And that's true from both the male side and the sperm and is true from the female side and the egg . So my simple advice on this is if you are wishing to have a healthy fertilization and pregnancy , the best thing to do would be avoid alcohol together . And if you're going to drink to really limit that drinking to one or two drinks per week maximum .
But more importantly , it increases what are called reactive oxygen species in the seminal fluid in the semen that contain the sperm . This very under normal circumstances , under healthy circumstances , beautifully orchestrated chemistry of fluid that allows a sperm to thrive in their trajectory and attempt to fertilize the egg and lead to a healthy pregnancy . So if you are a smoker and you want to conceive the best advice I can give you is to quit smoking .
The biology tells us the epidemiology tells us that this is just a terrible idea . It's going to reduce the likelihood of fertility and successful pregnancy . And if there is a successful pregnancy , the word success needs to be in quotes .
It's going to reduce the likelihood of fertility and successful pregnancy . And if there is a successful pregnancy , the word success needs to be in quotes . Right .
Our old friend from a couple of hours ago , in this discussion to disrupt GNRH secretion , you can disrupt pituitary function with alcohol . Again and again , what we're seeing is that consuming more than one or two drinks per week of alcohol is really detrimental to the entire process of fertility and the entire process of healthy pregnancy . And that's true from both the male side and the sperm and is true from the female side and the egg .
