New research has been published revealing that women are at risk of reducing their chances of conceiving through IVF if they indulge in just a moderate couple of glasses of white wine per week. Similarly, men run the risk of depleting their chances of fathering a child if they drink one beer a day.
The research also showed that if a couple collectively drank six units a week - or say one bottle of wine between them, their hopes of having a live birth are cut by 26 per cent.
The research was carried out by Harvard Medical School in the US, where 2,574 couples were questioned on their alcohol intake and the type they drank before going through with the IVF. Head of the study, Brooke Rossi advised that men and women drinking over six units per week “significantly reduced their likelihood of pregnancy”.
This translates to around two strong pints of beer or two large glasses of wine. Women reduced the likeliness of getting pregnant by 18 per cent while men faced a 14 per cent reduction in live birth rates. It appeared that the outcome was especially affected by women consuming white wine and men drinking beer.
Women drinking between one and nine units of white wine a week were 24 per cent less likely to have a live birth along with an increase of 23 per cent in relation to a failed implantation of the embryo.
The results were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
