Health 公式文書，認めるs: The fertility factor
With the number of column インチs now 充てるd to 報告（する）／憶測ing on fertility ? or rather infertility ? many women are anxiously watching their 生物学の clock. A new 調書をとる／予約する called The Baby-Making Bible by Emma 大砲, a 主要な complementary practitioner and acupuncturist specialising in fertility (who helped a 35-year-old friend of 地雷 to get 妊娠している), 削減（する）s through the welter of often 混乱させるing dos and don’ts. Here is her 活動／戦闘 計画（する） for getting into the optimum 明言する／公表する to conceive 自然に.
- Have lots of sex
目的（とする） for at least three times a week ? if you wait until you’re ovulating you’re likely to 行方不明になる the fertile window, so having sex earlier in your cycle is important.? 持続する a loving intimacy ? don’t turn sex into a baby-making chore. Have 正規の／正選手 審査s for STDs throughout your 性の life so any 感染s can be 扱う／治療するd 早期に.
- Understand your menstrual cycle
This is the only outwardly 明白な fertility 指示する人（物） you have. 演説（する）／住所 any gynaecology 問題／発行するs as soon as you’re aware of them. Discovering in your 30s that you have a 条件 such as polycystic ovary syndrome or endometriosis can be a major 封鎖する to fertility.
- Watch your 負わせる
存在 over- or underweight may 干渉する with your hormones and 衝撃 on your fertility. Eat a 変化させるd diet 十分な of seasonal, home-cooked foods.
- Look after your mind
Your emotions 影響する／感情 your fertility. 関係s can bring 広大な／多数の／重要な joy, but they can also be a drain on your energy, so 傷をいやす／和解させる important ones and know when to let go of others. Unexpressed emotions such as 犯罪, or perhaps 恐れる about becoming a mother, can also have an 衝撃, so it’s good to 演説（する）／住所 these 問題／発行するs.
- It takes two
Male factor infertility accounts for 30 per cent of problems conceiving, and about half of all 事例／患者s 伴う／関わる both male and 女性（の） factors. For men, taking a zinc 補足（する）, 減ずるing or cutting out alcohol and 避けるing recreational 麻薬s (also for women), not overheating the testicles (steam rooms, bicycling, tight underwear) and 限界ing （危険などに）さらす to 化学製品s have been shown to be 効果的な in 改善するing sperm health. Acupuncture has an excellent 跡をつける 記録，記録的な／記録する for 扱う／治療するing male fertility problems.
- Know what 控訴s you
Some people can party all night and wake up fresh as a daisy ? others can’t. The health of the parents at conception 決定するs the health of the child ? what 伝統的な Chinese 薬／医学 calls their 相続するd ‘jing’. I encourage my 患者s to become parents from a place of good health.
- 限界 your use of tampons
I advise 患者s to 避ける tampons at night and use them only when you have to in daytime. This is 特に for women with 激しい periods where
the menstrual 血 clots, or endometriosis, because tampons 吸収する 血 but not any clots, which may travel 支援する into the fallopian tubes. Try 100 per cent cotton or 有機の brands, such as Natracare, which do not 含む／封じ込める rayon or traces of dioxins used for bleaching. If you を煩う 過度の or very large clots, talk to your GP.
- Clean up your 環境
避ける soft plastics (eg, clingfilm and other 一括ing) which 漏れる oestrogen-mimicking 化学製品s. Switch to natural きれいにする 製品s which are kinder to your delicate hormonal system. Choose 有機の food where possible.
- Don’t rely on DIY 実験（する）ing
Home 実験（する）s (eg, of ovarian 機能（する）／行事) to 手段 可能性のある fertility can 誤って導く because they don’t give the 完全にする picture.
- Don’t 急ぐ into IVF
Get a diagnosis for your infertility before moving on to IVF or fertility 治療s. If no one has been able to give you a 科学の explanation for your problem, consider working with a qualified practitioner of Chinese 薬／医学 同様に for a different insight (visit acupuncture.org.uk).
To order The Baby-Making Bible (£14.99, Rodale) for £12.99 with 解放する／自由な p&p, 接触する the YOU Bookshop, tel: 0845 155 0711, you-bookshop.co.uk
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