Fertility & Reproduction

Fertility refers to a female’s ability to mature and release healthy eggs and a male’s to produce healthy sperm to be able to conceive a child.

A growing number of people in the United States are experiencing problems with their fertility, commonly referred to as infertility. There can be a number of reasons for this including:

• Low sperm count
• Inability of the ovaries to fully mature and release eggs
• Incompatibility between a particular woman’s eggs and mans sperm
• Inability of sperm to join with an egg
• Blockages in the egg tubes
• Blockages in the seminal vesicles (tubes connected to the testicles)

Some of the underlying causes of this can be:

• Low thyroid function- hypothyroidism
• Hashimotos thyroiditis
• Toxic chemical exposure
• Stress
• PCOS
• Infections including Gonorrhea and Chlymidia
• Poor nutritional status
• In women, advancing age approaching menopause
• Endocrine system dysfunctions and disorders
• Physical and emotional trauma

Progressive Health Services provides a wide range of options to treat infertility and enhance one’s natural fertility.