There are sadly loads of reasons! Blocked tubes is obviously one, but there are others such as a low sperm count (not enough sperm), poor sperm motility (they don’t swim right), bad sperm morphology (they are the wrong shape), premature ovarian failure (basically an early menopause), hard egg shells so the sperm just can’t break through the egg and if it does the embryo can’t "hatch", poor quality eggs, endometriosis, hormone imbalances, poor womb lining, chromasomal abnormalities with eggs or sperm, PCOS, lots and lots of reasons…
And there are also a huge number of people who never understand the reasons for their infertility and end up falling into the category who are termed "unexplained" which makes trying to solve the problem with the appropriate fertility treatment very difficult.
I should add that not all of the conditions above will result in IVF treatment, but you did say treatment "such as" so I have included a number of conditions that are frequently treated with other types of fertility treatment.
We ended up achieving our dream of a family after IVF treatment with donor eggs and donor sperm due to a combination of premature ovarian failure, poor sperm count and quality, poor egg quality, hormone imbalances and potential chromasomal abnormalities, so unfortunately we ticked quite a few of the boxes. But we got there eventually (it took us 6 years!) and now have beautiful 5 month old twin girls asleep in the nursery upstairs to show for it… So however bad the problems seem, there are often treatments that can offer hope to people going through the heartbreak of infertility.
If you want to find out more about the various reasons for infertility you could contact organisations such as infertility network UK (www.infertilitynetworkuk.com), or fertility friends (www.fertilityfriends.co.uk)
March 31st, 2010 at 12:27 pm
There are sadly loads of reasons! Blocked tubes is obviously one, but there are others such as a low sperm count (not enough sperm), poor sperm motility (they don’t swim right), bad sperm morphology (they are the wrong shape), premature ovarian failure (basically an early menopause), hard egg shells so the sperm just can’t break through the egg and if it does the embryo can’t "hatch", poor quality eggs, endometriosis, hormone imbalances, poor womb lining, chromasomal abnormalities with eggs or sperm, PCOS, lots and lots of reasons…
And there are also a huge number of people who never understand the reasons for their infertility and end up falling into the category who are termed "unexplained" which makes trying to solve the problem with the appropriate fertility treatment very difficult.
I should add that not all of the conditions above will result in IVF treatment, but you did say treatment "such as" so I have included a number of conditions that are frequently treated with other types of fertility treatment.
We ended up achieving our dream of a family after IVF treatment with donor eggs and donor sperm due to a combination of premature ovarian failure, poor sperm count and quality, poor egg quality, hormone imbalances and potential chromasomal abnormalities, so unfortunately we ticked quite a few of the boxes. But we got there eventually (it took us 6 years!) and now have beautiful 5 month old twin girls asleep in the nursery upstairs to show for it… So however bad the problems seem, there are often treatments that can offer hope to people going through the heartbreak of infertility.
If you want to find out more about the various reasons for infertility you could contact organisations such as infertility network UK (www.infertilitynetworkuk.com), or fertility friends (www.fertilityfriends.co.uk)
Nic x
March 31st, 2010 at 12:27 pm
could be a problem with the sperm, or just cannot for whatever reason