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We’ve all been there. You’re out at a bar with a member of the opposite sex, or you opted to watch Netflix at your place. You had a little too much to drink, and suddenly your partner is irresistible. In your rush to get it on, you forget one minor – but very important detail: birth control. However, if you opted for wine out of a nightly habit, you may have nothing to worry about, because a new study shows that drinking vino and fertility actually go hand-in-hand.
Researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark took a look at 6,000 females between 21-45 to determine how drinking affected their fertility levels, and found that women who drank seven “large” glasses of wine every week were 18% less likely to get knocked up than other women of the same age who drank less or no alcohol during the same time period. I’m not sure what quantity counts as a “large” glass of wine, but since I do typically exceed the standard 5-ounce pour, I’m pretty sure I count. The study was conducted among women trying to conceive, so you can be reasonably certain that they didn’t just drink too much and fall asleep fully clothed either.
Okay, so maybe an 18 percent lower chance of getting pregnant isn’t enough to toss your birth control out the window, but for those of us not looking to settle down just yet, this added benefit of wine is just one more excuse to open a new bottle tonight. For those of you out there who are looking to start a family in the near future and have been going through wine like crazy, no worries – the research shows that by simply reducing the amount you drink a week, your fertility rates won’t be affected. For the rest of us, however, you may want to pop some bottles because congratulations – you’re officially not a parent. .
[via Food & Wine]
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Steph W.
Steph W. is a new Master's degree graduate with an intern's salary and six-figure taste. She realizes her expectations far exceed reality, so she spends her days pinning away Loubs she pretends are in her physical closet instead of her virtual one. Her hobbies include attempting to trapping her boyfriend into marriage before he finds out how insane she is and pretending that Black Box wine tastes as good as the kind she could afford when she was gainfully employed. Send her tips for getting out of student debt at recruitchairtsm@gmail.com
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Unfortunately for me my mom tried to use wine as a plan b for 4 months
Beat me to it. Nice work.
Thanks. Just two guys with office space usernames and some casual FAS. Small world.
Whiskey dick is pretty effective too but I don’t see anyone getting hyped about that.
Yup, now installing a wine cellar downstairs alongside the candy dispenser filled with plan b pills next to my bed – just to play it safe.
You know what gives me a 99% less chance of getting knocke up? My IUD. What is the point of this post?
sup?
Click bait. That’s the point. You can do better PGP
I would argue that a little tipsy on wine makes me at least 18% more likely to have sex so odds negated.
But… It says they’re trying to conceive, who drinks that much wine when they’re trying to concieve??