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3 Fertility Myths
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 11:28 — Elizabeth
Myth #1
If you have been TTC (trying to conceive) for awhile, you have probably had someone say to you, “You know, if you just relax you will get pregnant.” This kind of comment makes me crazy because if it were really that easy, I wouldn’t know so many women who are struggling with infertility!
Truth be told, a healthy 30 year old woman only has a 20% chance of becoming pregnant each cycle. And the odds drop down to 5-10% for a healthy 40 year old. So clearly, it takes more than a relaxing romantic evening for baby making success!!
Myth #2
I had a friend tell me that she “heard” that if you take birth control pills that you can preserve your fertility.
Unfortunately, a woman’s egg reserve decreases every month so unless you are freezing your eggs for future use, you are not able to trick the body into keeping them.
Myth #3
Infertility is usually the woman’s issue.
It seems like this would be true because there are so many more fertility related body parts for women. But new research shows that there is a 35-40% chance that the infertility issues are related to the man and a 35-40% chance that they can be found with the women. This leaves the remaining 20-30% of couples who struggle with getting pregnant living with an “unexplained infertility.” diagnosis.
What are other fertility myths that you have heard?
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Comments
I heard all this myths from my asian friend
if you eat twin bananas you'll get conjoined twins.
If you sew up a pillow,your birth canal would close up making it impossible to give birth.
you cannot eat black soy sauce as your child will be born with plenty of dark scars.
you cannot look at the eclipse of the sun or moon as your child will be born with plenty of birthmarks.
you cannot stretch your arm high above your head as your child might be tangled up with her umbilical cord.
you cannot eat pineapples as they cause miscarriages.
you cannot rearrange you room until the baby is born as the placenta might move and block the birth passage making it difficult to give birth.
Having sex from 2-5am would give you a boy,after those timings are all girls.
you cannot watch horror movies as the baby would turn out looking gory.
you cannot eat seafood,chicken or eggs after birth.
you cannot shower after birth (gross)
you cannot buy baby clothes before you are pregnant,similarly to wedding dresses,you cannot wear it before you get married or you'll never wed (untrue,i wore it as a teen for a modelling agency and got married in my twenties)
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