High Stress Can Delaying Pregnancy

August 16, 2010

Researchers at Oxford University have tested a stress hormone in 274 healthy women who had never experienced pregnancy naturally. The results showed that the more pregnancies to get pressure, then the pregnancy rate was more delayed. The results also show that relaxation can help some couples to have children soon. However, the researchers say that it still needed further research.

One leading expert, Dr. Cecelia Pyper, said the study aims to understand the factors that may affect the pregnancy that occurs naturally. According to him, this is the first study found that biological measures of stress levels associated with the chance of a woman experiences pregnancy in the same month.

Markers for two stress hormone adrenaline is a hormone that opponents of the body, like hormones at the time of flight. Also cortisol associated with chronic stress, hormones measured in saliva. Women with the highest levels of alpha-amylase (adrenaline level indicators) has about 12% reduced chance of pregnancy during the fertile days than those who have the lowest stress levels.

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