Infertility Isn't Just a 'White Woman's Issue'
For women over 40, the biological clock ticks louder, but for Black and South Asian women in the UK and US, systemic barriers, cultural stigma and lack of tailored support turn a challenging journey into an isolating battle.
Black women experience infertility at nearly twice the rate of White women, often linked to higher rates of fibroids, tubal issues and other conditions. Yet they wait 12–18 months longer to seek care due to medical mistrust, dismissal of symptoms, cost barriers and implicit bias. In the UK, Black patients start IVF later (average age ~36) and have lower birth
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A lot of people do not realise this but there are gene mutations that affect people’s fertility and they can be mitigated with simple lifestyle changes. For instance an MTHFR gene mutation means that you cannot process standard Folic acid and need a different type that will bypass this deficiency and ensure that you get the proper nutrient to sustain your pregnancy. It’s only about £12 but you need to do a gene test to know. Livewello.com tests for most of these genes and you can use Gene chat to interact with your dna test on the site to get this info in plain language and share with your doctor. There are examples of these scenarios here: https://livewello.com/scenarios/hormones-mood/infertility-elena
This example mentions how PCOS is heavily implicated in infertility https://livewello.com/scenarios/hormones-mood/pcos-nina
Never give up. There are answers out there.