Can stress affect fertility?

Stress can cause infertility and infertility can cause stress? It seems like a never-ending cycle. Although extreme stress may affect fertility, it rarely does so in ways that would lead to long-term trouble with getting pregnant.

While stress alone does not seem to cause infertility, stress can push us toward unhealthy behaviours that can affect our fertility.

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Here are some examples of stressed out unhealthy behaviour:

  • Sleep too much or sleep too little
  • Give in to emotional eating or not allow enough time to eat healthy
  • Not find enough time for exercise or push yourself to exercise too hard
  • Drink one too many alcoholic drinks
  • Smoke, or, if you quit smoking, start smoking again
  • Drink too much coffee, especially if you’re sleep deprived
  • Lose interest in having sex

Here are some tips that may boost your fertility:

  • Creating a bedtime routine and sticking with it
  • Watching your carbohydrate and junk food intake is also advisable. This is true for men and women. Eating more junk food has been correlated with poorer sperm health
  • Just as eating too much junk food or being overweight can cause fertility problems, weighing too little or not eating enough can affect your reproductive potential
  • You should work out, but not excessively
  • Enjoy your coffee, but within limits
  • Cut back on alcohol
  • Try to stop smoking

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