Fertility

We often talk about women's fertility, but men also have a lot to say at this point. Surely you have wondered on occasion, can you improve male fertility? How? We will give all the keys in this regard. Like many aspects of health, a healthy lifestyle has a lot to do with the fertility of man.

Male infertility is the inability to cause a pregnancy, which is often due to a low sperm count. But the fact that pregnancy takes time to achieve, having ruled out female fertility problems, does not necessarily mean that the man is sterile. If after a semen analysis that offers data about the quantity, mobility and shape of the sperm gives normal results (the sperm have a normal shape and mobility), it is likely that the fertility of man is normal and that in the next "attempts" pregnancy arrives.

Science can not say yet, that this has occurred, although there are several doctors, such as the surgeon Mats Brännström, who along with a team of surgeons at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have performed the uterus transplant to nine women who think which is feasible, in fact, although it remains anonymous it is known that it is being attempted.

They say that in this world there are people for everything and it seems that it is becoming a universal law, who has not reached the typical link to "the list of ten [fill in here what corresponds]" and since the Internet landed in our homes, the practice of rankings or lists has become an art.

Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia are developing what could be the first contraceptive pill for men, and that could be ready in ten years. The pill should be taken daily and is able to block the transport of sperm, so that even if it is ejaculated, the sperm does not contain sperm that can fertilize the ovum.

When a couple seeks a pregnancy that does not arrive, all kinds of worries arise. For those who want to know better their chances of conceiving, a new product has just been launched, unique is Spain: Predictor Fertility, a home fertility test for him and her. It is a couple pack that contains a male and female fertility test, which can be performed at any time in the privacy of the home to know if you are fertile with a reliability close to 100%.

Does rice pass to women to be mothers? That's what Get Britain Fertile points to a fertility campaign in Britain that has unleashed great controversy. The protagonist is Kate Garraway, a popular 46-year-old TV presenter, who had two children at 38 and 42, and now that she plans to have a third, she thinks it's too late to become a mother again.

Can you imagine being able to see the formation of cells that will give life to your baby? It looks like science fiction but it's real. An application installed on your mobile or on your computer, allows you to see the fertilization of your child online, a very emotional experience for parents who undergo fertility treatments.

Sometimes we have talked about goddesses of fertility, and this attribute is traditionally highlighted in women. But men also have much to say about it, and there are also some male fertility gods, such as the Egyptian Min or Menu. This god is always represented itifálico, that is, with the penis in erection.

Severe combined immunodeficiency, better known as bubble child syndrome, is a disease that only boys suffer. Girls, although they may be carriers, do not suffer from it. It is for this reason that couples who wanted to have children and in which the woman carried the disease used to have only girls.

Fertility has always been the object of devotion, and this is demonstrated by the multiple goddesses who embodied it. Astarte was the goddess of fertility and love already in ancient Mesopotamia, which went on to the Phoenicians, to the Sumerians like Inanna, to the Akkadians like Ishtar and to the Israelites Astarot (Asera or Ashêrâh).

This week we are talking in depth about sterility, infertility and emotional treatments and processes of families. Today we are going to interview Eva María Bernal, mother of three children born thanks to the help of fertility treatments, director of the counseling service "Creating a family" and author of the book "My assisted motherhood".

Yesterday we began this interview with psychologist Olga Carmona, co-director of Psychology CEIBE, in which she explained the hard process that can involve, from an emotional point of view, the diagnosis of fertility problems and the path, sometimes long, of treatments We continue to delve into these issues today within this week in which we are going to talk in depth about infertility and sterility.

The menstrual cycle of women involves many changes in the body and one of them is related to cervical mucus, an indicator of female fertility. The cervical mucus, unlike the vaginal discharge (produced by the vaginal glands), is secreted by the cervix and exerts an important function in the conception process.

We will dedicate this week to talk in depth about intertility and sterility, the causes and possible treatments, but also about the emotional processes surrounding these circumstances. And we started by interviewing the psychologist Olga Carmona, co-director of Psychology CEIBE and with whom we talked in our previous special about the hypersexualization of girls.

Spending a lot of time watching television decreases the chances of having children and not only because less time is spent on sexual intercourse. Specifically, for men watching too much television can mean a reduction in their fertility, according to a recent study. It has been proven that the fact of staying more than 20 hours a week in front of the TV screen is linked to a low sperm count, according to research from Harvard University (United States) that has published in its latest issue the "British Journal of Sports Medicine" magazine.

When a couple wishes to have a child and the pregnancy takes time to arrive, it is normal for doubts to arise about their ability to conceive. One should not become obsessed with the search for pregnancy, since that is in itself the first barrier, but it is important to recognize when there is an infertility problem.

The current lifestyle has made reproductive medicine increasingly important. There are many doubts that are presented to couples who want to have children and do not get it, and to clear them they can be very useful 'The essential in reproductive medicine', an interesting guide on reproduction.

The hereditary factor could somehow help predict the chances of conceiving in a woman, depending on when her mother stopped being fertile. This is indicated by a study that has just come to light, which relates the age of the mother's menopause with the daughter's fertility. Danish researchers found that women whose mothers had an early menopause had fewer ovules in their ovaries than women whose mothers had a late menopause.

When you want to have a baby and after years of trying the pregnancy does not arrive, it is a very distressing situation for the couple. But laughing at infertility can be a way to overcome it. 'Naomi Infértil' is the nickname of an anonymous American mother who has found in humor a way to deal with the traumatic situation of seeing how her dream was frustrated month after month.