Olathe doctor wants to educate people on growing fertility options [Video]

OLATHE, Kan. — Infertility is a disease that affects 17% of young couples in the U.S.

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week, which is all about educating the public about reproductive health and issues that make building a family so difficult for so many.

The Midwest Reproductive Center said causes for infertility are evenly found in men and women — they’re just more commonly talked about when found in women.

Infertility can be caused by several factors — from the ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes for women, and low sperm levels, movement and shape in males.

However, Dr. Dan Gehlbach, of the Midwest Reproductive Center, said the most common cause for infertility now is age.

“Age has become a much bigger factor now and one that we’re trying to educate the public on,” Gehlbach said. “Everything that we do, age affects the outcome, and so that has become one …