If you are in your late 30’s or early 40’s and trying to conceive, you are right in tune with current trends.
New data about the country’s collapsing fertility rates has emerged and concern has deepened over what’s causing the changes, whether it constitutes a crisis that will fundamentally change the demographic trajectory of the country — and what should …
A bulletin from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) highlights a study reported in the journal Ferility and Sterility that for reproductive-age men and women in the United States trying to conceive, marijuana use, or frequency of use, is not associated with a longer time to pregnancy (TTP). Researchers retrospectively reviewed data from the National Survey of Family Growth …
Lifestyle issues matter, at least when trying to conceive.
Couples who are both obese may have a harder time conceiving a child than couples who are both at a healthy weight, a team at the National Institutes of Health found. And obese couples struggle more with fertility than couples where only one person is obese.
Women who are too fat …
As reported in the New York Times two studies suggest that sex alters a woman’s immune system in ways that affect her chances of conceiving.
According to one of the new studies, published in September in the journal Fertility and Sterility, the sexually active women displayed heightened levels of a certain immune cell when their reproductive systems were preparing to …
It seems that if you tell anyone that you are trying to conceive you activate their advice-giving gene. That’s true also of writers looking for stories such as in this article from health.com where the author offers six “weird” things that boost your fertility.
According to the article, “If you are trying to get pregnant (or thinking about it), you’re …
According to a study reported in the May 2013 issue of Fertility & Sterility, the isotonic lubricant Pre-Seed did not compromise quality.
This is important because of the wide use of vaginal lubricants to decrease vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse. In fact, women trying to conceive may have increased intimate dryness associated with the stress associated with timed intercourse …
Facebook has added an "Expecting A Baby" to its Life Events list on its Timeline pages.
"Life Events are easy and expressive ways to mark significant moments in your life such as getting married, buying a house or traveling to new places," Facebook said in a release. "If you choose to, you can now share that you are expecting a baby …
According to a study in the July 2012 issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology the answer is yes, maybe.
Conventional wisdom has been that common lubricants were harmful to sperm but according to this study lubricant use during procreative intercourse does not appear to reduce the probability of conceiving. Of the 296 participants 25% reported that they used vaginal …
Those of us who are interested in helping infertile couples conceive and have successful pregnancies must be very careful to make sure that in their zeal to outlaw abortions, the right-to-life movement does not inadvertently or purposefully take away our most effective fertility options.
According to a January 8th editorial in the New York Times, "Republicans Versus Reproductive Rights," …
