Tips to boost your fertility

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Fertility is the natural ability one possesses to conceive a child. Around 10%-15% of married couples in India face the problem of fertility. Even minor stressors can adversely affect your fertility and prevent you from getting pregnant. But, thankfully there are some easy ways to boost your fertility and become pregnant faster. Here, we present some of those methods through which you could boost your fertility.

Watch your Health: You should monitor your health by going to regular checkups. A doctor would be able to give you the best advice to stay fit. Good diet, regular exercise, healthy body weight, proper sleep and less stress goes a long way in maintaining a high level of fertility.

Know the process: All the pregnancies start when the egg meets sperm. The process where ovaries release an egg is called ovulation. You need to keep a track of the ovulation process and have sex during that time as it increases the chance of pregnancy.

Monitor the Testicle Temperature: Testicles are usually a few degrees cooler than the rest of the body because that is a better temperature for sperm production. So, it becomes necessary to keep a tab on the testicle temperature to boost your fertility.

Keep a tab on your medications: Before you try to conceive a baby, make sure that any medications you consume does not affect your fertility.

Maintain a balanced diet: A good diet increases your fertility and boosts the chances of conceiving. Include enough amount of iron, protein, zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D in your diet as deficiencies in these nutrients leads to the risk of miscarriage.

Lookout for your weight: Being obese surely poses risk to your body. Besides that, excess body weight can lead to overproduction of certain hormones and disrupt ovulation. This means lesser ovulation lessens the chances of pregnancy.

Avoid Alcohol: Various studies conducted by well- known researchers have shown a decreased ability to conceive with the consumption of alcohol. Besides, alcohol also adversely affects the fetus.

No Smoking: Cigarettes damage a woman’s eggs and interfere with the fertilisation and implantation process. Besides, it also causes the ovaries to age. This means that the ovaries of a 35 year old functions like the ovaries of 42 year old, meaning less fertility.

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According to a report by National Center for Health Statics only 12% of the women face fertility related problems, so either if you are trying a pregnancy or simply wondering if you are fertile

CONGRATULATIONS!! Odds are already in your favor. Ideally, the majority of couples get pregnant within 3 to 12 months of trying and moreover here are few tell signs that you are fertile enough to wash your doubts.

1. Your periods are regular

One of the most obvious signs of fertility is regular periods. Hence if you get your periods in a regular duration of 24 to 35 days your hormones are in perfect balance and your ovaries are producing an egg every month.

2. You have an ideal weight

However, your body weight has nothing to do with your fertility unless your periods are regular however weighing either too much or too little can invite fertility issues. In skinny women, a little fat can lead to difficulties in getting pregnant because their bodies conserve energy for the proper function of the other parts and may shut down ovulation. On the flipside, women with too much body fat can disrupt the functioning of hormones responsible for ovulation. Though in most of the cases heavy and thin women do get pregnant yet gaining or losing to reach a healthy Mass Body Index (MBI) would be a smart move for a healthier pregnancy and fast recovery from postpartum.

3. You don’t have a problem of fibroids and endometriosis

Women usually have a habit of ignoring subtle symptoms until they emerge as bigger issues. Ladies, pelvic pain, heavy, long and extremely painful periods can be signs of endometriosis or fibroids. Though, either of the conditions are not an issue in conceiving a child yet your chances of getting fertility related issues increases.

4. You are away from smoking and alcohol consumption

Smoking and drinking can severely damage your eggs and derail ovulation which leads to delayed or no pregnancy. Moreover, the risk of infertility increases if your partner smokes too, so if you are away from smoking you have good odds to conceive.

5. You can track when you are ovulating

Most commonly women ovulate in the mid of their cycle but ovulation can take place anywhere

between 6-7 to 19-20 day of the cycle. You are lucky if you can track the subtle signs and change in vaginal mucus that indicates ovulation.

6. You have regular check on STDs

Certain bacterial infections can spread to reproductive organs, like gonorrhea and chlamydia that may cause PID (pelvic inflammatory disease). Such infections can later lead to serious damage to fallopian tubes, ovaries and uterus if remained undetected. Sadly, despite of clear signs of PID infection like irregular bleeding, and pain during sex and urination two-third of the times it goes unnoticed and creates issues later. So if you haven’t got yourself checked for STDs lately and preparing for a baby, it’s a good time to visit your doctor.