An ever increasing number of couples worldwide are finding it difficult having children;it appears that more couples are becoming infertile or is it just a case of increasing awareness about an age old problem?;different authorities hold different views on this,however what is certain is that for those in whom having children appears near impossible,the frustration,heartache and despair constitute a daily nightmare from which they would dearly love to wake up.
Why in Europe and other more developed parts of the world,the option of adoption comes easily,in Africa and especially Nigeria,this is hardly thought of,as being able to bear one's own children is so highly priced that it ranks above all else in marriage.Speaking in the same context,most Nigerians are poor while the available options for medical mangement of infertility are quite expensive,thus restricting access to these treatment options to the rich few;so internal strife,unhappiness and utter despondency characterize most homes where infertility thrives.
Knowledge is power,this is a fact;infertility is not a woman's problem,it is everybody's problem since both men and women contribute to it and infact it seems as if men's contribution to infertility is rising even though the classic Nigerian man would never agree to being responsible for his wife's inability to conceive.
Since prevention is always better than cure,we should all be conscious of the factors involved in infertility causation and as much as possible avoid them or reduce them to a minimum,these factors would be the subject of my next post.
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