Several recent studies have found links between the women’s levels of day-to-day stress and lowered chances of pregnancy. In a large study identifying the relationship between stress and fertility, women whose saliva had high levels of alpha-amylase, an enzyme that marks stress, took 29% longer to get pregnant compared to those who had less. With more scientific data, we are learning stress hormones such as cortisol disrupt signalling between the brain and the ovaries, which can disrupt ovulation.
It's naive to think that individuals won't get frazzled once in a while; however, it's long term stress or prolonged periods of anxiety that can lead wreck havoc to your fertility health and hormone regulation. It's important to consider cognitive behavioural therapy, relaxation methods or natural fertility treatments which has been shown scientifically to help infertile women get pregnant again.
