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BPA in food containers threatens sperm counts
By Kimberley Smith on 05/08/2010 14:25:43
Even low levels of BPA in water bottles and baked bean cans may be harmful to sperm health and fertility
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in plastics, has been further linked to decreasing sperm counts in a new study from the US. Researchers found that men with high levels of BPA were more likely to have lower sperm counts. They also estimated
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Could cola lower your man’s sperm count?
By Clio FitzHerbert on 06/04/2010 14:21:37
Drinking too much of the fizzy drink could harm your partner’s sperm, new study finds
Men who drink around a litre of cola every day have lower sperm counts than those who don’t, researchers have found.In a Danish study of more than 2,500 young men, sperm counts were almost 30 percent lower among men who drank around a litre of cola
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Male infertility a growing problem
By Kimberley Smith on 10/05/2010 17:05:37
A fifth of healthy men may suffer from reduced fertility and the decline is set to get worse, say scientists
A report has claimed that as many as 1 in 5 healthy men between the ages of 18 and 25 have abnormal sperm counts. Scientists in Denmark last week described the issue of male infertility to be ‘as important as global warming’.And although
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Common tests for infertility: Men
By ThinkBaby on 01/03/2006 07:49:34
The road to fertility treatment is paved with tests for both partners - here we outline the most frequently used
to deliver a sample of his sperm in a sterile container, usually after several days of sexual abstinence, and it will then be analysed for several properties. The sperm count is the number of sperm per ml, and under 20 million is considered a 'low' sperm
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Ovulation problems and conception
By ThinkBaby on 23/07/2007 00:44:31
If you have any possible problems which hamper ovulation each month, these might affect your chances of conceiving
here for more about PCOSHypothyroidism – Low thyroid function can affect both men and women reproductively. For men it can lower the sperm count and in women it can impede ovulation or shorten the luteal phase. Once diagnosed the condition is usually
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Infertility – an overview of common causes
By ThinkBaby on 08/07/2009 01:03:05
There's a wide variety of reasons why couples may have difficulty conceiving - it's just as likely to be a male problem as a female problem, and doesn't necessarily require medical intervention
problems with the pregnancy in the early stages and discontinued it.Working out what's wrong - where to startGet healthyIt could be that reading this article prompts you to recognise lifestyle and diet issues that may be causing some difficulties, whether
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Common causes of female infertility
By Laura Lee Davies on 31/08/2007 01:52:03
There are several factors which may hamper successful conception, though female infertility is just part of the picture
of cases is it an instance of female infertility, with nearly another third of cases due to male-related issues such as low sperm count. Then there is another group again which are simply 'unexplained'.Useful contactsInfertility Network UKTel: 08701 188088
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Two women go to extraordinary lengths to have a baby
By Kimberley Smith on 08/09/2011 13:44:15
Meet the woman who is having an affair and another who’s ignoring cancer to start a family
How far would you go to get pregnant? Sammy-Jo Kerry was so desperate to be a mum she even had an affair in the hope of conceiving, believing her boyfriend’s sperm to be “weak”.“I started an affair with a stranger,” Sammy-Jo explains. “I
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Investigating infertility - where to start
By ThinkBaby on 27/09/2010 01:35:31
Do you have a fertility problem, when should you seek help and are you doing everything you can to try to conceive?
- which does lower your combined fertility but will not neceessarily prevent you from getting pregnant in time. In this case the choice will be whether to keep trying for a while (you may be able to take steps to optimise your chances of conception
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