Research: Heavier Women May Have Less IVF Success

The heavier a woman is, the more trouble she may have getting pregnant and having a baby through in vitro fertilization, or IVF — and may lose the baby more often, according to a U.S. study.

Researchers led by Barbara Luke of Michigan State University found that women who were overweight or obese were less likely to become pregnant using fertility treatments than normal-weight women.

Past studies have also hinted at worse IVF outcomes in heavier women, although they don’t prove that the extra weight is directly responsible for the reproductive troubles those women experience.

“Treatment and pregnancy failures with increasing obesity significantly increased starting with overweight women,” Luke and her colleagues wrote in Fertility and Sterility.

They drew data from a reporting system that includes more than 90 percent of IVF treatments done in the United States — information on 150,000 fertility treatment cycles done in 2007 and 2008 at 361 different clinics.

For each cycle, the reporting system included whether the cycle was canceled, if it led to a pregnancy, and whether that pregnancy ended early in a miscarriage or stillbirth, or if the woman gave birth to a live baby. For most cycles, it also had data on women’s height and weight before starting treatment.

Wanted: Sperm Donor

Women looking for a sperm donor often make the daddy of all choices based on limited physical details such as the man's height or hair colour.

But mothers-to-be will soon be able to pick the father of their child from a catalogue listing his personality traits, interests and even fashion sense - all from the comfort of their own home.

The online brochure is being compiled by the London Sperm Bank for infertile couples and single and lesbian women. It includes written statements from each man on why he is donating, plus staff assessments of what he is like.

A sperm bank spokesman explained that women will not have to go to the clinic to pick their man. 'They can access the catalogue from home and make their choices online,' she said.

By law, clinics are not required to give personal details about donors - and must not provide any information that will identify the men. Several banks do offer lists of basic physical traits, and some give occupations and hobbies.

Kunci Utama Diet Agar Cepat Hamil

Begitu banyak cara dilakukan pasangan seperti ini agar bisa mendapat momongan. Salah satunya adalah dengan mengonsumsi makanan yang tepat, agar kehamilan bisa lebih mudah terjadi. Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD, asisten profesor di bidang Nutrisi dan Epidemiologi di Harvard School of Public Health dan penulis buku The Fertility Diet, memberikan beberapa tips berikut ini.

Dapatkan asupan protein dari sumber nabati
Menurut riset Chavarro terhadap 18.000 responden, makanan yang meningkatkan kadar insulin terlalu banyak dapat menyebabkan sulit hamil. "Tidak semua protein dicerna dengan cara yang sama. Protein hewani memerlukan lebih banyak insulin untuk dapat dicerna," begitu penjelasan Chavarro. Karenanya, coba perbanyak konsumsi protein nabati, misalnya dari bahan makanan dari kacang kedelai.

Kurangi lemak trans
Lemak jenis ini banyak ditemukan pada makanan yang diolah dengan cara dipanggang dan digoreng. Lemak trans dapat meningkatkan kadar insulin. Lebih baik, perbanyak konsumsi lemak tak jenuh tunggal, seperti yang terdapat pada alpukat, kacang-kacangan, dan minyak zaitun. Jenis lemak ini diyakini para ahli dapat menurunkan risiko ketidaksuburan.

Hindari lonjakan gula yang berlebihan
Mengonsumsi karbohidrat yang mudah dicerna, seperti roti putih, kentang, dan gula, dapat membuat kadar gula melonjak naik, sehingga insulin juga jadi terangsang produksinya. Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, salah satu penulis The Yeast Connection and Women's Health, menyatakan bahwa jenis karbohidrat seperti ini juga sangat berpengaruh terhadap pertumbuhan ragi secara berlebihan.

Asap Rokok Bikin Bayi Lahir Prematur

Riset UK Center for Tobacco Control Studies di University of Nottingham menyimpulkan bahwa ibu hamil yang terkena paparan asap rokok dari orang lain (perokok pasif) memiliki risiko bayinya lahir prematur atau terlahir dengan masalah kesehatan.

