What affect does diet and lifestyle have on fertility?
• A well balanced nutritional diet 3-4 months prior to conception maximises the chance of conception and live birth; • Folic acid taken daily reduces neural tube defects; • Reducing stress improves ovulation and the chance of spontaneous conception; • High caffeine intake decreases fertility; • Smoking • increases the incidence of infertility X 3 times; • reduces the response to fertility drugs; • increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy; • increases the miscarriage rate; • increases congenital abnormalities.
