Fertility Awareness: Knowing Where You Stand
Do you have concerns about your fertility? If you’re a millennial woman, you’re not alone – 2 in 3 millennial women have concerns about their fertility, but few talk about it. But for young women today, many of whom are delaying motherhood for a variety of personal and professional reasons, knowing where they stand with their fertility can help them make informed decisions about their plans for building the family of their dreams. Here, Dr. Walid Saleh of SIRM Dallas in Dallas, Texas, goes over how women can get a clear picture of their fertility – and how to plan for the future if there are any concerns with the results. The Information You Need What does your reproductive health look like? While many women believe that their healthy lifestyles can allow them to achieve and maintain a pregnancy into their 40s, the truth of the matter is that age and family history are some of the biggest indicators of a woman’s fertility. If the women in your family had difficulty achieving o