Women who choose fertility treatment after one year of trying for a baby naturally may do more harm than good, a leading fertility expert has warned.

Fertility expert warns 'don't rush into treatment'
article in the Telegraph

Extract:

"Many young women would be better off improving fertility through simpler means such as cutting stress levels and losing weight, according to Dr Geeta Nargund.

Research shows those who opt for IVF after 12 months are only slightly more likely to conceive than those who let nature take its course. They are also more likely to have twins or triplets, raising the overall health risk.

Dr Nargund, head of reproductive medicine at St George's Hospital in Tooting, South London, told the Daily Mail: "We must offer lifestyle advice, early tests and simple approaches to promote natural conception. If a woman is younger and has no serious medical causes of infertility, she should consider improving her fertility naturally.

"IVF is safe but what we are saying is you don't want unnecessary medical treatment far too early.""

Overweight/obese women can improve their fertility by cutting down on salt and salty food - because this reduces the fluid retention which is the cause of excess weight.

Lose weight, reduce your risk of most cancers, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease, heart attack, vascular dementia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, hypercholesterolaemia, depression, liver and kidney problems, and improve your health in many other ways without drugs, hunger or expense by eating less salt! - Try it! - You will feel so much better!

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