If you’re trying to get pregnant, relax and try to keep your stress down. That sounds like good advice, which your doctor has probably given you, but there has been very little science to back it up – until now.
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Estrogen After Menopause May Blunt Stress’ Effects on Memory
Estrogen therapy after menopause may help reduce the memory problems associated with stress in some older women, a small new study suggests.
Infertility is a Disease Just Like Any Other
The impact infertility can have on a couple is far reaching and it can be difficult to determine. Infertility can impact one’s relationship with family and friends, create financial difficulty, affect the relationship between partners and can negatively affect the couple’s sexual relationship. In a nutshell, infertility can cause stress.
Taking Baby Steps: Saying Goodbye to Your Infertility Team and Hello to Your Obstetrician
A pregnancy after in vitro fertilization can sometimes be filled with stress, particularly in the early days. At some point, your IVF team will graduate you to the next step. Robin Fogle M.D. speaks in this short video sponsored by Attain …
Specialist Talks About Local Infertility Issues
For most families pregnancy is a joyful time, but for couples who have trouble conceiving, the thought of getting there can cause great emotional stress.
Dad’s Stress Changes His Sperm: Brain Development of Future Children Affected
Is Dad stressed? It may not be a good thing for your future children. It turns out that sperm is affected by stress, whether experienced as a preadolescent or adult, and could give any sons or daughters a blunted reaction to stress–a response is associated with several mental disorders.
Ignorance About Sex Leads to Infertility
Gynecologists in city are recording a disturbing trend — despite all the education and exposure to mass media and even sex education in schools, young couples are increasingly showing lack of enthusiasm and ignorance about sex due to either stress or modern lifestyle, which in turn is leading to rise in infertility.
Acupuncture, Stress and IVF
Can acupuncture and IVF go hand in hand? Sandy Goodman MD of Reproductive Medicine Group, Florida and Kym Caporale, L.Ac discuss stress reduction, acupuncture and IVF in this short, interactive video, sponsored by Attain Fertility …
Why it’s important not to stress over infertility
TAMPA (FOX 13) – Many families want to add a baby to the family, but conceiving isn’t always the easiest thing to do. The CDC estimates almost seven million women have difficulty, and it’s an emotional and heartbreaking problem.
For eight years, Karen Kelly tried having a baby with her husband, but was unsuccessful. Karen visited doctors, explored in vitro, and considered adoption. She says the experience was stressful.
“You start out that marriage saying, ‘We’ll do it when we are ready’ and you think it’s going to naturally happen, then conception came, for us, an ordeal,” explained Karen. “It’s a huge issue that required medical intervention, and medical analysis to figure out what was wrong.”
Karen’s journey pointed her to a familiar face. Retired WTVT anchor Kathy Fountain now counsels women like Karen, and helps couples overcome infertility.
“The ability to conceive is such a primal instinct,” Fountain explained. “Not having a baby when you want to can cause stress and anxiety. Studies have shown infertility can cause depression, just as a woman with heart disease, AIDS, or cancer, which are the most stressful things you can go through.” Read full article.
Stress and anxiety linked to sperm quality
(Reuters Health) – A man’s ability to produce sperm may depend on his ability to handle stress, according to a new study from Italy.
Researchers found that men with higher levels of both short- and long-term stress and anxiety ejaculated less semen and had lower sperm concentration and counts. Men with the highest anxiety levels were also more likely to have sperm that were deformed or less mobile.
But one fertility researcher not involved in the new work said it’s hard to know how the results apply to the general population because the research included men who were already seeking treatment at a fertility clinic.
“Do you become stressed from becoming infertile or is stress causing infertility?” asked Tina Jensen from Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, who has studied the effects of environmental factors on sperm quality.
Previous research has found that men going through fertility treatment or evaluation have higher stress levels than the average person, and some studies have also shown links between stress and sperm quality, according to the Italian researchers, led by Elisa Vellani of the European Hospital in Rome. Read full article.