study<\/a> in the journal Contraception that found one-third of the 281 active duty servicewomen surveyed couldn\u2019t get the type of birth control they wanted before deploying, and 41 percent had trouble refilling prescriptions on duty.\u201d<\/p>\nMiller interviewed a woman who served in the U.S. Army and is now in the reserves. She told the reporter that getting pregnant in the war zone, also referred to as \u201cin theater\u201d is strictly prohibited, as well as a social taboo.\u00a0 Due to an unexpected pregnancy, Price left her tour in Iraq a couple months early.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was mortified,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For those women in the military who hold off on becoming moms, they may be jeopardizing their own fertility. This isn\u2019t something new recruits generally think about, and, therefore, they should be counseled about the potential impact on their fertility beforehand.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere isn\u2019t any data that would say you\u2019ll be less fertile after deployment than you would be beforehand,\u201d said Dr. Wilma Larsen, a retired Colonel and current assistant chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Scott &\u200b White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas.\u200b She continued, \u201cBut if you think about some of the environmental issues that could occur, it makes sense that there could be an effect on fertility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Gilbert L. Mottla, a fertility specialist and reproductive endocrinologist, told the reporter that servicewomen have the potential to phase out of their fertile years and risk their reproductive health due to an injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a perfect world, we would counsel both men and women to consider fertility preservation before deployment,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Mottla\u2019s \u201cperfect world\u201d is getting a test run.\u00a0 Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently announced the Pentagon\u2019s egg and sperm cryopreservation two-year pilot program.<\/p>\n
While this is being well received, Mottla quickly noted that the VA must be brought up to speed.<\/p>\n
Mottla shares with Miller, \u201cEspecially frustrating for veterans is the fact that military health care covers IVF for active duty members with certain injuries that compromise fertility, but once they phase into the VA system, that coverage is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200bIt\u2019s estimated that over one hundred facility clinics around the nation that are affiliated with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology offer a program providing heavily discount fertility treatment to injured veterans who have lost their ability to conceive. The program is called \u201cServing Our Veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n
These fertility clinics are being recognized for their kindness and generosity.<\/p>\n
Protecting fertility in the military is an ongoing challenge. We need to be advocates for our active and retired military heroes, reminding the government that it\u2019s their onus to \u201ctake care\u201d of those who have volunteered to protect our country.<\/p>\n
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