5 Factors That Affect Women's Fertility

Factors That Affect Women's Fertility | As we get older, the fertility of women will continue to decline. However, lifestyle and other external factors can also affect the chances of women to have healthy babies.

"Women who want to improve their chances to get pregnant often do not know the best thing to do or what to look out for," said Francisco Arredondo, m.d., an endocrinologist and fertility specialist in San Antonio, Texas.

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Here are some of the factors that affect the fertility of women, as reported by Health.com.

1. Obesity.
   Gaining weight can affect hormone production and make a woman pregnant is difficult. A study published in Fertility and Sterility in 2009, researchers found that women who are obese at the age of 18 years may develop polycystic ovarian syndrome and have problems with infertility.
2. Too skinny.
   Just as overweight, too thin can also affect a woman's fertility. Wnita who have a body mass index of very low leptin deficiency, hormone that controls hunger and feeling of fullness. Low leptin levels can interfere with menstrual periods, according to a study conducted by Harvard University in 2009.
3. Chemicals from household products.
   Exposure to pollutants, pesticides, and industrial compounds can reduce the ability of a couple to have a child of up to 29 percent, according to a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives in 2013.
4. Cigarette smoking.
   Smoking can harm the developing fetus, exposure to smoke can also affect a woman's chances of getting pregnant. Thirteen percent of infertility cases are caused by exposure to cigarette smoke, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Cigarette smoke can disrupt hormones and cause DNA damage in men and women.
5. Alcohol.
   There is no evidence that drinking several glasses of alcohol a week can affect a woman's fertility, but doctors warn that drinking more than one glass of alcohol a day has been linked to an increased risk of ovulatory disorders. Plus, a study conducted in Sweden in 2004 at more than 7,000 woman for 18 years, found that alcoholics were more often troubled by infertility.

This is five factors capable of affecting the fertility of women. If you want to have kids, avoid the five factor above to quickly had offspring.

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