What’s Up with Rising Infertility Rates?

autumnfair · 2020-07-13T03:29:30+00:00

Honestly, I believe it has to do with a combination of food (pesticides, hormones, antibiotics), birth control, weight, age, and social media/Netflix. Not all apply to everyone but at least one of more can contribute.

amiaowcat · 2020-07-13T07:03:55+00:00

I think it's in part to do with fertility medicines and treatments like IVF. Previously, people who were infertile weren't able to pass on infertility because well, they were infertile. Now people who maybe shouldn't be able to have children are having children, and their children are more likely to be less fertile than a child born to more naturally fertile parents

AngelFirePi · 2020-07-13T14:11:06+00:00

I know of plenty of couples that have started families in their 30s, including myself, and have had no difficulty having a child.

I think a lot of it has to do with what we eat and our exercise habits. Our society is more sedentary than previous generations and we seem to spend a lot of money on fast food and junk food. Throw alcohol and drugs (prescription and illegal) into the mix and all these could contribute to declining fertility rates.

I've seen articles like this before and they always seem to want to focus on the age of the woman. I think the age of the man is also important.

Comatoast · 2020-08-04T23:51:59+00:00

I hope that you all won't mind a drifter. I have some medical research articles here that might come of interest. In short, infertility rates have become a bit of a work in progress.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504417/

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2019.01309/full

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2018.00288/full

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