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PCOS Fertility and Weight Loss…

PCOS Fertility and Weight Loss…

Released Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
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PCOS Fertility and Weight Loss…

PCOS Fertility and Weight Loss…

PCOS Fertility and Weight Loss…

PCOS Fertility and Weight Loss…

Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
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By Dr. Beverly Yates, Founder PCOS Weight Loss

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In this article you’ll discover how PCOS affects fertility and learn some tips on how to increase your chances for conception…

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Women with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) have more problems with fertility than other women do. While the imbalance in hormones associated with PCOS may play a role, the biggest fertility issue may be their excess weight.

PCOS Fertility

If you have PCOS and have poor blood sugar management or regulation, it will interfere with fertility.

If your blood sugar is higher than it should be and is often outside the normal range, thanks to eating too many sugary foods and sugary drinks, your body will go into fat storage mode. This will both bump up your weight and mess up your fertility. You can identify when you’ve reached your personal tipping point, because your body’s response to sugar becomes abnormal, making the insulin ineffective at getting energy to your body’s cells. This lack of energy can also result in decreased fertility.

Ironically, being underweight can also throw off the body’s hormonal balance and cause fertility issues.

Fortunately, if you regulate your blood sugar and lose PCOS weight, this should lead to improved chances with fertility success. For every 5 percent of excess body weight lost, you get real benefits, like lower blood pressure, improvements in cholesterol and increased fertility. If you want to have a baby, remember that the baby bump becomes much more likely if you lose the extra weight.

Looking Pregnant While Having Fertility Issues

A common symptom of PCOS is having a bloated belly, which can be mistaken for a baby bump. Naturally, this can be an extremely sensitive issue for women with PCOS who have a bloated belly but are also having fertility issues.

Other common symptoms of PCOS include acne bumps and zits despite being an adult, and hirsutism, or excess body hair in areas women are not usually hairy (chin, upper lip, chest and elsewhere).

Blood Sugar, Insulin Resistance and PCOS

When the average blood sugar remains too high over a period of time, it causes problems with blood flow in small places in the body, like the tiny capillaries where blood flows. Those are the smallest blood vessels, where all the exchange of nutrients and waste happens.

Chronic high blood sugar produces extra-large particles in the blood. These are made of sugars — like glucose and sucrose — bonded to proteins. These large particles can then slow the blood through the capillaries, which can make it harder to conceive a child. This is similar to what can happen for Type 2 diabetics. This is also why Type 2 diabetics go blind or experience gangrene if it’s not well-regulated.

Therefore, it’s important to keep blood sugar in a healthy range and avoid blood sugar spikes to increase fertility in the face of PCOS weight loss issues.

The Most Important Fact about PCOS Weight Issues and Fertility

A woman’s body is highly sensitive to whether she has enough energy to sustain a pregnancy. If the body thinks your energy level is too low, you are unlikely to get pregnant and have a baby.

However, even though fat results from eating extra calories, this sort of “stored energy” is not helpful for getting and staying pregnant. Once a woman becomes obese, her body is no longer efficient in using the excess body fat for energy, and it decreases her fertility.

Therefore, balancing blood sugar is key to success with both losing weight and improving fertility. Having a body weight in a healthy range is important, along with a hormonal balance favorable to conception. If you achieve these goals, you are more likely to achieve that desired baby bump.

For more tips and information on fertility, PCOS weight loss, blood sugar and related issues, visit PCOSWeightLossTips.com.

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Dr. Beverly Yates is an expert on weight loss and women’s health including PCOS Weight loss. She has over two decades of clinical experience, and she uses her problem solving skills to help other women solve their weight loss problems. For more FREE PCOS Weight Loss Tips and Secrets, and to buy the Ultimate PCOS Weight Loss Herbs and Supplements Guide, check out PCOSWeightLossTips.com.

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