The Effects of Smoking on
Trying To Get Pregnant
The effects of smoking on fertility is linked to many diseases and problems with the body, and that doesn’t exclude its effect on the reproductive system in males and females. If you are trying for a baby, quit smoking now.
You are probably already aware that smoking in general is detrimental to your health, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that it will affect your fertility too.
Subfertility, or lower fertility, has been proven to exist in women who smoke.
Your possibility of conception is reduced by things such as tubal changes, cervix changes, damage to the egg or sperm cell - all which can result from being a smoker.
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Smoking has been linked to increases in spontaneous abortion and ectopic pregnancies (where the egg becomes fertilized and starts growing in your fallopian tube instead of implanting in your uterus).
One other thing you should also think about is how it can bring about early menopause through depletion of your ovary pools.
See, what you need to remember is a woman can’t reproduce more eggs. A woman is born with all her eggs, and once they are gone, they are gone.
Smoking can affect the males sperm motility (the way it swims), mobility and the volume, or how many sperm he has.
One positive for males is they are lucky enough to be able to reproduce sperm. It usually takes sperm about three months to regenerate, so if your partner quits smoking, his sperm health has the opportunity to improve.
What's more, even if you aren't smoking, and your partner still is, you can be affected by passive smoke inhalation too, and anyway, even if you do manage to get pregnant while you or your partner was still smoking, it's not good to smoke around your baby once he or she does come along.
It is hard to do, and it’s not that easy, so perhaps a visit to the doctor for some support and suggestions to get you going in the right direction will help.
There are also support groups out there that can help give you extra support to keep going.
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