Infertility In Women And Women, By Kara Deferias

First, let’s define Infertility? Infertility is the inability to conceive from unprotected sex within a year. According to National Infertility Association(NIA), approximately 1 in 8 couples in the U.S-about 10-15% experience infertility. Infertility doesn’t discriminate against gender or race, therefore, it impacts both men and women equally, and that range from ages 15-50. In addition, any fertile individual could experience this condition, therefore, one can develop it later in life. This condition is shared by about 6 + million women in the U.S. and about 3-4.7 million men were diagnosed in with infertility, including 14% sperm/semen and 6% varicocele, which is an enlarged vein inside the male scrotum, pouch that holds the testicles of a male, therefore this blocks the blood from through the blood stream.

Second, many factors contribute to infertility, which can affect either one of the couples. Some factors include: (1) damages to the

Kara DeFerias, is amongst one of the women who had gone through the issues of infertility. Kara had/have dream like all of us who were planning to have a big family one day, then found out there is no hope to naturally have a child on her own, she was diagnosed with uterus cancer. Kara had decided to freeze her eggs first before the doctor decided to do hysterectomy. Kara is such an inspirational woman and wished all women would openly talk about the issue and not be conditioned to not share their struggles and experiences so others can benefit. Her story touched me, because I have family member who’s still going through this issue and see the fear and hopelessness in her eyes when there is commercial or someone mentions that topic. She had created a platform to help women not feel isolated and empower them to share which gave Kara peace and feel like she’s not the only one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBmMtVfZ4Y – Journey through