What can I do to increase my fertility?

Healthy lifestyle choices can help. Take steps to:

• Stay at a healthy weight. Being too overweight or too underweight can keep you from releasing eggs, called ovulation, and having regular cycles.
• Prevent sexually transmitted infections. Infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea are a leading cause of not being able to conceive.
• Try not to work the night shift. Working the night shift all the time might affect your hormone levels. This can raise the risk of not being fertile. If you do work the night shift, try to get enough sleep when you're not working.

Stress isn't likely to keep you from getting pregnant. But stress isn't good for your health. Think about ways to lower stress. Try meditation, deep breathing, yoga or other activities to lower and manage stress when you try to conceive.