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Eight Ways to Keep the Sizzle in Your Relationship

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. – Swedish Proverb Love, sex and housework. How do these three things fit together? Apparently pretty well. Several recent studies show that couples who share household and child-rearing chores have more sex. In fact, the more shared housework the more sexual frequency. Its not a matter of bribery or reward, but of how much energy each partner has at the end of the …

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Ovarian Aging and Infertility

The decrease in female fecundity beginning after the age of 30 and exaggerated after 40 is a well documented finding. This age-related decline in fertility is the result of several factors that contribute to overall reproductive failure. Women over 35 require a longer period to achieve conception than younger women, and a higher percentage of older women will never achieve pregnancy. In addition, the rate of early pregnancy wastage increases substantially during the 30s, and is over 50% after age 40.