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Tips to Safeguard Your Fertility
6 Simple Steps for Preventing Fertility Problems
Ask any mom who's experienced fertility problems and she'll tell you: It's much easier to prevent fertility problems than to treat them when they happen. With that in mind, here are some tips to safeguard your fertility and possibly prevent problems from arising.
Don't smoke.
Smoking can affect your fertility in several ways: You are at greater risk for pelvic inflammatory disease (which affects fertility); you are at higher risk for miscarriage and delivering premature or low birth weight babies; and studies have shown that smokers are 30 percent less fertile than nonsmokers. Give birth before age 40.
A woman's chance of getting pregnant drops from about 20 percent when under age 30 to 5 percent when over age 40. Additionally, the risk of miscarriage and birth defects increases with maternal age. Avoid pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
This term refers to the infection of one of your pelvic organs, including the cervix, uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The primary cause of PID is untreated sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), but it can also be caused by an IUDWant to see more?
- The Skinny on Weight While Trying to Conceive: Conception for the Underweight
- A Weighty Issue: Trying to Conceive When You're Clinically Overweight
- How to Kick the Smoking Habit: Tips to Help You Stop Smoking
- How Old Is Too Old to Give Birth? Giving Birth Late in Life
- Too Toxic to Conceive: Is Your Lifestyle to Blame?
- Join the discussion on our Family.com community!
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