Fertility Cares Blog

Although a healthy lifestyle, including exercise and proper diet, is important for general health, it is not necessary to abstain completely from caffeine and alcohol while trying to conceive. On…

Women who smoke experience a one year’s delay to conception.  This delay can be greater with more cigarettes smoked daily and for a longer duration of time.  Women who smoke…

Smoking, especially nicotine, affects fertility in both women and men. The degree to which nicotine affects fertility is so pronounced that third-party payers that offer fertility coverage, such as Blue…

It has first been presumed, and then linked. Cigarette smoking adversely affects both becoming pregnant and the health of the pregnancy itself. A recent study examined the relationship between heavy…