By Victoria Winston
Guest Blogger
Whether you’ve been trying to get pregnant for a while – without much luck – or you’re just starting your journey to parenthood, you may be overlooking one of the most important ways to boost your fertility – and all you have to do is roll over in bed to catch a glimpse of what you need!
That’s because one of the newest concepts in boosting fertility involves your relationship with your partner .
Indeed, according to fertility expert Dr Niels Lauersen, many couples do not realize the power that each of them has on the other’s fertility – and what each of you can do to help optimize your goals as a couple, to get pregnant fast.
“It’s a brand new science, but the medical evidence is mounting that the ways in which we interact with our partner can have not just psychological effect on how we feel, but also a powerful physical effect on our body and on getting pregnant,” says Dr. Lauersen.
In fact the physical effects, he says, often involves the functioning of reproductive hormones necessary to get pregnant.
“One of the first indications we had that this is true was a study done a number of years ago that that showed that women who have not ovulated for years can spontaneously begin doing so the as soon as they fall in love,” says Dr. Lauersen.
Other studies , he says have shown that the way partner’s relate to one another both in and out of the bedroom can also have quite an impact on everything from sperm count and motility in men to health egg production and hormonal stimulation in women.
“We now know, for example, that if a woman is in a stressful relationship, certain biochemical events occur that can keep her from ovulating - or even stop her menstrual altogether,” says Dr. Lauersen.
In men, he says, stress and unhappieness in a relationship can cause everything from temporary impotence to a reduce sperm count.
“This is not to say in any way that every couple who has a fertility problem secretly has a relationship problem. That is not true. But what I am saying is that sometimes relationship stresses - particularly when a couple is having problems conceiving – can get out of hand to the point where they increase the fertility problems even more, “ says Dr. Lauersen.
On the positive side, Lauersen says research also shows that couples who have a fantastic – even a little bit wild – sex life may have an easier time getting pregnant.
“It’s not just because they have sex more frequently – it’s because studies show that sexual excitement can help a man ejaculate a greater concentration of sperm , while orgasm in women helps to pull more sperm into the uterus, and helps keep it there longer. And both these things can increase the chance for conception,” says Dr. Lauersen.
To address these and many more “couples” issues leading to infertility Dr. Lauersen recently published his 14th book - Eat, Love, Get Pregnant: A Couples Guide ToBoost Fertility and Having a Healthy Baby ( Ivy League Press, NY – December 2011). Here he and co-author Colette Bouchez detail not only how relationships affect fertility, but also detail dozens of everyday things couples can do together to simultaneously boost their chances for conception. This includes diet and exercise, vitamins and nutrients, herbal remedies, sleep, relaxation – and of course how to have sex to make a baby!
Moreover, every suggestion in the book is backed by proven medical studies – as well as having been tested on thousands of couples in Dr. Lauersen’s New York City fertility center.
Indeed, the book reads like a virtual blueprint for Getting Pregnant – as it uncovers many little known factors about the everyday things that can influence fertility.
To learn more about this fascinating new approach to getting pregnant visit www.EatLoveGetPregnant.” The book is available in paperback at Amazon.com and fine bookstores nationwide, as well as in Ebook formats including Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony E-reader and more. Find it at Smashwords.com .
