Stress can Negatively Impact Conception

by ParentCo. September 14, 2016

University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences epidemiologist Kira Taylor, Ph.D., and her UofL and Emory University colleagues, found that women who reported feeling more stressed during their ovulatory window were approximately 40-percent less likely to conceive during that month than other less stressful months. Similarly, women who generally reported feeling more stressed than other women, were about 45-percent less likely to conceive. The results of the study recently published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology.
Source: Stress negatively affects chances of conception, science shows: Highly-stressed women 40-percent less likely to conceive during ovulation window -- ScienceDaily


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