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Improving Fertility After 40

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 by Karla Urwitz

More and more, women are waiting until later in life to have babies. They’re spending their early adult years building up a career and ensuring that they can provide a good life for any children who come along, and although this is, in a lot of ways, a sensible decision to make, it does mean that many more women are struggling to conceive.

If you’ve delayed starting a family and you’re now looking to conceive in your forties, here are some things that could help you to do so without too many issues:

Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight

Obesity is the biggest cause of infertility in the western world with high BMIs being directly linked to changes in the normal ovulation process. This is probably due to the fact that being obese causes changes to important hormone levels. So, if you want to get pregnant easily over 40, you should certainly concentrate your efforts on maintaining a healthy body weight by eating a healthy balanced diet and taking regular exercise.

If you are currently overweight, you shouldn’t go on an extreme diet because that can have a negative impact on your hormones too. Instead, try to lose weight slow and steady over the course of a year to give your fertility a boost.

Get to Grips with Your Menstrual Cycle

It’s vital that you understand your menstrual cycle and determine when your fertile period is if you want to increase your odds of conceiving in your 40s. You can do this by monitoring your basal temperature and having intercourse when you notice a rise of 1-2 degrees, which indicated ovulation, or you can use apps that monitor your cycle. You may also consider using ovulation predictor kits to ensure that you’re having sex at the right times.

Try Different Positions

Having sex in different positions, which allow for deeper penetration could make it easier for sperm to fertilize your eggs, so it is always worth switching it up in the bedroom if you’re finding it hard to conceive.

Massaging the Uterus

Some fertility experts believe that massaging the uterus will help to increase blood flow to the area and this could help to stimulate the development of uterine tissue, making it easier for you to get pregnant, especially when you are older.

Natural Remedies

Healthy foods and supplements like folic acid, vitamin C, maca root, garlic, selenium, vitamin E and grapefruit seed extract can be used to support the immune system, optimize your PH, and boost your reproductive system so that your body is in a much better position to support a pregnancy, but you should always talk to your doctor before taking supplements when you’re looking to conceive.

A Healthy Diet

Fertility and nutrition are closely linked and eating a good diet will not only help you to get pregnant faster, but it will also help your baby to grow and develop healthily when you get pregnant.

When you’re trying to conceive, you need to ensure you take in enough calories to ensure you’re getting your full quota of vitamins and minerals, without eating to excess, which is why you should start eating more vegetables, particularly leafy green, and up your intake of healthy beans and whole grains, which are nutrient rich.

De-stress

Stress is a big factor in preventing the body from conceiving when it is otherwise healthy. Stress can alter the production of various hormones and neurotransmitters which can disrupt the reproductive system. So, you should make real efforts to de-stress whether by using meditation, changing your work situation, getting regular massages, or just relaxing more.

Sugar Consumption

If you eat a lot of sugar, it could be interfering with your blood sugar levels by raising them to levels where conception is affected. So, switch to sweeteners, or give up the white stuff altogether to see better results.

Infertility

Unfortunately, serious fertility issues are more common in women over 40, so if you’ve done all the above, it could be that you have some serious medical issues that need addressing. If this is the case, IVF could be your best bet for getting pregnant post-40. If this is the case, don’t worry because fertility costs and IVF financing are available here, and as you can see, they aren’t insurmountable.IVF techniques are also improving all the time, so it’s much easier to get pregnant this way than you might think.

Getting pregnant over 40 certainly can be challenging, but it is not impossible, and in a lot of cases, it takes nothing more than a few simple lifestyle changes to see the results you want and get pregnant fast!

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Karla Urwitz

As a full-time career oriented mother of one, I love all things travel. I was in the hospitality business for 15 years and loved it. So why not become a travel agent. I have been a travel agent since 2019 and enjoy helping others make memories. Now I am finding a balance between work, travel, and life.