In general, infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant (conceive) after one year (or longer) of unprotected sex. Because fertility in women is known to decline steadily with age, some providers evaluate and treat women aged 35 years or older after 6 months of unprotected sex.

Articles and Information:

American Pregnancy Association

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Friday Five: Lessons Learned from Infertility

Friday Five: What Infertility Taught Me

Friday Five: What I Wish I Knew Before IVF

Getting Pregnant

Infertility

Managing Infertility Stress

Still Standing Magazine

Surrogacy and Egg Donation Handbook

The Bumpy Truth

What is Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)?

Books:

A Baby At Last!: The Couple’s Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant (Amazon)

Barren Grace (Amazon)

Conception: A Fertility Doctor’s Memoir (Amazon; Bookshop)

Kindred Beginnings: Coloring Your Way Mindfully through Your Family-Building Journey (Amazon)

Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (Amazon; Bookshop)

Podcasts:

Beat Infertility

Big Fat Negative: TTC, Fertility, Infertility, and IVF

Egg Freezing

Fertility Docs Uncensored

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Fertility

If These Ovaries Could Talk

Infertile AF

Infertility Awareness

LGBTQ Family Planning

Pregnantish

Preparing for Pregnancy

Sisters in Loss

The Fertility Podcast

The Fertility Warrior

This Is Infertility

Resources:

Family Equality

Financial Resources for Family Building

Resolve: The National Infertility Association

Support Groups

Parental Hope

Postpartum Support International

Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS)

Resolve

Videos and Webinars:

Costs of Surrogacy

Everything You Wanted to Know About Infertility with Dr. Shweta Nayak

Kitchen Table Conversations