Canarias is one of the few autonomous communities that do not have a waiting list to access assisted reproduction treatment
June is the International Month of Fertility Care. This month is dedicated to all those people who have problems to conceive a child naturally and they have to resort to assisted reproduction techniques. A long and hard road for many people but that almost always ends with a happy ending.
In Spain, some 600.000 couples have problems having children. With these figures, it is not surprising that we are the first European country to choose assisted reproduction techniques and third in the world, according to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. For example in 2016 they were born 37.503 babies thanks to assisted reproduction treatments.
En Canary Islands, more than one 15% of couples suffer from some type of infertility. The Canary Islands are fortunate to be one of the few autonomous communities that they do not have a waiting list to access assisted reproduction treatment. While in other communities it may take more than 3 years to be able to undergo a fertility treatment, in Canary Islands there is no such waiting list in Public Hospitals. About 1800 women in the islands they undergo this treatment every year, practically a 40% reaches the desired pregnancy.
Historically, the responsibility for human fertilization has always fallen on women. The delay in motherhood is the major causes infertility in women, but also many other causes such as having a low ovarie reserve, suffer from polycystic ovaries, hormonal problems, tubal obstruction, among other. However, a worrying fact is that which has revealed the WHO Recently. According to an international study conducted on causes of male infertility, andl 15% of men are infertile. The quality of the semen is deteriorating. Low quality and number of sperm. The main reasons are the Stress, sedentary life and pollution.
Can infertility be prevented?
One fact is that there is nothing to do about genetic problems, chronic diseases or old age in the case of women. However, continue healthy living habits, limit the excesses and practice exercise regularly, help to have stronger health and, inevitably, to have more chances of success at the time of conception.