What Is hormone infertility?
Well, hormones are important for many reasons, and if your hormones are out of balance in your body they can be responsible for all kinds of medical problems – such as irritability, bad skin, tiredness, depression – and infertility.
But what is the real role of our hormones anyway? In the context of fertility, hormones play a critical role. If hormones are unbalanced, then this is a common cause of infertility.
What Are Hormones?
Hormones act as the body’s very own integrated ‘thermostat’ – they keep the concentrations of the various chemicals in our system in check, to make sure that our different systems operate most effectively.
Timing of movement is really important when it comes to hormones. Women with hormone infertility often fail to produce a fertilisable egg during their menstrual cycle.
Women with hormone infertility issues will generally experience irregular menstruation. An irregular period should always be a cause for concern anyway, and any woman experiencing this should probably seek medical advice as soon as possible.
Why Infertility?
As stated, hormone infertility is one of the very common reasons that couples fail to conceive. Rather than being curable by a surgical intervention, this cause of infertility may take time to fix and longer-term treatments to overcome, but the outcomes are generally good for most couples.
The first step is addressing any conditions which are apparent before the couple even can try to conceive.
Common Hormone Issues
Sorry, this gets a little technical – Conditions like hyperandrogenism (too many male hormones), hypothyroidism (thyroid gland doesn’t operate effectively), or luteal phase defect (LPD – low progesterone concentrations) are all risk factors for hormone infertility.
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) – This hormone is made by the hypothalamus in the brain, (men and women) and its purpose is to tell the pituitary gland to make Luteinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH).
LH stimulates the production of further hormones, estrogen and progesterone, by the ovaries. It instructs the ovary to release a mature egg, and instructs the remaining cells to form a bunch of yellow cells called a Corpus Luteum, which makes progesterone.
FSH prepares the eggs to begin their journey. It also tells the ovaries to make additional estrogen, which will then result in extra LH. These two work together to regulate sperm production and testosterone in the male.
Estrogen is a hormone that works in partnership with Progesterone to prepare the uterine lining to receive a fertilized egg, for impregnation. Estrogen also makes the cervical mucus clearer and more watery just prior to ovulation, so the sperm can travel more easily.
Another hormone – Prolactin – tells the female body to make milk, and not eggs. This is useful when you actually have a child who is breastfeeding, but not so handy if you want to have a baby! This can be caused by a number of conditions like hypothyroidism, where the thyroid gland doesn’t work effectively.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) – where the ovaries produce excessive amounts of male hormones, such as testosterone, and your LH levels stay high, while FSH levels stay low. The hormones are prompting your ovaries to release the egg, despite the fact that it isn’t mature yet. Evidently, this not good. PCOS might be a result of the body making extra insulin (another hormone) – which in turn impacts how the ovaries operate. I talk more about this in my book.
Summary
So you can appreciate that if one gland isn’t operating properly, or if there is an excess or a lack of a hormone, infertility can be a result. To finish on a positive note, it is relatively easy to get a medical check for hormone imbalances.
The doctor will take a blood and/or a urine sample to check hormone levels.
If you are diagnosed with hormone infertility it is not a complete disaster as it can generally be easily treated naturally, with medication or possibly in extreme cases – surgery.
If you download “Pregnancy Miracle” from this link – infertility - I will also send you a copy of my own How To Overcome Infertility ebook if you drop me an email after signing up (on sale for $11.97).
best wishes
Marge Holder
marge@hormoneinfertility.com
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refraim from refracting telescopes says:
January 17, 2012 at 12:41 am (UTC 0)
Your article is great. The information conveyed would surely enlighten people out there with hormonal problems. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed reading it.
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January 11, 2012 at 8:40 pm (UTC 0)
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December 31, 2011 at 1:36 pm (UTC 0)
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Tom from Pest Control says:
November 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm (UTC 0)
So I presume that hormone infertility is reversible. I find this information very valuable and refered it to my sister. My sister and her husband has been trying for 8 years. They are very conservative when it comes to treatments and they don;t want any medication in order to have one. I guess they really need one to have one!
Marge Holder says:
December 7, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC 0)
Thanks Tom, natural is best!
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October 5, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC 0)
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September 12, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC 0)
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June 25, 2011 at 12:57 pm (UTC 0)
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James from Prevent Morning Sickness says:
April 25, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC 0)
Yeah, I agree. I also think that there are a lot of people who don’t know they have hormone problems that are trying to start a family. It would be smart to get a checkup before you start trying to have a child, just to make sure there’s no issue you need to take care of yourself first.
Bill says:
December 30, 2010 at 7:20 am (UTC 0)
I have been using clomiphene from Iwas 29 years old Iam now 32 years old I have changed partners I still cannot get pregnant I am depressed Ionly menstrate for three days. I have now missed my periods but I am afraid to do the pregnancy test in case Imight be disapointed again.
Mrs Menopause says:
December 6, 2010 at 12:24 pm (UTC 0)
Great article, very informative. There have been such massive advances in fertitlty treatment of late. But do the doctors factor in the emotional aspect of infertility as well as physical?
Thomas says:
October 6, 2010 at 9:42 am (UTC 0)
Thanks for this… big help.
Janie says:
August 24, 2010 at 9:39 pm (UTC 0)
oops, sorry about the double post. I thought my first one didn’t go through!
Janie says:
August 23, 2010 at 6:18 pm (UTC 0)
What an informative article! Thanks for sharing. All this research I’ve been doing lately, I’m grateful for something as concise as this. Anyone who is looking to learn about fertility would be wise to check out this link to go to a page that will no doubt answer any question they may have about ovulation . Very much worth the visit!
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August 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm (UTC 0)
Quite the informative post! To add to what Jill was saying about internet resources, here’s a very informative page that answers any question you can think of in regards to ovulation . If you’re planning on conceiving and want to brush up things like when you’re most fertile, check out that page.
Jill from Mr Miyagi Costumes says:
July 21, 2010 at 11:22 am (UTC 0)
Thanks a lot for writing this detailed overview of infertility. A close friend of mine has been trying for over 3 years to have a baby and it really is a struggle. I’ve seen here experience the ups and downs – it must be a really difficult illness to deal with, especially that there is no guaranteed cure. Thankfully, there are several good resources on the internet and a lot of local support where we live for couple who are unable to get pregnant.
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