Lessen Your Weight to Lessen Your Wait

Unfortunately, how much we weigh affects our fertility. My good friend and co-author, Evelina Sterling, PhD recently posted an interesting article about this complex relationship.
Increased body weight can have a negative influence on both male and female fertility. Most likely, the added pounds disrupt normal hormone production and prevent successful ovulation among women. For men, being overweight results in fewer and less quality sperm. In any case, the chances for fertilization are significantly lowered. And, if both partners in a couple of overweight, they are even more likely to have to wait longer before conceiving a child.
Here’s what she wrote that I had never seen before, and I think is some pretty good news: on average (among those with a BMI of 25 or more), for every 2.2 pounds of weight gained, you can expect an extra 2.84 days of waiting time to get pregnant. And for every 2.2 pounds of weight lost, the waiting time to pregnancy is reduced by an average of 5.5 days.