This is how you will increase your chances of getting pregnant….

I see many patients struggling with infertility and they all have different stories to tell about their infertility journey. Today the lifestyle we live is the biggest reason that affects thousands and lakhs of couples to become infertile. Sometimes it literally broke my heart when I listened to their stories but being and Infertility specialist, it is indeed my duty to give my best advise to all the couples across the globe to live healthy and give them the best tips to follow for their fertility. Here are certain tips that you need to keep in mind and follow religiously to conceive: 

1. First of all your age matters a lot:  

For a woman the best reproductive years are in her 20s. When a woman reaches her thirties, her fertility will gradually decline, particularly after the age of 35. In your early 30’s you only have a 20% chance of getting pregnant. So, plan early. 

2. Lifestyle choices: 

How you live is the another important factor to be considered. If you are prone to take alcohol, smoking, drugs or taking medications such as painkillers and anti-inflammatory, it will definitely hamper your chances of getting pregnanton your own and then you need to seek a fertility expert. Abstain from such choices. 

3. Contraceptive pills: 

Many women nowadays have been on the pill since their teens, having sex before marriage or do not want to start family early is also one factor to be taken care of. Such women don’t come off it until they reach their 30s when they decide to have a baby, there may be underlying fertility factors that they aren’t aware of. Stop taking it or seek your gynaecologist first.

This is why your periods have been stopped…

Missing out on your period doesn’t mean that you're pregnant. Also, people take it for granted that we'll have periods from puberty until middle age. But what happens when your periods suddenly stop? It's fairly common to experience irregular periods from time to time lifestyle changes and environmental factors such as shift work can make you late but absent periods (amenorrhea) especially at the early age should always be checked out. If you are a young woman and has regular periods but you missed out one for three months, but you are not pregnant then you should see your gynecologist as it could be more serious. Below, we look at some of the most common reasons your periods might have stopped.

1. You're stressed - Severe stress can have a major affect on your periods. High levels of stress hormones such as cortisol in your body interfere with menstrual hormones surges, resulting in a cycle that's delayed or that just stops.

2. You exercise excessively - Working out is good but if you exercise too much, or do it aggressively then your hormones will be disrupted in a similar way to when you're stressed.  If you are an avid gym-goer or athlete and you have very little body fat, there is a good chance you will begin to skip periods and have anovular cycles. Even if you do have a cycle, you may have very light bleeds as the womb lining is thin.

3. You have a low body weight - We know not all fat is good, but some fat is essential. If your body weight sinks too low, you may stop ovulating. Being too thin also prevents a pregnancy when, as far as the body is concerned, there is not enough food to