Articles, Infertility

LONDON (Reuters) - A bizarre hairless rodent living underground in Africa may offer clues about the links between stress and human infertility, scientists said on Monday.

Stressed-out mole-rats become infertile after constant bullying by the colony's "queen", the only female to reproduce. But this infertility is reversible and when the queen dies, a previously non-breeding female quickly takes her place.

Chris Faulkes, a biologist at the University of London, believes the animals' behaviour patterns translate into suppression of certain fertility hormones and understanding the process could help explain stress-related infertility in humans.

Fertility problems may be linked to what you eat! Now experts say they have just the recipe to help couples conceive.

Eight-month-old twins Ella and Brady are their mother's dream come true. Michelle Cutler tried for more than a year to get pregnant, with no luck. She turned to in vitro, coupled with 'The Fertility Diet.'

"For me, I liked knowing I was doing everything I could to get pregnant," Michelle tells TODAY'S TMJ4's Shelley Walcott.