A couple is considered to be suffering from sterility when, after a year of unprotected sex, they have not been able to achieve a pregnancy.
On the other hand, the term infertility is used when the couple does achieve pregnancy but fails to evolve and ends in a miscarriage.
In both cases, sterility or infertility will be primary if the couple has not been able to have any children previously together. In these cases, it will be necessary to visit a fertility clinic to undergo different tests and fertility studies.
Read the full article on: What are the differences between primary and secondary infertility? ( 46).
By Gorka Barrenetxea Ziarrusta M.D., Ph.D. (gynecologist) and Sandra Fernández B.A., M.A. (fertility counselor).
Last Update: 01/07/2021
