Moderate Exercise Speeds Conception

Women who want to conceive might lace up their walking shoes. A new study of 3,500 Danish women who were trying to become pregnant found that those who got moderate exercise such as gardening or walking conceived more quickly than those who did not exercise. More is not better: women who exercised vigorously for five hours or more each week were about 30 percent less likely to become pregnant than women who were not exercising. The researchers suggest that women who are training for a marathon may have more success conceiving if they cut back a bit on their exercise.

[Fertility and Sterility, online March 16, 2012]