[~Lynda~]

for my IVF cycle, i noticed so many couples who looked so beaten up sitting in the waiting room. it really made me sad! i talked to my accupuncturist about it and she told me that the Plasitic materials that are used for tupperware, plates, cups and loads of other materials are being linked to infertility. I guess there is some ingredient for lack of a better word, that is in plastic that screws with our estrogens in our body. I guess then you add the microwaving of these plastics and there is real trouble. She told me to eat from china and drink from glass only and to make sure my daughter does the same. She said infertility has increased dramatically since the invention of the bottled water. scary!!!

[missy123]

Really?? I did not know that. Today when I went to the RE the girl in the waiting room looked just like that... totally spent.

[~*Jackie*~]

I have looked like that every day since my lap I think. I don't think it's the plastic- I think it's the infertility.

[snsgirl336]

I feel and probably look just like everyone of those people you saw... I think Jackie's right- I don't blame the plastic, I blame the infertility.

I've heard about the plastic thing too... and I'm sure it's caused some problems. I believe it's the bpa (don't know what that stands for) that is the issue. You can get tons of stuff that's bpa free now though. My nalgene bottle is and that's pretty much all I drink from now. I don't blame the plastic ingredients for my infertility though. But who am I to know! lol

[wishfulgal]

I've heard the same thing about plastics. Our issue is MFI and from what I've read, overall sperm counts are decreasing from what they were 50 years ago (normal used to be 60 million/ml, now it's 20 million/ml) and many researchers think this is due to toxins in the environment etc. And I'm pretty sure DH does heat up the leftovers he takes for lunch right in the plastic container ....maybe I can get him to cut that out. At the same time, I doubt any of us on here are exposed to any more toxins than alot of our friends who have no trouble at all getting pregnant. Why would some people be affected adversely and other not?

I have another theory about why infertility in general is on the rise. I honestly think alot of forms of birth control cause more long-term issues than we know. The female body just isn't meant to go months without ovulating, and to have so many artificial hormones coursing through it. But then again, there are plenty of people who get pregnant really easily after going off the pill or having an IUD taken out. We've never used any form of birth control, but obviously infertility existed as far back as Biblical times and sometimes it's just old-fashioned bad luck.

It is sad that so many couples do have to deal with this. It's no wonder we all look beat up- it's one of the most stressful things a couple could go through, no matter what the cause

[SavaAngel]

BPA has been removed from a lot of plastic items. Just look at the box the item comes in. All baby bottles, toys, etc are supposed to be bpa free now.

According to the doctors, they didn't know why we weren't getting pregnant - everything came back good. So I don't blame the plastics either. And we rarely drink out of plastic bottles and rarely have leftovers to microwave in plastic.

[KDD]

BPA has been banned in Canada from all children's items. I tossed everything in our house that may have had it in there. Plus, we never microwave anything in plastic.

I don't necessarily blame the plastic for our infertility, but I'm not going to expose our child to it either. Glass bottles only for us.