I drank alcohol before i knew i was pregnant

If you’re trying to conceive, or thinking about trying soon, it’s a good idea to get clued up about how alcohol can impact fertility and your chances of conception. Read on to find out how drinking can impact female and male fertility.

Quick facts:

• Any form of alcohol consumption may impact your ability to get and stay pregnant
• When trying to conceive it’s recommended to completely abstain from alcohol
• Alcohol can disrupt normal hormone functioning and cause subsequent imbalances in reproductive hormone levels
• Alcohol can also affect male fertility and sperm quality

The relationship between alcohol and hormones

If you’re trying to conceive, or beginning to think about starting a family, chances are you’ve probably recommended to stop, or at least cut down, drinking alcohol… 

Not exactly the news most of us want to hear, but unfortunately alcohol consumption can affect our fertility (in both women and men) and therefore, our chances of conceiving.

Although all alcohol can affect fertility, new research has indicated that in those assigned-female-at-birth, both the t

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