Women with excess male hormones, such as testosterone, may find it difficult to get pregnant because these hormones prevent ovulation. Male hormones inhibit the production of the FSH hormone, responsible for the maturation of the eggs. Without ovulation, the woman stops menstruating and there is no pregnancy.
This is the case, for example, in the polycystic ovary syndrome, in which there is menstrual irregularity and even absence of menstruation due to hormonal imbalance.
Excess testosterone in women may also be due to the use of anabolic, which can stop ovulation and cause infertility.
In large amounts, testosterone decreases the action of the female hormones and the woman begins to develop male characteristics: the voice becomes thicker, the body loses its rounded forms, the hairs grow beyond normal, the jaw gets wider, the clitoris gets bigger, the smaller breasts and the appetite increases.
The use of anabolics also makes it difficult to attach the embryo to the wall of the uterus, abortions. Even if pregnancy occurs, there is a greater risk of fetal malformation, because hormones impair the development of the baby's genitals.
However, by suspending the use of the anabolic, the woman returns to ovulate and the menstruation becomes regularized. About 3 months after the breakup, the body returns to normal and it may already become pregnant.
If the woman has been trying to get pregnant for at least 12 consecutive months and is unable to do so, she and her partner should seek a family doctor, general practitioner or gynecologist for an evaluation of the couple's fertility.
