6 things every woman should know to preserve fertility

In the first nine months of 2021 in Italy, according to ISTAT data, they were born 12,500 fewer children than the previous year, and at the end of the year the inhabitants dropped below 59 million. The birth rate is strongly connected to social and cultural factors and it is necessary to make couples even more aware of the times of fertile life.

Once the family was formed early and pregnancies occurred at a young age, but the need for study and career, the greater difficulty in finding a partner or a stable job lead both women and couples to postpone the pregnancy.

It also happens very often that, too due to misinformation, couples fail to fulfill the desire for parenthood in the “right time”.

Not at least, also Covid can affect, in this case on male fertility. A survey published in the trade journal Fertility and Sterility analyzed samples from 120 men with an average age of 35 at various times after recovery. What came out of it? That samples of 35 of these people showed one 60% reduction in sperm motility one month after healing e a numerical decrease of 37%. Fortunately it appears to be one transitory condition: as the days from the cessation of symptoms increased, the quality of the sperm returned to increase until it finally settled again after three months.

With the Ilaria Caliari, specialist in obstetrics and gynecology of the Reproductive Medicine Center of Biogenesis at the Zucchi Clinical Institutes of Monza, of the San Donato Group, we have addressed the key issues that every couple should know to prevent infertility problems and preserve their fertility over time.

Here are the six basic things you should know and take this into consideration, especially if you are considering becoming parents.

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Source: Vanity Fair

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