Smoking And Fertility In Women!

Various factors can trigger a woman’s chance becoming pregnant.

For every woman it is very important to understand what factors can be avoided and what can’t be helped.

Among those factors, smoking is one that can be avoided.

Smoking affects your fertility in various ways and it causes a great deal of waiting for that magical pregnancy.

Before going to know how smoking affects your fertility, here are few facts about smoking and fertility in women:

• Smoking women are 60 percent more risk of becoming infertile than nonsmokers. Smoking greatly delays your period of conception.


• Smoking women are less fertile and have longer waiting time to become pregnant.


• Heavy smoking women face more risk in conceiving than lightly smoking women.


• The toxins and chemicals present in tobacco may change your cervical fluid. These toxins can harm your ovaries.


• Smoking has a “devastating impact” on a woman’s chance of bearing a baby through IVF.


• The effect of smoking more than one cigarette a day for a year reduced women’s chances of having a live birth through IVF by 28%.
  

How smoking affects your fertility?

Cigarette smoking causes hormonal changes that can lead to menstrual irregularities and even anovulation, in which menstrual cycles where ovulation fails to occur.

Women who smoke also have an increased risk of cervical cancer. In advanced stages, surgery is needed to treat cervical cancer. This procedure can leave the women permanently infertile.

Cigarette smoking may be harmful to a woman’s ovaries, where eggs are produced; this can resulting in a lower egg count or even destroyed or unviable eggs.

Women who smoke can produce lower levels of estrogen, which could impact fertility and egg development. Smoking can also damage the fallopian tubes, inhibiting proper ovulation. And smoking can bring on early menopause, cutting short a woman’s fertility by several years.

If a couple is trying to conceive via in vitro fertilization (IVF), it can take twice as long and require higher doses of fertility drugs if the woman is a smoker, if the process works at all. Smoking has also been connected to an increased risk of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy.


Ovulation Induction For Infertile Women!

Do you have ovulatory problem?

No effect of clomiphene citrate on your conception?

In these cases, other fertility medications are suggested to induce follicle development and ovulation.

What exactly is ovulation induction?

Usually, medications for ovulation induction are prescribed by a fertility specialist.

Ovulation induction is a safe and effective means of helping infertile women who do not ovulate or who ovulate irregularly. A careful selection of treatment regimens combined with diligent monitoring can bring excellent results.

Ovulation induction procedure involves stimulation of ovaries to produce one or more eggs. This can be achieved by using different medications. Medications help to induce the development and release of multiple eggs in ovulatory women undergoing other infertility treatments.

Are there any risks associated with ovulation induction?

Medications that are used for ovulation induction can increase the chance for high order multiple births and the development of ovarian cysts. A rare condition that can occur is ovarian hyper stimulation. Symptoms of this condition include: severe pelvic pain, abdomen and chest pain, bloating, vomiting, nausea, weight gain and difficulty breathing.

What are the most commonly used medications in ovulation induction?

Gonadotropins: It is an injectable medication. This medication is suggested to induce the release of eggs once the follicles are developed and after that the eggs will mature. Most common side effects include: mood swings, bloating, abdominal discomfort, restlessness or fatigue. In most of the cases, these side effects are relieved by follicular aspiration.

Gonadotropin is highly successful when it comes to inducing ovulation. More thn 90% of women taking this drug begin to ovulate. Pregnancy rates per cycle are generally around 15%. Approximately 15% of all pregnancies are twins, and 3% are triplets or higher order multiples.

Parlodel and/or Bromocriptine: These are oral medication which should be taken after the meals. These medications are suggested for lowering of the prolactin levels. Also, they help to reduce pituitary tumor size. These medications have very few side effects and are inexpensive. More than 90% of women using these medications experience normal menstrual cycles

Clomiphene citrate: It comes in tablet form. It is prescribed for women who have irregular or long menstrual periods. Most common side effects of this medication include: hot flashes, blurred vision, and headaches.

Metformin: It acts as an insulin lowering medication. It is prescribed for women with PCOS. It helps to reduce endocrine abnormalities that come with PCOS. This medication helps to reduce hair loss, decreases hair growth on your face and body, decreases high blood pressure, regulates your menstrual cycle, normal fertility and weight loss.

Who can benefit from ovulation induction?

Women who are seeking fertility treatment can benefit from ovulation induction. Also, women who are suffering from the following conditions can get benefit:

• Irregular menstruation


• PCOS


• Anovulation


• Pituitary disorders
  

Are there any factors that affect the success rate of ovulation induction?

Before considering ovulation induction, your fertility specialist will analyze the following factors:

• Your egg quality


• Your egg quantity

If these two factors are not perfect, then ovulation induction may not be the right choice for you.

More Subtle Sex Response In Women Than Men!

A new study proved that, when it comes to measure the sexual response, women and men are poles apart.

The study found that, men's reports of feeling sexually aroused tend to match their physiological responses, while women's mind and body responses are less aligned.

During the study, the participants were asked how provoked they felt throughout and after experiencing a range of sexual stimuli. This measure of arousal was compared with physiological responses such as: changes in genital blood flow for women and changes in penile erection for men.

Subjective rating for men was closely matched with their physiological measures when compared to women. Also, men’s bodies and brains were almost always in agreement, but there was an inconsistency reported between women’s bodies and brains.

The study also found that it was more likely for women to be sexually aroused physically and mentally if she was exposed to a number of stimuli including visuals and audio. In men, the amount or type of sexual stimuli did not play a significant factor in whether a man was both physically and mentally aroused.