Will Stress or Weight Affect Your Fertility?

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Stress, weight and a host of other medical conditions can affect fertility. Here's what to know. In Today's Issue: • How Depression Impacts Fertility • Getting Around a Tilted Uterus • Do You Need to Lose Weight to Conceive? • ...Or Gain It? Many health conditions can impede your ability to get pregnant—and you won't know if yours does until you see your doctor. The good news is that many conditions can also be successfully managed by meds and other treatments so you can conceive and deliver a perfectly healthy baby. Get Pregnant Faster Tip Relax! Although the link between stress and infertility is still somewhat fuzzy, more and more doctors are encouraging patients to relax if they want to make a baby. A 2000 study reported that out of 120 women who were trying to get pregnant, more than half of those undergoing stress-busting therapies—55 percent of those participating in a mind-body approach and 54 percent of those who took part in a support group—actually ended up getting pregnant within a year, compared with 20 percent of those who did not receive intervention. Know Before You Show • 8 Ways to Prepare Older Siblings for a New Baby • 6 Tips for Traveling While You're Pregnant • Moms-to-Be Share Their Craziest Pregnancy Dreams In Every Issue • Don't Start Trying Without Our Ovulation Tracker! • 10 Signs You May Be Pregnant • Aiden or Ana? Pick a Baby Name • Is It Taking a While to Get Pregnant? Know When to Call in the Experts Frustrated With a Health Condition "I went to see my doctor to make sure it was OK to get pregnant, and was diagnosed with PCOS and pre-diabetes. Since then, I have been working on getting my glucose levels regulated, as my OBGYN wouldn't clear me to get pregnant until they were." Dealing with a medical issue that's making it harder to have a baby? You're not alone. Talk about it in our community. ADVERTISEMENT	hot video clips iVillage Read Along Series: Kristi Yamaguchi's "Dream Big, Little Pig!" Attention Politicians: Don't Call us Soccer Moms, Security Moms or Wal-Mart Moms! Your Kid Did What? A Tiresome Toy, a Laughing Fit and a Tasty Finger It worked, I'm pregnant! Now, tell me everything I need to know about being pregnant! Sign me up for the amazing weekly pregnancy email! Click the button below. ADVERTISEMENT
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