Anak yang terlahir dari wanita yang merokok selama kehamilan memiliki peningkatan risiko bayi terlahir dalam keadaan tidak bernyawa, berat badan lahir kurang, dan masalah kesehatan lainnya.

University of Nottingham di Inggris menganalisa 19 studi yang menganalisa hubungan antara wanita hamil nonperokok tetapi sering terkena paparan asap rokok selama kehamilan. Datanya menunjukkan peningkatan risiko bayi lahir dalam keadaan tak bernyawa sebanyak 23 persen dan 13 persen peningkatan masalah pada kelahiran bayi.

Analisa yang muncul pada jurnal Pediatrics edisi April 2011 ini tak menemukan hubungan antara perokok pasif dengan keguguran sebelum usia kandungan mencapai 20 minggu aau kematian bayi dekat dengan waktu kelahiran.

Oral contraceptives are 99 percent effective

According to a paper published in the British Medical Journal. This British study followed 28,800 Pill users and 17,300 non-users for up to 39 years.

The result is that oral contraceptives are extremely effective. Taken consistently and correctly, oral contraceptives are more than 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. Of course women don't always take the Pill correctly. Even then, in real life situations studies have shown that the rate of pregnancy varies from 2 to 8 percent a year.

These findings should reassure the estimated 12 million American women who are using oral contraceptives. However, if you are among this group, it is wise to avoid cigarette smoking and important to let your doctor know of any prior bouts of DVT before getting a prescription for the Pill. Some women inherit a genetic trait that increases the risk of DVT, and while this is not common, it is an important factor to consider when discussing contraceptive options with your doctor.

Sex hurts during pregnancy?

As long as the normal pregnancy and the gestational sac is still intact, there is no reason why the sexual desire in the line to determine

The sexual desire is in the course of the pregnancy some fluctuations mitmachen. Many women have in the first third of pregnancy because of recurrent nausea little sense for sexual activities.

Moreover, the news about the family is often so overwhelming that, in thinking and feeling little different place. Other pregnant women appreciate it again, finally no longer a need to worry about contraception and sex from his once carefree side to enjoy.

In the second third of pregnancy, most pregnant women experience the height of their desire. The news has set and the nausea is diminished. In addition, many women enjoy the physical changes that are increasingly apparent.

The breasts are bigger, the female forms, and the Bäuchlein is still good to wear. The body at this time on top of increased sex hormones and the sheath flow is stronger and thus more sensitive. Contractions of the uterus, which is triggered by the orgasm will threaten the child does not.

The child is so well protected in the amniotic fluid that he himself stronger shocks do not mind. Only tendency to premature labor and premature opening of the cervix should be more sex. Although physical proximity in the 3rd Third pregnancy as particularly pleasant is: From the 30th Week will find it increasingly difficult to find a suitable place to find where the growing Babybauch not in the path. Many parents have at this stage particularly great fear, to injure the child.

But even if the movements of the Child can be irritating, there is no reason to refrain from sex until both partners desire it. Especially popular in the last third of pregnancy is the spoon position. Another variant, in which the abdomen can be guaranteed not to disturb the woman lies with her back on the bed, with feet on the ground, the man kneels before her.

Not all fear is completely unfounded

Many young parents leave it for fear of infection, complications or premature birth can bring, rather at a cuddle. And in fact, fear is from the 20th Week of pregnancy is not completely unfounded. If the cervix is already open, bacteria can penetrate into the uterus. This is especially the case when the cervix is violated.

To curb the risk of infection, a thorough Intimate care obligation. While the men before sexual intercourse soap should confess, it is for women to be mild, soap-free cleaning products use. Even condoms can protect against infection. Another big fear wound themselves around a possible premature birth as a result of sexual intercourse.

Also in this case, the fears are not entirely without foundation. The seeds contain prostaglandins may actually initiate contractions. However, this is only possible if the cervix is already wide open and thus, when the body is already ready for the birth. Security Halber couples can at this time to use condoms. The general rule is that everything in the pregnancy is allowed, what do the two partners. If during or after sexual intercourse, however, bleeding or pain, it is useful in any case, the doctor informed.

Source: According to information from the Professional Association of Women Doctors Association and the technician Krankenkasse