Around the issue of infertility there are many myths and misconceptions that are spread far from medicine. Below there are the most common rumors living in spite of all scientific rebuttal.

Myth 1: Pray, and everything will turn out!
Fact: The belief in God will help you keep a positive attitude, but will not solve health problems, such as tube occlusion or absence of sperm.

Myth 2: Painful periods can cause infertility
Fact: Painful periods do not affect the ability to bear children. Moreover, regular painful periods often show that the cycle was ovulatory, ie from ovarian left mature egg.

Myth 3: Poor discharge leads to infertility
Fact: Elongated, but regular menstrual cycle does not indicate possible problems with conception. Some women’s normal menstrual cycle can last 40 days. The possibility of conception is only limited with number of such cycles.

Myth 4: I can not conceive, because after sex sperm leaks away from me
Fact: flowing of semen after sexual intercourse - a normal phenomenon. After sexual act sperm is mixed with cervical fluid, and quantity of spilled semen does not matter.

Myth 5: Fertility of man (an ability to produce offspring) is defined by consistency and volume of semen
Fact: Amount and consistency of semen are not associated with fertility, as well as actual quality of sperm production depends more on quantity of sperm. This can be checked only at the microscopic study.

Myth 6: To get pregnant, you should have sex every day
Fact: Semen is active in cervical fluid of women within 48-72 hours after sexual intercourse. It is therefore not necessarily to adhere strictly to such frequent schedule.

Myth 7: If you want to get pregnant, just relax, do not think about it, and desired pregnancy will come
Fact: If pregnancy does not occur within a year of regular sex life, it’s likely that there is a medical problem.

Myth 8: I have never had any symptoms of genital infections, so my uterine tubes are ok
Fact: Many infectious diseases can run in a hidden form, but can cause irreparable harm, for exmple to uterine tubes.

Myth 9: Amount of man’s sperm is constant
Fact: The number and motility of sperm can vary greatly depending on the amount of time that elapsed between ejaculations. Changes may also happen due to illness or medication.

Myth 10: Active masturbation can lead to azoospermia (no sperm)
Fact: masturbation - normal thing for boys and men. It does not affect the number of sperm. Semen can not be exhausted, as it is constantly produced in testicles.

Myth 11: Infertility is a female problem
Fact: According to the World Health Organization, female infertility is found less frequently than male (45% of cases of sterile couples are related to different diseases in men, and only 40% - women). In some cases, the cause of infertility may be in non-compatible partners.

Myth 12: All around get pregnant, except me
Fact: Each 6th man has problems with fertility. According to the National Center for Medical Statistics, 4.5 million couples each year face the problem of conception, but less than 2 million seek doctors’ assistance. About 90% of cases of infertility are successfully diagnosed by specialists in reproductive medicine.

Myth 13: Once you adopt a child, you will immediately conceive
Fact: Medical research clearly proved that chances of pregnancy after adoption do not change.

Myth 14: Infertility occurs only for those couples who have never had children before
Fact: Unfortunately, many couples who already have children face the problem of secondary infertility.

So do not let stupid thoughts distract you from pressing problems, and tune in a negative manner, because human thought has not only a typical positive power, but also devastating effect. As they say, believe that all will be fine with you - and that is what will happen!