This week today co anchor Dylan drier announced that she is pregnant with her
second child this comes after
she and her husband tried for 3
years.
>> And also endured a
miscarriage her struggle to get
pregnant again is referred to
as secondary infertility.
It’s a condition that affects
about 3 million women in the
United States and 10% of all
couples and joining me now is
doctor Marshall a chauffeur
Memorial Hospital BG why and
thanks so much for being with
us this year.
Now I think a lot of us know
people who have experienced
this it is so common
because you get pregnant, the
first time and you think oh
yeah. No problem the second
time. Why does
this happen. I mean it could be
a multitude of factors, some anything from. >> You is at an end.
Excuse me for motility
this functions to decrease from
counts. But then on the women’s
and they could be complications
from the
first pregnancy. You know
decrease in viable eggs
and it’s really important to
follow up with your doctor.
I’m just the kind of you know
get testing done and see
exactly why these things are
happening. I would imagine age
has a lot to do with it oh
absolutely absolutely as we age
I mean as women age. They do
have less eggs that are.
You know viable. And
that decreases their chances of
getting pregnant and future and
because e
you may have a child in your
20’s and then you want to have
one in your 30’s and there is a
difference in fertility between
your 20’s and 30’s is near yes,
yes, absolutely as we age
unfortunately.
>> It’s one of those things
that you know we can get harder
and harder for us to.
>> I’m the chief of a
successful pregnancy.
>> And I know a lot of people
feel like I’m well I’ve looking
on I’m in great shape and in
good physical condition.
I don’t smoke so I shouldn’t
have any trouble
getting pregnant, but it’s
really boils down to the age of
the aches exactly exactly.
Yes and once you’re out of
them, you’re out of that’s it.
What know what are some of the
newer things that.
Specialists are trying these
days or even your BG why and
can try to help with
a secondary we do have
indications that any
terms of general abg land that
we can give patients to help
the lay shun. But usually
if those things don’t
work then we send you to
reproductive endocrinologist
and infertility specialist and
they’re able to do things like
you know artificial IVF and
things like that.
I remember hearing that people
would say well you need to give
it 2 years
before you seek help but that’s
not necessarily the case
anymore now. Now
at what point if you’ve been
trying for a while at what
point should you be talking to
your doctor probably around
6 month Mark. 6 months,
especially for secondary, yes.
And can the euro be due I and do something like prescribed khloe made is that something
that
a general. Yes, as general be
July and so we do prescribe
medications like low mid to
help The late and see if the
able to get pregnant
that way okay and then IVF is
an option to consider any way
and that’s something that you
would need to go to a
specialist before
Ackley exactly what do you do
recommend that women come to
you immediately to BG why and
if they sense that there.
There may be an issue and just
not wait. I I think that establishing care with be too high and would be the best
thing to do.
So we can look at other things
like you know obesity we can
look at you know the elation.
And things
like I want this function and
other things that could be
outside of the put
reproductive. Organs that could
cause infertility
and I think bottom line to it
is always important not to
smoke. Absolutely. Yes, smoking
is never a good idea and keep
yourself healthy that way