Losing weight and lowering your BMI may be the only way improve obese women's chances of getting pregnant, according to a new survey.
Are you overweight and trying to conceive? A new study shows the link between obesity and infertility. that obese women have a harder time getting pregnant naturally.
According to the study by Dr. Jan Willem van der Steeg the likelihood of getting pregnant is reduce 4% for every notch above 29 BMI. Obese women had a much harder time getting pregnant that those with a BMI of 21 to 29.
The chances of spontaneous pregnancy are greatly limited by body fat and chances are further reduced with aging. Since women tend to put weight on as they age, this means that older women were trying to get pregnant will have less chances of success.
If we take this news to heart, it would make sense that losing weight and lowering your BMI will increase your chances of getting pregnant. Weight loss was not a part of the survey, but it is likely to help with infertility.
