Female Infertility: What is the effect smoking on our fertility?

Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Data are reported on the relationship between cigarette smoking and other health-related behaviours and time to conception in a population-based sample of women who acted as a control group in a case-control study of twinning. Women who continued to smoke close to the time of conception took significantly longer to become pregnant than women who never smoked or stopped smoking before the year during which they attempted to conceive. A hierarchical regression analysis performed on time-to-conception data in women who continued to smoke in the year before conception provided weak evidence for a dose-response relationship between time to conception and number of cigarettes smoked per day. No significant relationships were found between time to conception and other health-related behaviours.

Q 9. 1 What is infertility?
Q 9. 2 How prevalent are infertility problems?
Q 9. 3 What are the main causes of infertility?
Q 9. 4 What are the objectives of our infertility investigations?
Q 9. 5 Have there been any noticeable changes in fertility requirements in recent years?
Q 9. 6 What is the effect of our age on fertility?
Q 9. 7 I smoke cigarettes. Can this have an effect on my fertility?
Q 9. 8 Does my weight influence fertility?
Q9. 8A Obesity! How can I lose weight?
Q 9. 9 I have fibroids. Could these reduce my fertility?
Q 9. 10 I have been told that my womb has an abnormal shape and that was the way that I was born. Could this reduce my fertility?
Q 9. 11 I have endometriosis. Could this reduce my fertility?
Q 9. 12 I have been told that I have cervicitis or a cervical ectopy (erosion). Could this impair my fertility?
Q 9. 13 My doctor tells me that my womb is retroverted (tilts backwards). Could this reduce my fertility?
Q 9. 14 I have had an ectopic pregnancy. Does this affect my future fertility?
Q 9. 15 We are worried that we may have a fertility problem. What should we do?
Q 9. 16 How will our doctor be able to identify the cause of our infertility?
Q 9. 17 How can we tell if I am releasing my eggs (ovulating)?
Q 9. 18 Investigations have shown that I have a problem releasing my eggs (anovulation). What could be the cause of this?
Q 9. 19 How important are my Fallopian tubes in fertility?
Q 9. 20 How can we tell if my Fallopian tubes are functioning?
Q 9. 21 How can we assess male fertility?
Q 9. 22 What is the purpose of a post-coital test (PCT)?
Q 9. 23 We have had our infertility investigations and our problem remains unexplained. How can this be?
Q 9. 24 What are our chances of achieving a pregnancy?
Q 9. 25 Where can I obtain more information?
Q 9. 26 Support Groups.

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