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The Window of Fertility Issues among Married Filipino Couple.

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Fertility is the ability to produce offspring. Yet, there are couples having a serious problem of concieiving a child. The truth is they need help and there is fertility treatment available in the Medical World. Hope and Acceptance are the key for effective Fertility Treatment. Awareness of Infertility gains more courage that miracles takes time- Natalie Tugade Together with my boyfriend, we arrived at the event much earlier. So, we still have time to take the Fertility Questionaire and the results shows no indication that we will be needing a reproductive specialists. But, if we are planning to settle down and having a baby and there are possible symptons that prevents me on having one. I believe that I need to face the truth that I need to consult a specialist. Nowadays, not all married couple are blessed to have a child right away. Like my sister & my brother-in-law, its been seven years, and still, they don't have a child on their own. I know there are a lo...

Health Campaign: 5th Year of Merck on bringing Fertility Awareness in PH!!!

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Merck Philippines understands the heartaches of couples who can't concieve a child on their own. So, they are committed on this campaign called "Bridging Baby Steps,” that aims to continue education on infertility and raise awareness about the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) methods available in the country through seminars and information dissemination. So, let us defined, Infertility. In accordance with, World Health Organization (WHO), "its a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.” Unfortunately, 15% of our population are suffering from fertility problems. Turning Dreams to Reality  According to Synovate survey in 2011, it shows that one out of 10 Filipinos are suffering from infertility. There are different factors that affect a couple’s ability to procreate such as socio-cultural practices, including the marrying age, educational status,...