{"id":100919,"date":"2021-03-30T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.oviahealth.com\/guide\/100919\/smoking-fertility\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T20:40:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:40:06","slug":"smoking-fertility","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.oviahealth.com\/guide\/100919\/smoking-fertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking and fertility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all of the \u201ceasier said than done\u201d things in the entire world, smoking might be the best example. But quitting really does make a significant difference.<\/p>\n

How smoking might impact fertility<\/h2>\n

While there are definitely smokers who conceive every day, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, infertility rates<\/a> in both male and female smokers are about twice what they are in non-smokers who are trying to conceive.<\/p>\n

Cigarette smoke can damage and kill off eggs, as well as decrease sperm quality, sperm count, and sperm motility, which is sperm\u2019s ability to move until it reaches the egg. This means that women who smoke may go through menopause one to four years earlier than women who don\u2019t, and that the sperm of men who smoke is far less likely to fertilize eggs. Smoking can also make IVF treatments for infertility less effective, and after conception, women who smoke are also more likely to miscarry or have ectopic pregnancies.<\/p>\n

Having your fertility as a reason to quit smoking isn\u2019t necessarily going to make quitting any easier, but your healthcare provider may be able to suggest a program that could. Once you\u2019ve quit, be sure to balance your nutrition, eat lots of antioxidant-rich food, and consider starting to take a multivitamin to get your body more prepared for conception, pregnancy, and labor.<\/p>\n

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  • “Smoking and infertility.” Reproductivefacts. <\/em>American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2014. Web.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Even the smokiest smoker knows that smoking is bad for your health, but what about fertility specifically?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220947,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ovia_author_name":"","ovia_author_prefix":"","ovia_author_image":"","ovia_content_type_id":"176","ovia_product_mode":"2","ovia_days_from_signup":"320","ovia_days_from_lmp":"","ovia_days_from_baby_birth":"","ovia_days_from_enroll":"","ovia_health_module_days_from":"","ovia_article_for_email_days_from":"","ovia_health_module":"","ovia_legacy_id2":"","ovia_ttc":"1","ovia_article_subtype":"","ovia_health_symptom":"","ovia_partner_id":"","ovia_partner_custom_group":"","ovia_legacy_category":"114","ovia_legacy_category2":"","ovia_content_url_id":"100919","ovia_include_share_buttons":"","ovia_fertility_goal":"2","ovia_secondary_module":"","ovia_trimester":"","ovia_child_age":"","ovia_share_image":"","ovia_more_menu_image":"","ovia_button1_url":"","ovia_days_from_postpartum":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"fert-category":[29,37,33,23,31,25,14,12,20,19,10,16,17,18],"preg-category":[],"parent-category":[],"fert-tag":[231,237,191,214],"preg-tag":[],"parent-tag":[],"class_list":["post-100919","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fert-category-difficulty-getting-pregnant","fert-category-general-health","fert-category-health-and-wellness","fert-category-increase-fertility","fert-category-infertility","fert-category-male-fertility","fert-category-menstrual-cycle-health","fert-category-ovulation","fert-category-preconception-health","fert-category-preconception-planning","fert-category-reproductive-health","fert-category-reproductive-healthcare","fert-category-reproductive-issues-and-conditions","fert-category-trying-to-conceive","fert-tag-fertility-disorders","fert-tag-fertility-nutrition","fert-tag-patient-self-advocacy","fert-tag-ttc-after-miscarriage"],"yoast_head":"\nSmoking and fertility: Here\u2019s what you should know<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There\u2019s a lot to learn about how smoking may affect fertility. 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