Published on May 23, 2013

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Having a baby is still an option for women over the age of 35. OB/GYN Dr. Lisa Masterson and fertility specialist Dr. Millie Bahara share the tips and solutions every woman should know.

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These are your most fertile years. Your periods are probably regular, and most, if not all, of them are ovulatory. Even now, however, you may not conceive exactly when you want to. The average woman between 20 and 24 years old has about a 20 percent chance each month of getting pregnant when she has unprotected intercourse.

Once you do conceive, your blood pressure will probably be checked at each prenatal appointment, even though most women in their 20s have only a small risk of hypertension during pregnancy. New research shows that you have about half the risk of gestational diabetes that women in their 40s do, which is why recent guidelines from the American Diabetes Association suggest eliminating the once routine test for gestational diabetes in women age 25 or under.

Watch more How to Understand Infertility videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/511903-How-Steroids-Affect-Sperm-Count-Infertility

Learn how to treat a low sperm count in this Howcast video about infertility.

Abnormal semen analysis are one of the most common causes for difficulty conceiving in a couple. In an abnormal semen analysis, one of the most common abnormalities is a low sperm count. Sperm counts are considered low if the count is generally less than 20 million sperm per milliliter of ejaculate. Some experts consider less than 15 million per milliliter as being the lower limit of normal.

Why do men have low sperm counts? Some have low sperm counts due to genetic abnormalities where they actually produce very low numbers of sperm. Some actually have obstructions in the reproductive system whereby sperm can't go from the higher end of the testicle down into the urethra to come out in the ejaculate. So there are both non-obstructive and obstructive causes of abnormal semen analysis and low sperm count.

Many men have absolutely no sperm in the ejaculate and yet they're not necessarily completely infertile when using certain infertility specialists. Many men have absolutely no sperm in their ejaculate but they are not necessarily infertile if they are subject to the proper treatments.