Infertility: Is it genetic?

My mom adopted my brother when she thought she couldn't have kids and then I came along.

Is there any genetic link for infertility?

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I don't think so. No one in my family or my husbands family ever had any problems getting pregnant.

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I have been wondering the same thing. But, its only pattern from my maternal Grandmother. She only was able to have one. My Mom had no trouble conceiving my brother. But, in between she had 2 m/c and then had trouble when pregnant with me (was on bed rest for most of it). Which may have caused my problems. He Doc gave her some drug (maybe DES) to prevent m/c. We dont' know and will never know. But, I have the most common side effect a T-shaped uterus (most likely because of it if we could prove it, they stopped using it in '71 - though at the time her doc said he didn't give it to her). Took her 6 years to have her 2nd. Anyway, now I'm having problems. But, maybe just due to age. From my research my uterus shouldn't be a problem. And a lot of women exposed to that drug went on to have healthy children. Actually if I didn't have a m/c last year, i would never have known anything about my uterus shape.

Then my father's mother had her first child at 40 and her 2nd (my Dad) at 44. My grandfather was her 2nd marriage (she was so ahead of her time, she even went to college).

So, who knows, right? We just gotta get ourselves pregnant, NOW! (is that demanding enough?)

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seriously..my cousin mentioned it could impact me.

I don't think so frankly. I have reason to believe it ain't so. let's leave it at that.

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I don't know the scientific answer for this but in my personal experience, I've wondered this - My mom had a hard time conceiving with me (4+ years) but had my brother 2 years later...unfortunately both my parents passed away before I ever started TTC and never had the opportunity to ask them why it took them so long, so I am curious to the answer to this one also...

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I think there may be some link. However, if it was always genetic, then none of us would be around. IF treatments weren't available when our parents had us or when their parents had them, etc.
I think some conditions, like PCOS can be inherited. My mom believes that my grandma probably had it - she had a lot of the external symptoms and her brother is 15 years older than her, and there was a miscarriage inbetween.

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I really don't think so.
I think it's more of an issue of people waiting to have children. Years ago, people got married and had babies in the late teens/early twenties and now people are waiting until their early thirties and sometimes 40's(me ).

So, I think it's more of an age issue than genetic.

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Posted by Gertyrae

I really don't think so.
I think it's more of an issue of people waiting to have children. Years ago, people got married and had babies in the late teens/early twenties and now people are waiting until their early thirties and sometimes 40's(me ).

So, I think it's more of an age issue than genetic.

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Not in my family. My mom never had a hard time getting PG.
DH thinks it is because I was on the BCP for so many years, but I dont know.
Like Gerty said, I think people are just waiting till they are older.

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I don't know. I think some things are. The doctor asked me if had any family history of infertility. Which I don't, but our problem is MF.

I think it would make sense because think about fraternal twins. They run in families, including mine , and that is because those women release more than one egg. So that's genetic, releasing more than one egg, I mean. SO why wouldn't not ovulating or something be genetic?

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My mom had no problems conceiving us, but she was 18 when she conceived me, 19 with my brother and 27 with my sister.

My sister is 18 and after screwing up her BCPs and stopping them for a while, she discovered she is not ovulating (when for many sonos and blood tests to varify), so I dont know what to make of it.

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in our case it is not. My mom had no problems conceiving either my brother or I. Same on DH's side. His parents had no problems (his brother & him are 19 months apart) & his brother has 2 of his own with no problems.

We do know that the low testosterone though is in DH's family...

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Yes, especially MF infertility....studies show that severe MF IF is genetic. Certain MF IF can be passed to a male offspring and they can suffer the same faith as their fathers.....of course this does not impact everyone......

MY DH's case is genetic....he was born like that and the doctors traced his condition to his father, who conceived 3 boys with no problems...go figure.....very weird....

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Posted by Gertyrae

I really don't think so.
I think it's more of an issue of people waiting to have children. Years ago, people got married and had babies in the late teens/early twenties and now people are waiting until their early thirties and sometimes 40's(me ).

So, I think it's more of an age issue than genetic.

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My mom always said she'd walk past my dad in the hallway and be pg. But her sister probably has PCOS so who knows. I think its possible depending on the diagnosis. All I know is it s*cks. Bad.

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I don't know...my mom had trouble conceiving my sister and I back in the 70s and 80s....my sister and I are 8 yrs apart and she had a few mc's in between. I've been diagnosed with PCOS and my mom said she wonders if she had anything - bc back then she never went to a specialist, she just kept trying.

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Found out after grilling my mom about this that they did not have fertility issues that they know of.

So for me, if that was going to be an issue, it's now not an issue.

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Posted by babyfaith

Posted by Gertyrae

I really don't think so.
I think it's more of an issue of people waiting to have children. Years ago, people got married and had babies in the late teens/early twenties and now people are waiting until their early thirties and sometimes 40's(me ).

So, I think it's more of an age issue than genetic.

I agree with this as well.

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The only reason it is for me is because we have a chromosomal disorder that my mom passed to me.