Lots of couples who plan to have children discover that conceiving a child naturally is not always as easy as it might be, and though for a minority of people there is some physical problem that prevents them from conceiving naturally, for most problems with an unhealthy or overly stressful lifestyle are responsible for the inability to produce healthy sperm or eggs.

If you're under a lot of stress at work or in your personal life, smoke tobacco, regularly drink heavily, have poor exercise levels or eat an unhealthy diet then any one or several of these factors can have a profound effect on your body's ability to produce healthy reproductive cells.

It is highly recommended by fertility experts that each partner undertake every effort to eat healthily, reduce or completely eliminate alcohol and tobacco, reduce stress or anxiety and indeed do everything they can to ensure their bodies are fit and healthy for a period of at least three months prior to trying to conceive. If your body is not getting the right nutrients it needs or is troubled by too much stress or alcohol it will not be able to produce healthy germ-line cells, and eliminating lifestyle factors such as these is an important part of making sure you have the very best chances of conceiving naturally.

Couples who still find it difficult to conceive even after as many lifestyle factors as possible have been addressed may benefit from using fertility enhancers - natural fertility enhancing supplements.

Fertility enhancers usually come in two forms that are designed to be taken by each partner, and contain herbal extracts, vitamins and minerals needed to produce and nurture healthy sperm and eggs.

Male fertility enhancers tend to contain extracts of Maca (thought to increase sperm production and improve sperm quality) and Tribulus terrestris (which maintains higher testosterone levels) plus vitamin C and zinc.

Female fertility enhancers are usually made using extracts of the Chaste berry (to balance hormone levels) and Ginseng (to regulate estrogen levels) plus the amino acid l-arginine and vitamin C.

Fertility enhancers can help normal couples who are finding it difficult to conceive naturally. Fertility enhancers are widely available in health food stores and online.