WHAT ARE UTERINE FIBROIDS? Uterine fibroids are growths in your uterus. They’re usually not dangerous, but they can cause pain, heavy bleeding, and problems with fertility or pregnancy.   WHAT ARE UTERINE FIBROIDS? Uterine fibroids are growths that develop on the wall of your uterus. They’re also called leiomyomas or myomas. They can be smaller than a […]

1. What are fibroids? Fibroids are abnormal growths that develop in or on a woman’s uterus. Sometimes these tumors become quite large and cause severe abdominal pain and heavy periods. In other cases, they cause no signs or symptoms at all. The growths are typically benign, or noncancerous. The cause of fibroids is unknown. 2. […]

EVERY DAY LIFESTYLE CHOICES COULD BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING YOUR FERTILITY. Roughly 10 percent of couples experience infertility issues at some point, with male infertility contributing to 50 percent of fertility problems. Male Infertility may be the sole reason that a couple can’t conceive, or it may simply add to the difficulties experienced. Male infertility occurs […]

WHAT DOES AZOOSPERMIA MEAN TO YOUR FERTILITY When it comes to talking about infertility, there are still many people that think of it as a primarily female issue. This is far from true and thinking like this may actually hurt your chances of getting pregnant. When you don’t look into the health and fertility of […]

WHAT IS MALE INFERTILITY? Failure to get pregnant is defined as clinical infertility if pregnancy is not established after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. While either one or both of the partners may contribute to the reproductive challenges of the couple, male infertility, like female infertility, is a clinical diagnosis that can only be […]

Varicoceles are a collection of veins (blood vessels) which become enlarged, inside the scrotum. They can be asymptomatic in some men, and cause pain and infertility in others. It’s estimated that varicoceles may play a role in up to 40% of couples dealing with infertility, defined as the inability to get pregnant after one year […]

When infertile couples try to conceive without success, they may discover the male is suffering from Azoospermia. Azoospermia (when there is no measurable amount of sperm in the ejaculate) affects a notable percentage of men and exists in two main forms: obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia. Obstructive Azoospermia occurs when men are born without a Vas […]

WHAT IS AZOOSPERMIA? Azoospermia is a condition that prevents a man from having sperm in his semen. It is a major cause of male subfertility. Subfertility is a condition that prevents a man from getting a woman pregnant after 1 year of unprotected regular sex. This means that no birth control methods, such as birth […]

WHAT IS A VARICOCELE? The scrotum is a skin-covered sac that holds your testicles. It also contains the arteries and veins that deliver blood to the reproductive glands. A vein abnormality in the scrotum may result in a varicocele. A varicocele is an enlargement of the veins within the scrotum. These veins are called the pampiniform plexus. […]

WHAT IS TERATOSPERMIA OR TERATOZOOSPERMIA? Teratospermia is defined as an abnormal sperm morphology. It is also called as Teratozoospermia. This disorder causes males to produce abnormally shaped sperm. The sperm produced are defective either at head, mid piece or tail. Teratospermia is considered as one of the causes of male infertility. Defects in sperm are classified depending […]