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WASH CLUB HEAT CLEAN WASH GREEN FERTILITY ISSUES ARE NEVER EASY FOR COUPLES TO TALK ABOUT.
>> WHILE MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION
CENTERS AROUND WOMEN'S HEALTH
MEN CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE
INFERTILITY BUT THEY'RE MUCH
LESS LIKELY TO ACTUALLY TALK TO
A DOCTOR ABOUT IT.
TO GET MORE INFO ON WHAT
COUPLES SHOULD DO.
I SPOKE WITH DR.
KEVIN OSTROWSKI WITH EVERGREEN
HEALTH.
OK DOC FOR A LOT OF COUPLES
HAVING CHILDREN IS A MUST HAVE
INSIDE OF A MARRIAGE AND
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE
PARENTHOOD BUT SOME COUPLES
EXPERIENCE INFERTILITY ISSUES.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT?
YEAH, FERTILITY IS A LOT MORE
COMMON THAN I THINK MOST PEOPLE
THINK BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T
REALLY TALK ABOUT IT KIND
OF OVERALL NUMBER IS ONE IN
SEVEN COUPLES WILL HAVE ISSUES
GETTING PREGNANT.
>> AND WHAT I USED TO BE FOR
CORONAVIRUSES YOU GO TO A
DINNER PARTY THERE WOULD BE ONE
OTHER COUPLE THERE WHO HAS
ISSUES WITH FERTILITY NOW I
GUESS IS MORE LIKE A ZOOM IN A
HAPPY HOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT IF YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE
ELSE THERE WHO HAS FERTILITY
ISSUES BUT MOST LIKELY IS NOT
TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> SO DO YOU THINK WOMEN VS.
MEN?
>> IS IT HARDER FOR I THINK IT
IS A YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HARD
FOR BOTH COUPLES BUT I THINK
THAT MEN ARE LESS LIKELY MOST
LIKELY TO TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS
ABOUT IT OR TO KIND OF FULLY
GET CARE THAT THEY NEED.
AND WE SEE THAT BECAUSE WOMEN
ARE CONNECTED A LITTLE BIT MORE
TO THEIR OVERDUE ENDS AND ARE
DOING KIND OF REGULAR PHYSICALS
,THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAN
MEN.
A LOT OF TIMES FROM THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL PHYSICAL UNTIL THEY KIND
OF GET A CALL AND ASK TO BE GO
INTO THIS DEAD ZONE OF HEALTH
CARE.
AND SO THEY DON'T REALLY SEEK
CARE.
THEY DON'T GET THE SAME KIND
OF SETUP.
FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND FROM A
FERTILITY STANDPOINT, WE SEE
SOME MEN FOR LOTS OF REASONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY CLUES THAT A
MAN COULD SAY, OH, MAYBE THIS
IS SOMETHING I NEED TO GET HELP
WITH OR GET CHECKED OUT?
I MEAN WHEN SHOULD THEY COME TO
YOU?
YES, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE
DEFINE INFERTILITY AS THE
INABILITY TO HAVE CHILDREN
AFTER A YEAR OF UNPROTECTED
INTERCOURSE.
FOR COUPLES WHO ARE MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT OLDER IN THEIR KIND
OF LATE 30S OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT OR WHO MULTIPLE KIDS YOU
MAYBE WOULD MAKE THAT A LITTLE
BIT SHORTER TO SIX MONTHS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT SCENARIO
OR EVEN THE QUESTIONS, YOU
KNOW, GET EVALUATED, GET
CHECKED OUT.
THERE'S NEVER A WRONG TIME TO
GET EVALUATED.
>> WHAT DO YOU GOT TO LOSE?
I'M RIGHT.
THERE ARE TREATMENTS AVAILABLE
THAT COULD HELP.
YEAH.
>> I MEAN THE FIRST STEP FROM
OUR STANDPOINT REALLY IS JUST A
DISCUSSION GOING THROUGH YOUR
MEDICAL HISTORY AND THEN
GETTING A ANALYSIS WHICH GIVES
US A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT
YOUR FERTILITY POTENTIAL AND
THEN ARE THERE ANY PREVENTATIVE
MEASURES THAT MEN COULD TAKE?
>> YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY WE SEE FERTILITY
ISSUES IN LOTS OF RANGES AND
LOTS OF CALL IT A CAUSES.
SOME OF THOSE ARE GENETIC
CAUSES BUT A LOT OF ISSUES JUST
WITH, YOU KNOW, UNHEALTHY
EATING STRESS NOT EXERCISING
THOSE SORTS OF THINGS DO IMPACT
FERTILITY AND WE KIND OF HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT
HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY
OF THEIR OVERALL LIFE AND THEIR
FERTILITY KIND OF AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> I MEAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
EATING HEALTHY AND STRESS AND
AUTOMATICALLY I WONDER IS THERE
A JUMP IN INFERTILITY WITH THE
COALBED?
YEAH, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT
DATA YET BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE
SEEN TRENDS OVER TIME THAT
FERTILITY IS BECOMING MORE AND
MORE AN ISSUE.
>> PART OF THAT ARE THAT
COUPLES ARE DECIDING TO HAVE
KIDS LATER ON AND PART OF IT IS
JUST KIND OF GENERAL OVERALL
LIFE.
I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT.
>> INTERESTING.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A COUPLE
THAT'S SITTING AT HOME AND
THEY'VE BEEN TRYING AND TRYING
AND TRYING BUT MAYBE THEY'RE
AFRAID TO COME IN BECAUSE
THEY'RE AFRAID OF GETTING AN
ANSWER THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR?
YEAH, I THINK THAT THERE ARE
LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR
COUPLES AND BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
OFTEN HAVE ENOUGH POTENTIALLY
FERTILITY ISSUES.
>> IF WE LOOK AT KIND
OF OVERALL NUMBERS AND THAT ONE
IN SEVEN HALF OF IT IS KIND
OF MEN RELATED CAUSES, HALF
OF IT IS FEMALE RELATED CAUSES
AND SOME COUPLES HAVE ISSUES ON
BOTH SIDES.
BUT THE EVALUATION TREATMENT
FOR A LOT OF COUPLES IS NOT
NEARLY AS INVOLVED AS THEY MAY
THINK ALREADY ANSWERED WHEN
IT'S TIME TO TALK TO YOU.
IS THERE A POINT WHERE YOU
REFER OUT LIKE IS THERE ARE THE
WHAT IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU
JUST CAN'T HELP?
YEAH.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT KIND
OF OPTIONS OBVIOUSLY THE DESIRE
REALLY IS FOR A NATURAL
PREGNANCY, RIGHT.
>> FOR MEETING NATURALLY
SOMETIMES THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE
OPTION THAT'S MOST AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS LIKE
INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION WHERE
WE KIND INJECT THE PAST THE
INTO THE UTERUS OR IN VITRO
FERTILIZATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY
TAKE EGGS OUT OF THE BODY
COMBINED WITH OUTSIDE THE
BODY, GROW EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE
BODY AND TRANSFER THOSE BACK
IN.
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS IF
NONE OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE
AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE OPTIONS
OF TRADITIONAL ADOPTION LIKE WE
THINK ABOUT ADOPTING A CHILD.
THERE IS DONOR OPTIONS FOR MEN
AND THERE'S EVEN A DONOR EMBRYO
OPTIONS WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE
NEVER EVEN HEARD OF OR THOUGHT
ABOUT.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FERTILITY
PROCESS AND THEN THEY DONATE
THEIR EMBRYOS TO PEOPLE WHO
FERTILITY ISSUES.
AND SO THE FEMALE CAN CARRY A
PREGNANCY AND IT'S NOT THEIR
BIOLOGY BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO
CARRY A PREGNANCY AND HAVE A
NORMAL PREGNANCY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU AND I HOPE
YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THESE
COUPLES THAT ARE MAYBE SITTING
AT HOME GETTING READY TO CALL
YOU.
OK, NOW IF YOU OR YOUR PARTNER
WOULD LIKE TO GET IN CONTACT
WITH A FERTILITY SPECIALIST OR
MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO GO DO
SOME MORE RESEARCH ONLINE, YOU
ARE ENCOURAGED TO GO TO EVER
GREEN HOUSE DOT FLASH
UROLOGISTS.
>> WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LINK TO
RESOURCES ON OUR WEB SITE.
OK.
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