Infertility (human)

Human infertility is the apparent inability to conceive and produce children during the normal childbearing years. In the health sciences, the term is defined on a limited and practical basis:"Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive within 1 year." ( Ashim Kumar, MD, Shahin Ghadir, MD, Niloofar Eskandari, MD, & Alan H. DeCherney, MD:Chapter 55 Infertility inAlan H. DeCherney and Lauren Nathan:Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, 10th edition, Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc).