Almost half the couples in South India (49 per cent) aged between 31-40 have been found to be infertile by a survey.
The only thing that can beat this shocking revelation is the fact that in this day and age, a whopping 64 per cent of the infertile couples believed that religious rituals and God’s will would help them have a child, thus delaying infertility treatment till their mid-30s.
“The good news is that 35 per cent of these couples in south India have at least undergone In Vitro Fertilization and about 80 per cent had come to realise that fertility treatment was a good option,” said Dr Jeyarani Kamaraj, fertility expert and director of Aakash Fertility Centre.
Incidentally, the survey also points out that the ‘shortcoming’ is almost equally shared between men and women. “Almost 41 per cent of men had low sperm count and related issues while 40 per cent of the women have polycystic ovarian disorder and 35 per cent had fallopian tube issues,” said Dr Hrishikesh Pai, Scientific Director at Lilavati Hospital’s Fertility Centre.