Male Infertility Linked to Use of Perfume by Pregnant Women
You struggle with infertility for years and then finally end up getting pregnant and having a bouncing baby boy. Twenty or thirty years down the line, your son discovers that he, too, has problems with infertility. Could it be genetic? Or could it be that you used perfume during the pregnancy and caused him to become infertile when he was still in the womb?
New studies have found that there is a link between infertility in males and the use of perfume by women when they were pregnant with these boys. There is an eight-to-twelve-week time period during which the male fetus is developing his reproductive abilities; perfume used by the mother during this time may have a negative impact on this development.
This information isn't yet set in stone and confirmed by the medical community. It is based on a study that was completed on rats, not one completed on humans. However it is believed to be a strong enough indicator that it is recommended that pregnant women stop using perfumes in order to reduce the risk of male factor infertility in their as-yet-unborn sons.
Question of the Day: Is male fertility impacted by pregnant women using perfume?photo link
Posted by Kathryn on 9/2/2008 11:04:16 AM
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