YOU'VE
HEARD THAT ...
-
stress is the most common reason why women
have trouble getting pregnant.
THE
TRUTH: Stress may play a role, but it's not the most common culprit (
ovarian dysfunction, which means are not are not ovulating regulary,
is). The data showing that stress affects fertility is very weak. Part
of a problem is that stress is difficult to measure. There are plenty
of examples in which women under immense amount of stress conceive and
deliver babies - in war times, for example. Indeed, fertility increases
during the war time and right after it.
YOU'VE
HEARD THAT ...
- if you have regular periods, you
should
have no problem getting pregnant.
THE
TRUTH: Getting your period around the same day every month indicates
that you are ovulating regularly, but it does not ensure that the eggs
are good quality. Many things factor into fertility, including the
health of your reproductive system. Your fallopian tubes( through which
the egg travels to get fertilized) could be blocked, and you'll still
get regular monthly periods.
YOU'VE
HEARD THAT ...
-
to get pregnant quickly, you should have
sex every day.
THE
TRUTH: Sperm lives for about 38 to
72 hours in your reproductive truct, so there is no need to, um,
overload it. Having sex more than once a day for few days in a row may
reduce sprm count. Figure out when you ovulate, and have sex every
other day two to three days before and after that. You ovlulate
aproximately 14 days before you get your period: so if your cycle is 28
days, you ovulate on or around day 14.
YOU'VE
HEARD THAT ...
-
if you're already conceived once, getting
pregnant again will be a clinch.
THE
TRUTH: You are older the second
time, and your reproductive system change over the years. New research
shows that a guy's sperm quality also declines with age when males
reach 40. A study of about 2000 couples undergoing IVF found that
pregnancy attempt were 70 percent more likely to fail if the man was 40
or older.
FERTILITY
FACTS
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