Can secondary infertility be prevented?
All of the strategies for enhancing your fertility can be useful in preventing secondary infertility-or reducing your chances of having it be a problem. For many couples, age is an important non-modifiable risk factor. Behavioral choices are important factors: preventing sexually transmitted infections, maintaining general good health habits (don’t smoke, eat a healthy diet, exercise, control stress) are a good start. Most couples with secondary infertility-or concerns about it-should see their physician for a preconception visit to discuss their individual risks. Remember too, that secondary infertility means you already have a child: this can interfere with having intercourse at the optimal time of the month to conceive. And in this area more than most others, timing can mean everything. < previous page next page > Unless you are using a technique to identify your most fertile days, to optimize fertility, you should have intercourse every other day starting a few days before ovulatio
