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Your mom's reproductive health history could offer clues to your fertility.
Sit down for a heart-to-heart, then discuss her history of any of the following with your gyno:

• Early menopause
• Fibroids
• Miscarriage or taking Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Smoking during pregnancy

Vivian Manning-Schaffel

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