Contents:
- Medical Video: 6 Factors That Affect The Chances Of Getting Pregnant In Women
- Why is it difficult for me or my partner to get pregnant?
- 1. Age
- 2. Weight
- 3. Smoking
- 4. Pocket cellphone
- 5. Exercise too hard
- 6. Too stressful
Medical Video: 6 Factors That Affect The Chances Of Getting Pregnant In Women
Lifestyle and environmental factors can affect your chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. If you want to increase your chances of getting pregnant, often you don't know what to do or be aware of. As a result, you become more difficult to get pregnant. To learn what are the most difficult causes, here are six important factors that determine your fertility.
Why is it difficult for me or my partner to get pregnant?
1. Age
The quality and number of female eggs decreases with age. Starting at age 32, the chances of women becoming pregnant gradually decrease. At the age of 35, the fertility rate decreases and the probability of getting pregnant each month is around 20 percent. At age 40, fertility has decreased by half and the possibility of getting pregnant each month is around 5 percent.
2. Weight
Weight can affect a woman's fertile period. The ideal body weight, measured by a normal body mass index (BMI) can facilitate ovulation (the release of eggs that are ready to be fertilized) so that the chance of pregnancy increases.
Now, being overweight can make hormone levels out of balance, making it harder for you to get pregnant. Just like being overweight, being too thin can also affect a woman's fertility. If your BMI is below the normal limit, you will experience a deficiency of the leptin hormone, which controls hunger and feeling full. Low leptin levels can interfere with menstrual periods.
3. Smoking
Smoking causes 13 percent of cases of overall infertility. Smoking makes the ovaries grow older and uses up the supply of eggs in a woman's body. In a man's body, smoking reduces sperm count. Exposure to cigarette smoke which contains various harmful substances can also make it difficult for you and your partner to get pregnant.
4. Pocket cellphone
Cellphone exposure can affect sperm quality lower. This might happen because radio frequency electromagnetic radiation damages DNA so that it damages the ability of sperm to fertilize the egg. Cellphones are thought to increase the temperature of the testicles to be hotter when stored in a pants pocket. In fact, temperatures that are too hot are not good for the quality and number of sperm.
5. Exercise too hard
Exercise can help you stay slim, strong, and full of energy. However, if you do it too much, this will have a negative impact on fertility.
A 2012 study published on Fertility and Sterility found that normal weight women who exercise hard, ie for more than five hours a week, it becomes more difficult to get pregnant. Signs that are clearly visible are changes in the menstrual cycle. If you begin to experience these changes, you should reduce the duration or intensity of your exercise, then consult with your doctor about your health and fertility.
6. Too stressful
Many people say pregnant women need calm, because stress is not good for babies. But it turns out stress isn't good for those of you who are trying to get pregnant. According to research published in Human Reproduction, women who have high stress levels will have difficulty getting pregnant.
In this study, experts also recommend couples who are trying to get pregnant to practice yoga or meditation. Because, yoga and meditation can help calm the mind and dispel excessive stress. Stress is actually a natural thing, but if it's excessive and you can't manage it, your fertility will also be disrupted.
