There are many causes of infertility in women. But, women who smoke are more likely to be infertile and to have unsuccessful infertility treatments.
Facts about smoking and infertility in women:
- Women who smoke are 60% more likely to become infertile than nonsmokers.
Smoking can significantly delay the time of conception.
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Women who smoke are less fertile than nonsmokers and it takes them longer time to become pregnant when they try to conceive.
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Heavy smokers face more difficulty in conceiving than light smokers.
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Chemicals and toxins present in tobacco may alter the cervical fluid, making it toxic to sperm causing pregnancy to be difficult to achieve.
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Researches show that smoking has a “devastating impact” on a woman’s chance of bearing a baby through IVF.
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Researches show that the effect of smoking more than one cigarette a day for a year reduced women’s chances of having a live birth through IVF by 28%.
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October 13th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I have been smoking for 6 years but I want to stop because I want to get pregnant is there a chance that I can’t get pregnant now because I have been smoking for so long and im only 25 years old