Pregnancy Could Be Delayed By High Stress Levels

By Caren Mckinney, | Health | 0 Comments

Study at Oxford University, UK, suggest that high stress levels may delay pregnancy.
Although alcohol, smoking, age and obesity are known to affect pregnancy, it has now been found that stress can also promote similar issues.

The study was made among 274 women planning for pregnancy, with ages between 18 and 40.
Two stress hormones were marked, adrenalin and cortisol. In the study, it was found that women with high levels of adrenalin had a 12% less chance of getting pregnant during their fertile days of the month.

The same results happened with the ones with high levels of cortisol. Apparently, this is the first study to find that a biological measure of stress is related to a woman’s chances of getting pregnant.

There are a number of ways in which women can prepare themselves for a healthy pregnancy – with a healthy diet, folic acid intake and keeping stress to the lowest level.
These findings support the idea that couples trying for a baby should keep themselves as relaxed as possible.