Abstract

Fertility is a worldwide human concern and anguish over infertility is its obvious upshot. The problem of infertility confronts millions of people worldwide. In most cultures, ‘being childless’ is an undesired social role and infertility is an ‘unexpected life transition’. However, the infertility estimates use different definitions considering different periods, which makes direct comparisons difficult between various studies. The definition, as well as the etiological causes associated with infertility, differs from region to region. It depends on social and physical characteristics that vary by culture and situation, leading to the absence of the universal definition of infertility worldwide. Clinicians define infertility as a disease of the reproductive system due to which women fail to achieve pregnancy after regular unprotected sex for twelve or more months (WHO, ICMART). In contrast, demographers define it as the inability of women in their reproductive age (15–49) years to become pregnant after exposure to pregnancy for five or more years.

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