infertility

Obesity and Infertility

Obesity is a condition when BMI is higher than 30. It is the complex disease with strong genetic, environmental, culture determinants along with lifestyle ailments.

Infertility is inability to conceive or failure to achieve clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of unprotected sexual intercourse.

Obesity has become an epidemic ‘Western world ‘which has led to infertility crises in women.

Women who are obese (BMI more than 30) have higher infertility chances. In any case, impact is essentially expanded when both individual of couple are overweight. In men, obesity can causes decreases in testosterone level. This in turn makes them feel tired and lower their drive and reduction in sperm production.

Obesity is associated with various hormonal disbalances, an ovulation, decline in oocyte quality, menstrual irregularities, reduced conception rate, increased risk of miscarriages, and reduced response to fertility treatment, problematic neonatal and maternal pregnancy outcome.

Excess weight gain causes insulin opposition that is connected to anovulation or failure of women to decline the eggs from ovary each month. In obesity, rate of premature delivery is high and thus decreases the chances of successful pregnancy rates.

Good news is even about a modest weight loss of 5-10% of body weight can turn the situation around. It can improve ovulation cycles and increase the chances of fertility and conceiving.

Apart from eating healthy balanced diet and proper physical activity of at least 30 min every day, a couple resorts to no alcohol, no smoking and proper 7 hours sleep every night. There are various weight loss interventions too, which would further accelerate and assist the weight loss venture. Laser lipolysis, Endermology, mesotherapy are few therapies which takes care of stubborn cellulite. A proper medical intervention to gauge the weight reduction process will further facilitate proper fertility assurance.

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