Men who smoke are less likely to make a
woman pregnant than nonsmokers, and the
more they smoke the worse their chances
are, a new study finds. Researchers from
the state university at buffalo school of
medicine say that male smokers experience
changes in their sperm that make
fertilization more difficult. The study
was presented last week at a conference of
the american society of reproductive
medicine. Cigarette smoking can also
affect male fertility: smoking reduces the
quality of semen. Men who smoke have a
lower sperm count than non-smokers, and
their semen contains a higher proportion
of malformed sperm. By-products of
nicotine present in semen of smokers have
been found to reduce the motility of
sperm. One study found that sperm damaged
by smoking may also result in more couples
having baby girls than boys. The
researchers suggest that the sperm cells
carrying the y chromosome are more
vulnerable to the toxins in cigarette
smoke.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 11-16-05 19:40pm
Interesting, but not always true. My
bf's a smoker and we have a big boy!
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diamondsz
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Posted: 11-16-05 19:53pm
Have to agree with jess
I have one girl and expecting a boy
hubby just quit two months ago and I even
got prego on pill, you have to remeber
surveys and research arent guaranteed
results but bias
jess
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Jessica_CF20
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Posted: 11-16-05 20:46pm
Just something I found that peeked my
intrest so I thought I would share
congrats on the babys though
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poohbear101
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Posted: 11-16-05 22:08pm
I read that too, although like the others
said it's not always true. A friend of
mine is a 2 pack a day kinda guy and he
still seems to make women pregnant at the
drop of a hat. 4 kids 4 different woman.
:roll: I guess the good thing is he does
take care of them all.
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Jessica_CF20
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Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 207 Location: NM
Posted: 11-16-05 22:27pm
Lol well I guess his little men are very
determined lol
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