How Bariatric Surgery Can Help Obese Women Who Are Infertile?

In females, the excess estrogen secreted by the extra deposits of fat in the body due to obesity interfers with ovulation leading to irregular periods and infertility. Sperm with high amount of damaged DNA is significantly more common in obese men than in normal-weight men. Ejaculation volume is also affected. Altered male hormones can also lead to erectile dysfunction which is the major cause of infertility in obese men.

In those obese infertile ladies who are unable to lose weight by diet and exercise, bariatric surgery helps them lose 80 to 90% of the extra kilos thus bringing them to normal weight. Eventually the hormones come into balance and ovulation gets on track and chances to conceives are back to normal.

This is very true as the intake of the mother has to be good enough, so that it can take care of the nutrition of both the mother and the baby. This normally takes 8 to 10 months as the stomach size stretches gradually.

As we all know, fat is not just fat. It is an endocrine organ secreting a wide variety of hormones. In morbid obesity when these hormones are in excess it leads to an hormonal imbalance. This, associated with the chronic inflammatory state that is seen in morbid obesity leads to insulin resistance thus leading to gestational diabetes. Similarly, this hormonal imbalance and chronic inflammation leads to abortions as well as premature delivery.