Essential Oils - Should you avoid them while trying to conceive - TTC ?

Should essential oils be avoided when you are TTC? Some essential oils are endocrine disrupters that may affect normal development or cause endometriosis. Listen in as Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED fertility expert explains on InfertilityTV



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One of the latest fads to sweep the internet are essential oils. If you are not familiar, these are liquids that are chemically extracted from various plants and then released into the air through a vaporizing device and then inhaled into the body. In this respect, they are similar to E-cigarettes.



Hang on for another 45 seconds to hear my very important recommendations about essential oils for couples trying to get pregnant.



The first thing to understand about essential oils is that there is nothing essential about them. Your body does not need these chemicals as opposed to things it does require such as essential amino acids.



While these oils were initially utilized to provide a pleasant scent, more recently they have been promoted as healing therapies and are promoted on the internet as a cure all for everything from allergies and asthma to cancer prevention. 



Although the names sound benign, these oils contain mixtures of dozen or hundreds of chemicals. These oils, and therefore the chemicals that make them up, are very concentrated and can have very real effects on the body.



Recently, scientists were investigating why some young men who were exposed to these oils grew breasts, a problem called gynecomastia.



They discovered that a number of the chemicals that are found in dozens of oils act as endocrine disrupters. This means that they interfere with the action of hormones in the body.



Hormones are involved in the process of reproduction and pregnancy. Studies of various environmental endocrine disrupters have found they can negatively affect the growth and development of eggs in the ovaries, interfere with normal hormone production and affect the development of a fetus in the uterus.

There is evidence that endocrine disrupters may lead to the development of endometriosis.



In men, it can interfere with normal sperm production.



Until we studies about the safety on these powerful chemical mixtures, it is my recommendation that both women and men avoid exposure to essential oils if they are now attempting to conceive or plan on trying to conceive in the near future.



Women who are pregnant or think they might be pregnant should also avoid them as well as women who are nursing.



Infertility TV is your weekly source for the best medical information if you have infertility, recurrent miscarriage or are just trying to conceive. (TTC). InfertilityTV covers infertility testing, fertility treatments such as Clomid, Follistim and Crinone and fertility treatments like IUI and IVF (in vitro fertilization)



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Dr Morris is a practicing IVF and infertility expert who sees patients at IVF! located in the Naperville Fertility Center.



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