FFP 528 | Does Postovulatory Stress Reduce Your Chances of Conception? | FAMM Research Series
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🗓️ 28 June 2024
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Does stress affect your chances of conception? A recent research study examined this question, and we cover it in-depth in today’s episode!
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| 0:51.1 | podcast, episode number 528. |
| 1:06.6 | Today I'm sharing a brand new episode in my FAM research series, and I'm tackling what I think is a really interesting question. |
| 1:09.3 | And basically, the question is, does stress during the menstrual |
| 1:13.4 | cycle have a negative impact on your chances of conception? And so the study that I'm looking at |
| 1:19.1 | is called the impact of disturbances in natural conception cycles. So these researchers were actually |
| 1:25.2 | looking at the menstrual cycles of women who were successful in |
| 1:28.8 | conceiving and comparing whether or not different disruptions and stressors had a negative |
| 1:35.6 | impact on their chances of conception. And I find this question to be really interesting because, |
| 1:41.3 | I mean, many of you may be thinking, well, duh, of course it would |
| 1:44.2 | have a negative impact. I think that we naturally assume that stress would have a negative |
| 1:49.7 | impact. And we know that stress can have a disruptive effect on the cycle. But what I find interesting |
| 1:55.2 | about this particular study is these researchers wanted to actually look at the data and determine if this is really having a negative impact and to what extent. |
| 2:05.6 | And that really helps us to be more confident in those recommendations. |
| 2:09.6 | And I think this comes from that kind of concern, especially when you're working with women who are trying to conceive. |
| 2:16.6 | They're often being told all of this |
| 2:18.5 | information and we're just kind of taking for granted that it's true. So to what extent do we really |
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