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FEMALE FERTILITY , FERTILITY

8 Possible Reasons for a Missed Period After Stopping Birth Control

After stopping birth control, it’s normal to miss your period as your cycle regulates itself again. But sometimes another issue is to blame. Here are a few reasons why you may not be getting your period as expected.

How Birth Control Affects Your Menstrual Cycle

In a healthy person, the menstrual cycle regulates pretty quickly—often within three to six cycles of stopping birth control; however, bear in mind that hormonal side effects may take longer to clear out of the system.

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MALE FERTILITY

Simple steps to improving male fertility

 

  • Maintain a healthy weight. Some research suggests that increasing body mass index (BMI) is linked with decreasing sperm count and sperm movement.
  • Eat a healthy diet. Choose plenty of fruits and vegetables, which are rich in antioxidants — and might help improve sperm health.
  • Prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Sexually transmitted infections — such as chlamydia and gonorrhea — can cause infertility in men. Limiting the number of sexual partners and always using a condom for sex — or staying in a mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who isn’t infected — can help protect against STIs.
  • Manage stress. Stress can decrease sexual function and interfere with the hormones needed to produce sperm.
  • Get moving. Moderate physical activity can increase levels of powerful antioxidant enzymes, which can help protect sperm.
FEMALE FERTILITY

How Hormonal Imbalance Can Impact Fertility (And What You Can Do About It)

Hormones are chemicals primarily made in the endocrine glands. These chemicals are released into the bloodstream and act as messengers to help the body communicate between cells. Hormonal imbalance occurs when there is too much or too little of a certain hormone or hormones in the blood.

To determine if hormonal imbalance may be impacting your fertility, you can use an at-home hormone imbalance test. Your doctor may also order lab tests to further investigate your hormone levels. From there, a health care provider can determine an appropriate diagnosis and help you decide which treatments may improve your odds of getting pregnant.

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FEMALE FERTILITY

Healthy Lifestyle choices that can help increase fertility (female fertility)

Healthy lifestyle choices can help. Take steps to:

  • Stay at a healthy weight. Being too overweight or too underweight can keep you from releasing eggs, called ovulation, and having regular cycles.
  • Prevent sexually transmitted infections. Infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea are a leading cause of not being able to conceive.
  • Try not to work the night shift. Working the night shift all the time might affect your hormone levels. This can raise the risk of not being fertile. If you do work the night shift, try to get enough sleep when you’re not working.
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FERTILITY , MALE FERTILITY

Are your testicles frying?

As you read this right now, activity is ongoing in your testicles. It could very well be dying as you sit there right now. Of course, I am referring to men, women don’t have testicles. Just so you know. Anyway, the focus of this topic is to give you a hint as to how to help out your testicles as much as possible to ensure they are able to continue to function long enough for you to have the offspring I assume you desire. Because, they won’t last forever, in case you were wondering.

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