Fertility
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How Age Matters For Your Fertility | Your Fertility
It's a biological fact that as women and men age, their potential to have children decreases, although the exact time when this starts to happen can vary among individuals
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Nutrition and supplements | Your Fertility
Women and men can improve the chances of a pregnancy and give their baby the best start in life by having a healthy diet, well before a baby is conceived
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Healthy conception tool | Your Fertility
When trying for a baby it’s important to be as healthy as possible
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Optimizing male fertility
A mans lifestyle affects his fertility and lifestyle changes can increase the chance of conception. Keeping the testicles away from high temperatures such as laptop heat, and avoiding sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are two important measures. Men who are trying to conceive should also exercise to boost fertility and be aware of the links between age and fertility in men.
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Infertility | Family Planning NSW
Fertility is your natural ability to have a child. Infertility is when a couple has had regular unprotected intercourse for a year but have not become pregnant. For a woman to become pregnant, a man's sperm needs to meet with a woman's egg. The fertilised egg then implants in the lining of the woman's uterus and starts to grow into a baby.
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Smoking and fertility
We all know that smoking can cause cancer, heart disease and a range of other health problems. Many smokers don’t realise that smoking can also affect both men’s and women’s fertility.
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Test your fertility knowledge | Your Fertility
Correct answer: False Although living a healthy life will certainly help if you’re trying to conceive, the age of the mother-to-be is the single most important factor
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Smoking | Your Fertility
A healthy baby starts with healthy sperm and healthy eggs
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Fertility | Jean Hailes
Fertility is your ability to produce a child. Infertility is when you have had 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse and you have not become…
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Sterilisation
There are operations for both men and woman to make them sterile (permanently unable to have children).
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Contraception - Australasian Menopause Society
While fertility naturally declines with age, there is still a chance of pregnancy for up to 12 months after the last menstrual period for women over 50 (24 months for women who reach menopause before 50 years).
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Low testosterone in men | Issue 6 | Volume 37 | Australian Prescriber
Male hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome of symptoms and signs confirmed by the presence of low testosterone. Serum testosterone concentrations decline with...
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Infertility and The Mind-Body Approach
Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse (WHO 2017). There are, of course, many physical and emotional factors that can cause infertility.
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Sexual difficulties in the menopause - Australasian Menopause Society
Sexual difficulties can be life-long or recently acquired, but they are a common presentation at the menopause.
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