12 Most Common Factors Affecting Female and Male Fertility
Written by Dana Sullivan   
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Here’s one of life’s big ironies for a significant number of adults in the United States: We try to avoid pregnancy for years, and then when we're finally ready to get pregnant and start a family, we can’t. For anyone planning to become pregnant soon, or already trying, now is the time to check in with a physician to discuss any factors that might have an impact on fertility and conception. Here are a dozen of the most common.


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