Stress is thought to be a dampener in your sex life and also hampers your chances of getting pregnant. Till now it was thought that stress affects both men and women equally and reduces a couple's chances of conception manifold. However a new study found that stress can lower conception or fertility in women but it does not affect men as much. The researchers from Boston University in the US found that the association between higher levels of stress and lower levels of conception could be due to decreased intercourse frequency increased partner stress discordance and higher levels of menstrual