

Zinc deficiency is another cause. This difficiency can also result in small sex organs and late sexual maturation in men. A high level of zinc is found in the male sex organs and the sperm itself.