Erica Hoke explains why some women struggle to get pregnant after having a child. She covers adhesions from C-sections, Factor V Leiden clotting disorder, progesterone decline with age, autoimmune conditions like thyroid dysfunction, and infections like bacterial vaginosis and ureaplasma.
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I have a child. Why can't I have another one? Secondary infertility is so frustrating for so many women. A few points about things to look into to move you forward in your infertility journey. Any trauma associated with your previous delivery, especially if you had a C-section, there could be adhesions and there could be scar tissue either on your cervix or internally. I want you to take a look at something called Factor V Leiden. Factor V Leiden is a clotting disorder. If I had a blood clot, wouldn't I've had it with my first pregnancy. It's not always the case. The other thing that affects women also as they age is your progesterone drops. Maybe you had those pregnancy symptoms, never got a positive pregnancy test, but man, you sure felt pregnant. That could be because you're actually not producing enough of the hormone to get a positive pregnancy test. Last thing I'm going to talk to you about today are undiagnosed autoimmune conditions. I frequently talk about thyroid disorder and thyroid disease because your thyroid range is huge. You want to get a range that's personalized for yourself. Track your own thyroid level and make sure it's not declining. Along with that, make sure that you get any autoimmune tests you may not have developed after a pregnancy, like bacteria vaginosis and ureaplasma. That could definitely limit your ability to have a second or subsequent third or fourth child.
