Thank You...& Infertility Awareness Week

Honestly i just wanted to take a moment to say a big THANK YOU

to all of you who commented yesterday! 

It was definitely an awesome celebration of our Year One together. 

And all of you made it so special....reading all your comments this morning

was refreshing and heart warming. 

That so many people sending you positive thoughts and wishes! 

Blogland is an awesome place to be!

THANK YOU friends....you are totally awesome!

As for Baby Pancakes...i will be sharing more details on this amazing experience in our lives.

Mr. Pancakes is NOT too keen on putting too much about the baby on the WWW (worldwideweb)

so i will be respectful of this.  But i will try to share as much as i can with you about our experiences and our new Adventures with Baby Pancakes.

I was even more excited to learn that Guiliana and Bill Rancic are expecting a baby

as this week is National Infertility Awareness Week.  Congratulations to them!!

The beautiful aspect of having children, fertility and infertility

are th options that are available to all of us women.



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I am praying for all the women /families out there (this week especially)

who are trying to start a family.  There is definitely hope out there. 

NIAW is a week (April 22-April 28 or April 24-May 1) to Get Involved!

Speak Out About Infertility!

The theme for this week is: "Don't Ignore."

Don't Ignore....

•Weight. During the past 20 years, the prevalence of obesity in the United States has increased dramatically. According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, more than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) are obese. Weight can affect both women's and men's fertility. When a woman is overweight, excess fat can lead to higher estrogen levels, as well as anovulation (a lack of ovulation), and if the woman does become pregnant, being overweight is linked to more pregnancy complications, including miscarriages, birth defects, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. In men, studies have found that overweight and obese men were more likely to have low sperm count, or not have any viable sperm at all.

•Chemicals in plastics. More research is finding that chemicals commonly found in plastics are linked to fertility problems. For example, bisphenol-A (BPA) —found in many hard plastics for food and drink packaging — has been linked to decreased sperm quality and quantity and reduction in normal fertilization of eggs during in vitro fertilization (IVF). In addition, a study found higher levels of phthalates, which are used to make vinyl plastics softer and more flexible and are also found in cosmetics, among infertile couples than those who have conceived naturally. Yes, plastic is convenient, but try to reduce your exposure when trying to conceive.

•Age. Surveys have found that women are not as aware as they should be on how age can affect their fertility. So here's the skinny: Age matters. Fertility in women sharply declines at age 35, and the chance of becoming pregnant each month by having unprotected intercourse is approximately 10 percent. By age 40, that chance has decreased to 5 percent. Apparently, there is a paternal biological clock, too. Mouse studies have found that sperm quality begins to decrease in mid-life.

 

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