Can a vaginal bacterial infection could be preventing me from getting pregnant?
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at
12:23 pm
Me and my husband have been ttc for about a year now but I found out recently that I have a bacterial infection. I read that sometimes bacterial infections have no symptoms in women. Could this be the reason why I am not pregnant yet?
Filed under: Bacterial Vaginosis
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Very possible. A hundred plus things have to be just right in order to get pregnant. The pH has to be just right as well, which bacteria could change.
It is possible because it can create an inhospitable environment for the sperm and if there is a lot of sticky discharge like cottage cheese then it can stop the sperm entering through the cervix.
No, it does not seem to cause difficulty getting pregnant. Yes, it is associated with an increased incidence of miscarriage. A recent study, Ralph SG, Rutherford AJ, Wilson JD: Influence of bacterial vaginosis on conception and miscarriage in the first trimester: cohort study.BMJ 1999 Jul 24;319(7204):220-3, showed a miscarriage rate of 31.6% in women with bacterial vaginosis compared with 18.5%, a normal background rate, in women with normal vaginal bacteria.