Fertility

It has been recently reported that on-line help for people with fertility concerns is blooming at a rapid rate. 

While modern medicine can offer treatments, they are expensive, stress producing and often very costly.

We would like you to take the information on this page under advisement if this is one of your health concerns.

Aspartame - It is well known that diet products such as aspartame, neotame, acesulfame K and splenda
 can interfere with fertility, and cause birth defects.

Birth Control -  Birth Control pills and the patch cause severe nutritional deficiency.  
This can prevent conception.

Health and Beauty Aids - Many of these products contain toxic chemicals that interfere with fertility. These can interfere with immunity also.

Home and Garden Products - Many of these products contain toxic chemicals that interfere with fertility.  These can interfere with immunity also.

EMF/ELF  -  Many scientific studies show that cell phones, laptop computers and similar devices
 effect fertility.

Fluoride - Fluoride in the environment and many prescription drugs, as well as in fertilizers and water 
treatment interferes with fertility through its effect on thyroid function. (See Paxil article below)

Liver Health and Glandular Function - The liver if one of your body's filters that helps you maintain
 good health. Periodic liver detoxification helps you stay healthy and helps maintain hormone balance.

Nutrition - Non-fat and low-fat diets interfere with hormone production.  
This can impact your ability to conceive.  Low levels of iodine may also contribute.

Stress - Stress from many sources is an often over looked contributor to failed conception.

Thyroid - Improperly functioning thyroid glands effect your ability to conceive.

Vitamin C

Pregnant women are urged to avoid Paxil (an SSRI containing fluoride) 

Pregnant women and those who plan to become pregnant should avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil if possible because of the risk of 
birth defects, a group of obstetricians said Thursday.The opinion issued by the obstetric practice committee of the American College of 
Obstetricians and Gynecologists comes nearly a year after the Food and Drug Administration and manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline reclassified the drug
to reflect studies in pregnant women that showed the drug poses a risk to the fetus.

Two studies of pregnant women who were taking Paxil during their first trimester have shown that their babies have heart defects
 at a rate that is as much as twice the norm, the FDA said at the time.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists also said the decision whether to treat pregnant women with SSRIs,
a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac, Zoloft and Lexapro as well as Paxil, should be considered on an individual basis.

Exposure to SSRIs late in pregnancy has been associated with short-term complications in newborns, the doctors said.

However, reproductive-age women have the highest prevalence of major depressive disorders. 

The benefit to the mother of treatment with any of the drugs may outweigh the risk to the fetus.

Thu Nov 30.06:The opinion appears in the December issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: http://www.acog.org/