Infertility is the duration of unprotected intercourse with failure to conceive after twelve months for females 35 years of age and younger or six months for females 35 years of age and older. Infertility is also prevalent among males, commonly around 40 years of age.

Approximately 30% of infertility occurs after the first birth.

Infertility is common. (I would like to have Infertility is common. Bolded on the actual website.) Approximately one in eight couples in the United States experience difficulty to conceive.

No, infertility is contributed by 3 potential factors quite evenly.

• Approximately 30% of infertility is female-factored
• Approximately 30% of infertility is male-factored
• Approximately 30% of infertility is unknown or combination of female and male-factored

The predominant factor contributing to both female and male infertility is age. Although age is a more principle factor in female infertility, age also impacts male infertility significantly. Smoking, excessive alcohol use, and extreme weight gain are contributing factors impacting males and females.

Birth control usage is a common misconception of infertility since a majority of birth controls involve hormone regulation. However, most females are able to ovulate weeks after birth control usage.

Technically, no, infertility a cannot be completely cured. However, there are medications males and females are able to take, both my mouth and injectable medicine, as well as assisted reproductive technology (ART) fertility treatments to help treat infertility.