How Does Lifestyle Affects Your Fertility?
There are number of lifestyle factors affecting fertility on both men and women. Check out the major habits that affect your fertility in a negative manner.
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If you are struggling with getting pregnant, then there can be various causes behind this such as genetic issues, anatomical problems, disease, and more. However, in addition to these causes, the person’s choices of lifestyle can also foundation for infertility problems in them.
To improve your fertility condition, it is a must that you should change your daily routine and follow a healthy lifestyle that can improve your chances of conception. The goal is to create the healthiest environment for conception and pregnancy without any help from fertility treatment or any medical input.
If you are following a healthy lifestyle but still are struggling to conceive, schedule an appointment or contact us today.
Main Reason Behind Infertility
Do you know, in most cases, 30% of infertility has been associated with weight extremes? The infertility problem is 3 times higher in overweight women. Even underweight women can face the problem of infertility.
In men’s case, overweight in men alters testosterone and other related hormones that can affect sperm count and sperm mobility. Sperm-related infertility problem accounts for up to 33% of male factor infertility.
In addition to a healthy diet routine, lifestyle choices that support conceptions include avoiding alcohol consumption, no drug use, quitting smoking, and moderate daily exercise.
Exercise
Practicing moderate exercise (up to one hour) on a daily basis can reduce the risk of infertility and improve sperm quality and increase sperm count. Doing exercises for less than 15 min can raise the risk of infertility and even doing extreme exercise can cause infertility.
Oral Health
Oral health is also very important for both men and women. All types of oral problems like gum disease, cavities, and periodontitis negatively impact pregnancy.
Quit Smoking
There are various facts and studies that show that smoking can increase your chance of infertility by 13%. It can put a serious effect on a woman’s fertility and can deplete a woman’s eggs prematurely and ages the ovaries, which results in extend the time it takes to conceive. Smoking also increases your risk for a miscarriage and can cause birth defects.
Consumption of Alcohol
Consumption of alcohol can impact fertility in both males and females, affecting conception and implantation. In women, heavy intake of alcohol can cause infertility and ovulation disorders. In men decrease quality and number of sperm counts. It can also lower testosterone levels and can cause erectile dysfunction.
Stress and depression
Stress and depression are also a chief factor of infertility in both men and women that effectively reduces the chance of pregnancy. If you are under stress or depression try practicing yoga, meditation, acupuncture, breathing, and other mind-body therapies.
Sleep
Good sleep is also necessary for a healthy body and it also affects your fertility. Bad sleep can reduce cortisol levels in humans that can lower testosterone.
Along with these factors, men can improve their fertility by just altering some acts from their lifestyle like eliminating tight-fitting clothes, long bike rides, and avoiding holding a laptop in your lap because this action can increase the scrotal temperature that reduces sperm production.
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