Background: Stress has been shown to suppress ovulation in experimental models, but its
effect on human reproduction at the population level is unclear. Methods: Healthy women …

There has long been much interest in whether psychological stress may have inhibitory
effects on ovarian hormone production and associated fecundity in women, but previous …

Whether stress and infertility are linked as cause or consequence is unclear, and there is no
consensus on the most appropriate methods for measuring stress in infertile women. To …

Infertility has a remarkable global impact affecting approximately about 48 million couples
worldwide. One of the most contended concerns in reproductive biology is the prospective …

Objective: To examine the longitudinal relation between perceived stress in the previous
month and perimenstrual symptom severity across two cycles among regularly menstruating …

We report here on a longitudinal study of stress and women's reproduction in a small
Kaqchikel Mayan community in rural Guatemala. Current understanding of the effects of …

THE IDEA that by activating the hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenal (HPA) axis, stress and overt
or latent psychological disturbances have the potential of inhibiting the hypothalamic …

Problem Maternal stress perception is frequently alleged as a cause of infertility,
miscarriages, late pregnancy complications or impaired fetal development. The purpose of …

While some epidemiologic studies support the hypothesis that stress can adversely affect
fertility, few prospective studies have assessed the association in couples from the general …

Objective. In a cross sectional study of 89 infertile women, we explore a relationship
between aspects of psycho-social stress and ovarian reserve parameters. Methods …