Many women that have been diagnosed with female infertility are desperate to find treatment or a cure that will enable them to have babies. I have heard from and read of women that have submitted to a barrage of embarrassing tests to try and pinpoint the cause of their infertility, so the doctor could provide a treatment.

Female Infertility Treatment – Medical Options

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Depression and women are closely related to each other. Depression in women is undeniable. Depression as a disease affects almost 10 percent of women.

It hampers the social, personal and professional life of women. Women tend to suffer from depression twice as more as their men counterpart. These kind of depressions are a great risk to the mental health, especially among young women. It mainly happens in women as they are in general more emotional than their male counterpart. They pile up loads of emotions in their mind without venting them.

Symptoms

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The natural changes in body and mind of pregnant women are to be expected. A woman conceiving a child experiences hormonal imbalance which may manifest both physically and mentally. This is considered normal and understanding its underlying principle is salient specifically women experiencing these peculiar circumstances for the first time.

To shed light and generate better understanding, a careful look on some of the major influences entailing these changes are vital. When a pregnant woman experiences physical changes; these are considered given factors. Consequently, expectant mothers anticipating motherhood should be aware of the inevitable changes that they have to bear while carrying the child in their womb. Among the physical changes common among pregnant women involves the emergence of acne and stretch marks.

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Women are 2-3 times more susceptible to achieving depression then men. We are not trying to suggest in any way that women are weaker then men.

Some of the latest studies show that men and women’s biology differs in more ways than it was supposed, for instance they have different levels of estrogen, melatonin, cortisol and serotonin. Those differences are beginning to provide clues on why are women more susceptible to depression as well as the special type called Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Stress is one of the important factors in depression and also the way people respond to it. Women usually encounter emotional ailments like depression, anxiety, anorexia while men will have to deal with anger, and violent behavior, alcohol and drugs.

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Healthy parents raise emotionally healthy babies and a mother’s influence towards the same is great. No body can deny it. Hence it is imperative that females should have good mental health. The reality is, about 20 to 25 percent of women suffers with depression in their life time against 7 to 12 percent of men. This shows that women are very much prone to depressed than men. Depression strikes older women more often than men

In addition to environmental stressors and psychosocial factors, women are also influenced by biological factors to get depressed. That is why women are much prone to getting depressed than men

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We all know that pregnancy along with raising a child can be the if not the happiest some of the happiest times a woman can heave. Bringing in to the world a new and most beautiful being can mean a lot to a women. Motherhood is a very special time for women. Still besides all these happy times women can also encounter some harsh moments. A number of significant emotional and physical changes affect a woman as long with a lot of stress and worry for the child to come. It is not uncommon for women to become depressive during child carriage or after birth.

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I love the women of the Baby Boomer generation. They demanded world attention for their rights to equality in the sixties, changed the gender rules in the seventies, made their way into executive boardrooms in the eighties, and paved the way for the coming generations of their daughters and their daughter’s daughters. Generations X and Y, and hopefully “Z”, have a lot to thank them.

Today, younger adult women don’t have to go through what they did for recognition and understanding. When I enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1981, I was the only female in my first accounting class. Today, there are equally the same if not more women in graduate university and advanced education courses than men. This is how dramatically things have changed. But have they?

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Researchers claim that women are four times more vulnerable to depression than men. I am not implying in any way that women are weaker than men. It’s that their biology is so much different from men’s. They can be so sensitive and more susceptible to depression, anxiety attacks and stress. Let’s point out some of the differences between men and women and how both respond to depression and the symptoms of depression.

Differences Between Men and Women:

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i noticed a lot of women here are listing their symptoms.. and are hoping that they are pregnant.. i.. myself am one of those women.. i know once we are TRYING TO CONCEIVE.. we watch for EVERY LITTLE sign that our body gives.. that we may be pregnant.. every little thing that happens.. we question it.. and think ..”am i pregnant?” and we tend to get nervous.. and anxious.. some of us ..turn out to be pregnant.. and some say they are experiencing symptoms but are VERY dissappointed when their period shows up.. the reason why we get these SO CALLED pregnancy symptoms and turn out NOT pregnant.. is b/c of STRESS and ANXIETY..
Symptoms
Anxiety

In the mind:
Feeling worried all the time
Feeling tired
Unable to concentrate
Feeling irritable
Sleeping badly

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