Getting Pregnant After Age 35: Concerns about Conceiving in our Mid-to-Late 30s (& beyond) Today, more and more couples are electing to have a baby (or start having babies) later in life. It would take an army of sociologists to chart out all the reasons for this phenomenon, but suffice it to say that the world […]
PCOS, the Pill, & Other Conditions/Challenges
It’s estimated that around 5 to 10 percent of women of childbearing age in the US have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, making it the single most common cause of infertility in women. But it’s far from the only condition that can impact your chances of conceiving. Here we look at some of the most common conditions that may influence your fertility.
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Beating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with the Rule of 5
Beating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with the Rule of 5 Feeling tired, bloated, and depressed, with zero sex drive? To top it all off, that huge bowl of mac and cheese you had for a midnight snack didn’t even begin to make you feel full? An acne outbreak has made your face look like a moonscape, […]
Women are born with a finite quantity of eggs, a number which steadily declines with age. A baby girl is born with approximately one to two million eggs, but only 300,000 remain by the time she hits puberty. Throughout her reproductive lifetime, she will only ovulate 300 to 400 eggs. Since your ovarian reserve is […]
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PCOS and Insulin Resistance
A significant number of the women who experience issues with fertility also suffer from a medical condition known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Unfortunately, PCOS affects as many as 1 in 5 women of reproductive age, and most of these women will have difficulty becoming pregnant. Many women who are diagnosed with PCOS have multiple, […]
If you follow the news related to nutrition and fertility, you might have heard that gluten (a protein substance found in wheat and other cereal grains) sensitivity and/or celiac disease (a disease of the small intestine caused by gluten intolerance) may be linked to infertility and/or irregularities with the menstrual cycle. Research studies have shown […]