How common is infertility?

It's about one and seven, to 1in 8 couples experience infertility today. So it's dramatically different than what it was about 20 to 30 years ago. And it's going to continue to increase so that almost 10,000,000 couples by the year 2025 will be experiencing infertility. So very, very prevalent and I think it shocks most people to hear that about one and seven, 1 in eight couples experience in fertility.

Some of the reasons and causes for it if you think about it are so innately obvious. The average age of conception or fertility or having children 20 to 30 years ago, was probably about 21. Today that age is closer to 26, 27. So as you change sociodemographic background of couples that are waiting to get married later. There is much more effective birth control. More divorces.

Remarriages. So just those factors alone have change things. People are getting jobs, they are finishing school instead of doing family first, which is what it was like when my parents, your parents we're having children. So a lot of it is has really changed. As a result of delaying family there's also an increased exposure of environmental toxins, sexually-transmitted diseases, and perhaps maybe other medical issues. People, the older you get, the more likely you can have medical problems, get treated for it. And those themselves can cause infertility. So that's why it's much more prevalent.