Need to check your symptoms?
Use our symptom checker to help determine what your symptoms are and to ensure you get the help you need.
Check your symptomsFour Effective Ways To Improve Your Fertility if You Have PCOS
January 26, 2022
This week’s guest post addresses a concern you may share with many women: how PCOS affects fertility. Continue reading to learn the most effective ways to improve your chance of falling pregnant with polycystic ovaries.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that leads to hormonal imbalance in the body. Due to this, the ovaries don’t release eggs at the end of the menstrual cycle.
As the condition affects the ovaries, it leads to infertility in women. Besides, the hormonal imbalance may cause an abnormal increase in testosterone, a male sex hormone.
PCOS affects 5 to 10% of women of reproductive age and is one of the common causes of infertility.
If you have PCOS, your ovaries may be slightly larger than normal. You may also have more fluid-filled pockets on ovaries that release eggs.
PCOS leads to infertility in women due to:
All the above factors can interfere with ovulation, which may cause infertility. PCOS also triggers irregular periods or missed periods that affect the ovulation cycle.
Also, being overweight can reduce fertility and affect women with PCOS taking a long time to conceive. Although PCOS affects fertility; the good news is with reliable treatment, the symptoms of PCOS can treat based on their severity.
Though there is no cure for PCOS, you can manage the condition with pills, lifestyle management, diet, and exercise.
A healthy and balanced diet makes a considerable difference in managing your PCOS symptoms. Your PCOS diet plan should include:
Aim for at least thirty minutes of exercise to control the symptoms of PCOS. Being overweight does affect your chances of getting pregnant with the condition. You can walk for thirty minutes or practice thirty minutes of yoga. Besides, if you have a higher BMI, your symptoms may improve with daily exercise.
An experienced PCOS specialist may prescribe medications based on individual PCOS symptoms.
*Note: Don’t self-prescribe. Always consult with a specialist to protect and keep yourself from harm.
If medicines are ineffective, doctors may prescribe surgery for laparoscopic ovarian drilling. However, most doctors may suggest this in rare cases when there’s no option left. Besides, the results aren’t permanent as the ovulation is restored only for 6 to 8 months.
Wrapping up
In severe cases, an IVF treatment can help women with PCOS get pregnant. Besides, there are fertility injections that can help you to an extent. As PCOS causes hormonal imbalance in the body, having a healthy diet plan and making lifestyle changes can help manage the hormonal imbalance.
Medication intervention can help you deal with the problem. But, use only prescribed medications to avoid any complications. It is also vital to note that you have a good chance of getting pregnant with PCOS.
So, if you believe that you can’t conceive, change your perception. With the correct treatment and medicines, you can get pregnant. Also, it is essential to stay positive and stress-free.
More Reading:
Editing by AskAwayHealth Team
Disclaimer
All AskAwayHealth articles are reviewed by practising Medical Practitioners on various healthcare conditions to provide evidence-based guidance and help promote quality healthcare. The advice in our material is not meant to replace the management of your specific condition by a qualified healthcare practitioner.
To discuss your condition, please contact a health practitioner or reach us directly
Image Credits @Canva
Want to know how your comment data is processed? Learn more
Askawayhealth, 2023 Award Recipient
Our educational content meets the standards set by the NHS in their Standard for Creating Health Content guidance.
Askawayhealth aims to deliver reliable and evidence based women's health, family health and sexual health information in a way that is easily relatable and easy for everyone to access.
Utilize our complimentary symptom checker tool to gain more information about any uncertain symptoms you might have.
Let us know what you think