What does ?fertile? mean"
Specialists use the term ?fertility? to describe the ability to conceive a pregnancy, which is slightly different from the capacity to have a live birth, which is known as ?fecundity.?

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So how do you know if you?re fertile" Unfortunately, the short answer is, unless you just got pregnant, there?s no sure way to tell. However, if you?re a woman, the two most important clues that you may be fertile are your age (the odds are highest before age 35) and a history of regular periods. Your chances are also better if you have never smoked and have no history of a pelvic infection that could cause blocked fallopian tubes. But still, that?s no guarantee. Why" For one thing, there are causes of infertility in women, such as poor thyroid function and low levels of progesterone, that often go undetected prior to a fertility workup because they don?t always cause obvious symptoms like irregular periods. And some women have perfectly normal test results but still aren?t getting pregnant. This is known as ?unexplained infertility,? and it accounts for 20 percent of all cases of infertility, notes Basim Abu Rafea, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertili...