>>CORLEY PEEL: ABOUT ONE IN 5 WOMEN STRUGGLE WITH INFERTILITY. ACCORDING TO THE
CDC AND FERTILITY IS
CONSIDERED WHEN A WOMAN CAN
GET PREGNANT WITHIN A YEAR OF
TRYING AND THEIR CHANCES ARE
OR THE OLDER THEY GET. DOCTOR
ADRIAN GENTRY AND INFERTILITY
SPECIALISTS IS JOINING ME NOW
WITH BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND
SHE’S JOINING US FOR NATIONAL
INFERTILITY AWARENESS WEEK.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING.
CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT ARE
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
INFERTILITY?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
INFERTILITY. ONE IS THAT IT’S
WAY MORE COMMON THAN PEOPLE
THINK APPROXIMATELY ONE OUT OF
A COUPLE’S EXPERIENCE AND
FERTILITY. AND SO THAT’S
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS. IT’S
JUST WAY MORE COMMON AND WHAT
ARE SOME REASONS FOR WHY WOMEN
CAN’T GET PREGNANT? YEAH,
THAT’S A GREAT, GREAT
QUESTION. USUALLY I LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT AS A RULE OF 3. SO
ABOUT ONE OUT OF 3 COUPLES
EXPERIENCE INFERTILITY DUE TO
A FEMALE FACTOR, WHETHER SHE’S
NOT OBVIATE INCORRECTLY,
THERE’S SOME TYPE OF DAMAGE TO
HER TUBES. SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. THE OTHER 3RD IS
GENERALLY A MALE FACTOR
ISSUES. SO EITHER THE COUNT IS
LOW. THIS FROM OUR SWIMMING
WELL OR THE SHAPE ISN’T
APPROPRIATE. AND THE 3RD IS
USUALLY A COMBINED FACTORS
THAT MAY BE A MALE FEMALE
FACTOR TOGETHER OR ACTUALLY
UNEXPLAINED, MEANING WE CAN’T
FIND A REASON WHY THEY’RE NOT
GETTING PREGNANT.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND IF YOU ARE
TRYING TO GET PREGNANT WITH
SHEEN, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO
MAYBE CHECK AND SEE IF YOU
MIGHT BE HAVING THOSE ISSUES
BEFORE YOU START TRYING. YEAH,
THAT’S A THAT’S A GOOD
QUESTION. SO FOR A WOMAN’S
ASPECT OF IT. SO SHE’S NOT
GETTING PERIODS REGULARLY.
PREDICTABLY, THAT’S CONCERNING
THAT MAYBE SHE’S NOT
POPULATING. AND IF THAT’S THE
CASE, SHE SHOULD COME SEE US
RIGHT AWAY. OTHER THINGS COULD
BE, YOU HISTORY OF SURGERIES,
SOME TYPE OF PELVIC SURGERY,
WHICH COULD BE CONCERNING FOR
SOME TYPE TYPE OF IT HE SHUNS,
WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME SKY OF
2. SO THOSE ARE THINGS WHERE
YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME SEE US
SOONER. I THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS A WOMAN’S
AGE. SO AND WOMEN WHO ARE
UNDER THE AGE OF 35, YOU SAID
IT PERFECTLY. IF YOU’VE BEEN
TRYING FOR A YEAR AND YOU’RE
NOT PREGNANT, YOU NEED TO COME
SEE US. BUT IN WOMEN WHO ARE
35 AND OLDER, IF YOU’RE NOT
PREGNANT AFTER TRYING FOR 6
MONTHS, DON’T WAIT ANY LONGER.
COME SEE US. IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT WOMEN MIGHT DO REGULARLY
THAT MIGHT LEAD TO
INFERTILITY? I’VE HEARD. I
DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS ACCURATE
OR NOT, TAKING BIRTH CONTROL
FOR 2 LONGER. ANYTHING YOU
KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT BE DOING
MIGHT NEED TO THAT? NO, NO, I
THINK THAT’S SUPER IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WOMEN ALWAYS BLAME.
THEY’RE SICK THEMSELVES AND
IT’S NOT THEIR FALL.
INFERTILITY DOESN’T
DISCRIMINATE. IT DOESN’T
MATTER WHO YOU ARE. WHAT YOU
DO, WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO DO.
IT DOESN’T MATTER. SO THERE’S
NOTHING THAT THEY CAN REALLY
DO TO PREVENT IT. YOU KNOW, WE
ALSO MENTIONS MEN THAT IT
DOES, IN AND SO WHAT ARE SOME
SIGNS IN MEN THAT WE SHOULD
LOOK OUT FOR? NOT ANY SIGN?
IT’S COMPLETELY ASYMPTOMATIC,
IF YOU WILL, THEN HAVE NO IDEA
IF THEIR COUNT IS LOW OR
THERE’S ANY ISSUES WITH THEIR
STAR.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND WHAT ARE
SOME OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN
DO IF THEY CAN’T DO, YOU KNOW,
GET PREGNANT ORGANICALLY. SO
WHEN THEY COME TO SEE, AS WE
USUALLY DO A WORKUP TO KIND OF
EVALUATE WHY THEY’RE NOT
GETTING PREGNANT ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEN BASED ON THE ETIOLOGY
OF THEIR PREGNANCY, RADIOLOGY
OF THEIR INFERTILITY MEETING.
WHY CAN’T THEY GET PREGNANT?
WE HAVE OPTIONS WHERE IF THE
WOMAN IS NOT WE GIVE HER
MEDICATION TO MAKE BE LATE. IF
THERE’S KIND OF AN UNEXPLAINED
MEAN, WE CAN’T REALLY FIGURE
OUT WHY WE SOMETIMES JUST KIND
OF HELP THINGS ALONG
INSEMINATION. AND THEN THE
FINAL KIND OF ULTIMATE
TREATMENT IS IN VITRO
FERTILIZATION. ALL RIGHT. AND
TELL US LITTLE BIT VITRO. WHAT
IS THAT PROCESS LIKE? YEAH,
THE PROCESS IS, ALTHOUGH IT
CAN SEEM VERY KIND OF
OVERWHELMING. WE’RE THERE WITH
THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY OF IT
AND WALKED RIGHT THROUGH IT.
BUT GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS AS
WOMEN TAKE INJECTIONS DAILY
FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 14
DAYS. WE’VE BEEN GOING
SURGICALLY RETRIEVE THE EGGS
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE BODY,
THE EGGS ARE FERTILIZED WITH
THE PARTNER AND THEN THIS FOR
THE LAST X ARE CALLED CULTURED
IN THE LAB UNTIL AN EMBRYO.
AND THEN WE TRANSFER THE
EMBRYOS TO THE UTERUS. ALL
RIGHT, WITH THIS IS WONDERFUL
INFORMATION. WHAT KEY, WHAT
WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF
THEY WANT TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT INFERTILITY? WHERE
SHOULD THEY SEEK RESOURCES?
YEAH. SO AS YOU MENTIONED
TOMORROW STARTS THE NATIONAL
INFERTILITY AWARENESS WEEK.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THEIR
WEBSITE. IT’S AND W LOTS OF
INFORMATION THERE AS WELL AS
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE HAS A
LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION FOR
PATIENTS. I THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS IS THAT
PATIENTS UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY’RE NOT ALONE, THAT WE’RE
HERE FOR THEM AND WE’LL WALK
YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.