Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing - The Carter Center

of a second ectopic gestation is about 10 percent, as
compared which 0.4 percent in other women. The chance of
delivering a term baby is about 50 percent. Patients who have
previously had an ectopic gestation therefore require
additional care during pregnancy.
12.11 Infertility
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive and carry a
pregnancy to viability after at least 1 year of regular sexual
intercourse with out contraception.
Primary infertility- is an inability to conceive and carry a
pregnancy to viability with no previous history of pregnancy
carried to alive birth.
Secondary infertility- is an inability to conceive and carry a
pregnancy to alive birth following one or more successful
pregnancies.
Although often used interchangeably the term infertility and
sterility are not synonymous. Sterility denotes a total and
irreversible inability to conceive. Broadly defined infertility
includes the inability to carry a pregnancy to viability.
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