CONTRACEPTION, PLANNING A FAMILY AND INFERTILITY: EXERCISE, Y-FRONTS AND MISCARRIAGE

Mar 27, 2009

Masters and Johnson found that simple advice on and attention to technique, such as in the list below, provided the answer for one in eight of their so-called ‘infertile’ patients.

Excessive exercise and jogging have been associated with subfertility and so should be moderated.

Y-fronts-To function effectively the testes need to be cooler than the rest of the body so it is sensible not to wear Y-fronts which prevent the testes moving downwards when hot.

Miscarriage-Even if fertilisation and implantation are achieved the foetus may still be lost. In fact up to three-quarters of all conceptions are lost, usually without the woman even knowing she had conceived.

Loss of the foetus later on is a more obvious miscarriage and has a much more profound effect on a woman and her partner. Ironically, even though Nature seems to reject so many foetuses we humans too add to the number by electing to terminate unwanted pregnancies. The active process by which we do this is called abortion.

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