Female Infertility

• Thin, Watery Cervical Mucus

  1. During the fertile period, cervical mucus is thin and watery to allow sperm easier access to the oviducts

  2. After ovulation, the mucus increase in viscosity (due to progesterone), showing the infertile period is resumed
• LH surge

  Luteinizing hormone surge
• Temperature rise

  1. After the LH surge triggers ovulation, the women’s body temperature rises by about 0.5 ̊C due to progesterone action and the temperature remains elevated for the duration of the luteal phase

  2. After the 3rd day of elevated temperatures, the infertile period is resumed and the unfertilised ovum disintegrates
• Progesterone


  A hormone that raises the body temperature
• Luteal phase


  The phase of the menstrual cycle after ovulation
• Calculation of female fertile period

  1. Temperature rise

  2. Thin, Watery Cervical Mucus
• Infertility in Females

  • Estimate 30-40% of Scots have fertility problems

  • Failure to ovulate due to

  -hormonal imbalance

  -stress

  • Blocked oviducts

  -Infections (STI’s)

  -Fibroids

  -Spasms

  • Implantation failure

  -Hormonal imbalance