Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has said that women are not the only persons exposed to infertility, but men also experience it.

Ajayi, who is the Managing Director, Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, said couples share 50-50 responsibilities in cases of infertility.

In an interview with our Correspondent on the need for couples seeking In-Vitro Fertilization to be well informed about the various treatment methods available, Ajayi said, “Many people don’t know that most times, 50 percent of the cause of infertility is with the man and the remaining 50 percent is with the woman.

“It is also annoying to hear men complain or quarrel with their wives for having only girls, when they are the ones who determine the baby’s sex.

“It is the man that determines the sex of the baby. So, we need a lot of education in Africa. It is not the way we see things that they are, sometimes.”

Speaking on recipient circle and the categories of women who could benefit from such method of IVF treatment, the physician urged people to stop mistaking egg donation for surrogacy.

“Recipient circle is a method where someone donates egg to another for conception. But the problem is that people mistake it for surrogacy and they don’t understand the difference between surrogacy and recipient circle.

“Recipient circle only involves using another person’s egg. You are going to carry the pregnancy yourself, unlike in surrogacy when another person carries the baby.

“These two are what we call third party reproduction, in the sense that another person needs to help the family.

“Babies born through this process will not have the genetic composition of the woman who is carrying the baby because the embryo comes from the egg and sperm. But the baby will have the genetic composition of the man in the union –the sperm that you used.“

According to him, beneficiaries of recipient circle are those who have stopped making their own eggs, either due to age (40 years and above), or women with genetic diseases.

He also pointed out that those born without eggs due to hormonal problems are also beneficiaries of donor egg.

He advised couples seeking IVF treatment to be properly counselled before choosing any method and to also visit certified fertility cenres for treatment.

https://healthwise.punchng.com/infertility-is-not-always-a-womans-fault-gynaecologist/

Kindly increase the volume... No wonder some people women bring in bastards to the husband which is very wrong.