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Sometimes, behaviors you may never have considered can negatively affect your chances of pregnancy. Here are a few:

 Douching: Washing or cleaning out the vagina using water or an over-the-counter solution is referred to as douching. Although between one-third to one-half of childbearing age women do it, it’s not only unnecessary but also potentially harmful. Women who douche are 73 percent more likely to have pelvic inflammatory disease, which can seriously damage the fallopian tubes and increases the chance of ectopic pregnancy by about the same percentage. Because you want your partner around for a long time, remind her of this statistic: Women who douche are 80 percent more likely to develop cervical cancer.

 Not sitting on the couch enough: No, not really — some exercise is definitely good for you. But some sports, like bicycling, may cause testicular damage from the pressure of the bike seat. Women who exercise too heavily may stop having periods (called amenorrhea), and good luck getting pregnant without them.

 Spending time in hot tubs and other heat sources: Hot tubs, tight underwear, saunas, steam rooms, and anything else that raises the temperature of the testicles is bad for the boys. Hot tubs may also damage eggs and increase miscarriage rates, so neither of you should be lolling in the hot tub.