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09 Oct 2018 If you want to get pregnant you can give mother nature a helping hand with a fertility boosting diet.  A summary of what is known about food that improve female and male fertility has just been published in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
The proportion of Australians who are overweight or obese is at an all-time high. We know excess weight is linked to many adverse health consequences, but there is now growing understanding that it also affects fertility.
Thinking about trying to have a baby? Then now is the time for future mums (and dads) to “spring clean” food and lifestyle habits. Here are our five nutrition tips before pregnancy.
For people trying for a baby, it helps to know when a woman is most fertile and when to have sex to increase their chances of having a baby.
There is an old saying that we are what we eat. And this has some truth as every cell in our body is made from what we eat and drink and will function more or less well depending on what and how much we eat.
For most people, pregnancy and having babies is ‘women’s business’. But the more we learn about the miracle of having a healthy baby, the more we understand that the health of both women and men before pregnancy is critical for this to happen.
In a series of papers published in The Lancet, research shows that women’s health in the months and years before they become pregnant can impact on their health during pregnancy and the baby’s development.
To have the best chance of getting pregnant and having a healthy baby both women and men should strive to be in the best possible health.
While most people might think age only affects female fertility, there is growing evidence that sperm quality decreases as men age, starting at around 45.
n a study of more than 40,000 women who gave birth to their first child between 1990 and 2014 at a Sydney hospital, researchers compared the mothers’ weight and outcomes of the births that occurred 1990-1994 and 2010-2014.