@drgreghealth: Three things you absolutely need to avoid when trying to get pregnant. I've been a functional medicine doctor for more than 25 years, and a dad of five. Number one: Alcohol, and I mean both of you. The research on alcohol and time to conception is more consistent than most realize, but almost all the conversation lands on the woman. His drinking affects sperm count and quality too. This is a household decision, not a her decision. Number two: Under-eating and over-training. This gets missed constantly because it looks like discipline. Your body will not start a pregnancy in what it reads as a famine. Cut calories hard, train heavily, and a cycle that's gone lighter or irregular is your body saying it doesn't believe this is a safe time to conceive. That's not a flaw. That's a system protecting a child that doesn't exist yet. Feeding yourself is fertility work. Number three: Everyday plastics and fragrances. Phthalates and bisphenols show up in the most boring places: food stored and reheated in plastic, scented candles, air fresheners, anything fragranced, receipts. You don't have to overhaul your house. Glass for food storage, drop the fragrance. That's most of the exposure for very little effort. Here's what I most want you to hear. Don't spend a year working on her before anybody's looked at him. Male factor is involved in close to half of couples who struggle, and a semen analysis is cheap, fast, and almost never the first thing ordered. It should be. Guys, you get tested too. Find the root. Heal the whole.

Dr. Greg

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