Pune to host national meet on infertility problems
Indianexpress: With late marriages and couples staying far away from each other being part for the course these days, the age bar on a woman’s ‘obstetric career’ has pierced the 30-year-mark. The story is no different in Pune.
Stressed software techies are caught up with 24×7 jobs and fertility experts are as much grappling the cases of hormonal imbalances in women as that of men with low sperm counts. Tying to address these issues are about dozen centres that have opened shop in the city that specialise in assisted reproductive techniques.
According to Dr Sunita Tandulwadkar, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Ruby Hall Clinic, these problems are mainly due to lifestyle changes, excessive intake of tobacco, alcohol and even junk food.
Earlier, there were instances of a 70-year-old being able to father a child. Experts like Tandulwadkar, however, feel it would be difficult to say the same about 50-year-old men today. And the culprit is the decreasing levels of male fertility.
Referring to common cases these days in the city, Tandulwadkar said there were recurring instances of software professionals who spend 12-14 hours in office.
Addiction to gutkha and stress at work has also led to a drastic difference in the sperm count levels. More and more couples are seeking advice related to infertility problems, agreed Dr Sanjay Gupte, president of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Society of India (FOGSI).
On the one hand experts have point out that there are newer techniques to assist these couples and yet there are a set of ethical issues that need to be sorted out at the national level. Hence, an exclusive body of practising doctors in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) will meet in Pune to deliberate on these issues at the 14th national congress on ART and advances in infertility management, from January 29 to February 1.
With increasing incidences of male infertility, a dedicated workshop addressing this issue has also been planned at the Ruby Hall Clinic. For the first time there will be a live demonstration of IMSI technique (Intra-cytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection) under high magnification and computer-enhanced techniques done to select morphologically the best sperm for fertilisation.
Issues like couples wanting to hire surrogate mothers, take donor sperms and eggs and then have a baby, will be discussed. Gupte said these techniques are important as issues like ownership of the embryo, rights of the surrogate mother or issues like the rights of an unmarried woman planning an In vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby to a pregnancy in a 70-year-old woman can be looked into.
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I think with an economy downfalls these days, the problem with fertility will raise. The level of stress will raise because people are going to put their best effort to survive day by day.
With all the media attention on a woman's age and fertility, one may wonder if men are forever fertile. Turns out that age also has an effect on fertility in men. Despite not hearing much in the news on male fertility and age, there are quite a few studies on the subject. One research study, looked at semen quality in normal males and compared the quantity and quality of the sperm and semen to the men's ages. The study look at everything a semen analysis would include as well as how often they had sex since sexual abstinence also has an effect on semen quality. In the study, they found that, overall, semen quality peaked between the ages of 30 and 35, while overall semen quantity was found to be lowest after age 55. They also found that sperm motility, in other words, how well the sperm swim – was best before age 25 and lowest after age 35.
The donor egg is used when ovaries of the patient owing to the various reasons do not develop own eggs or at repeated unsuccessful attempts of methods of artificial fertilisation. The donor eggs also are used in medicine at risk of transfer to the child of hereditary illnesses.
Unfortunately I know many cases from ,y life when a donor egg was used at risk of transferring to the baby bad hereditary illnesses. It's terrible!
Due to current lifestyle,many couples suffer from infertility.This is mainly due to coping with stressful life by various means like smoking,alcohol drinking etc. Its very good that discussions on such matters are being organised in order to aware people with this topics.
Male fertility depends on sperm quality and amount, which can be affected by a selection of things. Whereas you’ll not be in a position to manage all the aspects which may improve your fertility, there are steps you will be in an exceedingly position to take to maximise your fertility and build bound your sperm are top performers.