29 September, 2000
BREATHING in someone else’s smoke may be stopping some women from getting pregnant, a study has found.
If you breathe in smoke in the workplace, it reduces your chance of conceiving within one year of trying by 14%.
And if your partner smokes more than 20 a day, even if you have given up for the sake of the baby you are trying to conceive, your chance of getting pregnant has been cut by 34%.
The research has been published in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility.
Author Chris Ford, said: “It has been known for many years that women who smoke whilst trying to get pregnant decrease their chances of conceiving.
“The results of our study provide more compelling reasons for couples trying to start a family to give up smoking themselves and avoid public places where smoking is allowed.”
The study followed 8,500 couples and concluded that because the safe level of passive smoking is not known it should be avoided altogether if possible.
Read about getting your body fit for conception and for some great ideas on giving up
smoking, including features, interesting news stories and useful links about giving up, visit iCircle Health’s Stop Smoking Centre where there’s even a smoking cessation expert to answer your cigarette problems.
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OTHER NEWS:
BABIES LEARN IN WOMB
BABIES still in the womb can learn and remember a noise, researchers have found.
A total of 25 babies within a few weeks of birth were played a sound. They all reacted to it initially, but didn’t when it was played ten minutes later, or 24 hours later.
The study was published in the Lancet.
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