Heavy smoking affects the uterus
From Times wire reports
Heavy smokers are less likely to become pregnant through IVF treatment, even with donated eggs, fertility experts have found.
Smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day, they said, makes the womb less receptive to the embryo and reduces the odds that it will implant and result in a pregnancy.
Smoking has been known to affect a woman’s fertility, but Dr. Sergio Soares of the IVI Clinic in Lisbon and his team believe their findings are the first to show heavy smoking has an independent effect on the uterus.
The findings, which are published in the November issue of the journal Human Reproduction, show light smoking did not have any effect on the receptiveness of the uterus to the embryo.
