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It's also polished and professional but not dry-academic. I now own both the kindle AND the audio, which is rare for me. Men to take a daily antioxidant supplement or a multivitamin (good to have selenium and methylfolate in it) take it 2-3 months before trying to conceive. Co-q10 and omega 3s also good for repairing sperm damage. It’s nearly impossible to entirely avoid phthalates, also known as “the everywhere chemical.” They are present in many beauty, home, and personal care products. The problem is that phthalates decrease the production of estrogen by your follicles, which has a powerful impact on follicle growth and egg development. Researchers have found that phthalates significantly interfere with the growth of ovarian follicles in eggs. The author recommends choosing products that are “phthalate free” when possible. #2 Choose the right supplements Right off the bat, Fett misleads her readers. She talks about how she was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) in her mid-20s, right before she underwent IVF. She claims she was told she would be “unlikely to conceive with her own eggs.” Determined to prove the medical community wrong, she ate really healthy, exercised a lot, and did a bunch of research on which supplements could improve her egg quality. And yay! She got 20 eggs at egg retrieval. (This is an average number, btw.) And she and her husband got 19 embryos. They “set a fertility clinic record” with their unusually high amount of embryos. This book got me pregnant naturally at 39! I promised myself I’d write this review if we made it past 12 weeks and baby was normal, and here we are!

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As women age they produce a higher % of abnormal eggs, eggs with too few or too many chromosomes that the body discharges or miscarries Women’s egg quality is one of the most important factors in getting pregnant, not necessarily timing ovulation. You can ovulate all you want but if you aren’t producing healthy eggs there’s little chance For the basics, my favourite is Michel Roux’s Eggs. The French take their eggs very seriously, as allegedly demonstrated by the 100 pleats in a chef’s toque representing the number of egg dishes they need to master. Roux’s book is a masterclass on all the classic French ways of serving eggs (I love the section on baked eggs) as well as doing a good job of demystifying soufflés, crêpes and anything made with custard.In addition to no scientific basis for taking any of these supplements, these supplements may even worsen egg quality or cause life threatening allergic reactions. #4 Choose a pro-fertility diet These books are all great, but good tips abound elsewhere. For example, Roux Jnr recently said freezing egg whites helps them aerate and retain form when whisked. My favourite hint is this: if you steam eggs under medium pressure in a pressure cooker, you will end up with runny yolked egg perfect for scotch eggs as it will still peel easily, no matter how fresh. All too often, the focus in fertility and pregnancy is on the woman. But I love that the author included a chapter dedicated to sperm quality. After all, sperm is half the equation. months for sperm to be made and oxidation takes place - need the right amount not too much or too little (vitamin C and E needed for this) high oxidation has higher DNA fragmentation and infertility.

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take supplements (this applies more to IVF/TTC) but in general: vitamin D, C, E, dha (omega 3), even IF you have "normal" levels. If doing egg things, CoQ-10 (ubiquinol), R-alpha lipoic acid, NAC, DHEA (maybe), folate/prenatal. Recommend for anyone trying to get pregnant and especially for women who are looking to have their eggs frozen and/or do IVF (or IUI) OR if you are female and having period issues or other physical issues or symptoms that are going undiagnosed. Update to add: I delivered my perfect little girl at age 40 and she’s 8 months now! Perfect as can be. She actually had less issues than the baby I had at 34!I also recommend the book Conceivability: What I Learned Exploring the Frontiers of Fertility. Again, not free, but great science/history/memoir on the fertility industry. I found it at my library! I haven’t read The Trying Game yet, but it’s next on my list.) Rebecca Fett is a science writer, former attorney, and mom. At 26, she was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserves and told she had an incredibly low chance of conceiving with her own eggs. She put her molecular biotechnology and biochemistry degree to work to understand the science of egg quality and fertility, reading every clinical study that could possibly be relevant. That research laid the groundwork for her book, It Starts with the Egg, which provides an evidence-based approach to how to get pregnant with diminished ovarian reserve, improve and preserve fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Five important takeaways from It Starts with the Egg How to improve egg health - #1 is avoid BPA, Even in minuscule amounts. From plastic food storage containers, canned food and drinks, and paper receipts. The diet chapters are horrifying, of course. This is a popular science book. What were you expecting? Fett claims that everyone trying to get pregnant should eat low-mercury fish. No, no, don’t just rely on the omega-3s in your prenatals! You need to eat the actual fish. Sorry, vegans. No babies for you, I guess. Also, you need to stress over whether you’re eating too many potatoes. You’re not having trouble conceiving because you’re over 35 or because you can’t tell when you’re ovulating. It’s definitely the potatoes. the odds of pregnancy were four times higher for women with high vitamin D levels compared to those with a vitamin D

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This is an educational read esp. for those who are having difficulty getting pregnant naturally like myself and are considering fertility treatment as an alternative. strongly limit starchy vegetables (sweet potato, carrots, pumpkin, winter squash) and potatoes, cereals, white rice, and corn should be avoidedinsulin resistance is associated with significant damage to mitochondria and disrupted egg development View Book How did the idea of the egg book come about? Mary:We hatched the idea because eggs are a mystery. So many animal babies develop in the safety of an egg. What goes on in there? Why are there so many different shapes, sizes and colours. Some are soft and leathery, some are so hard they need a special tool to escape, others are jelly and laid in their hundreds. So many questions in search of answers. The more we discovered the more we wanted to know. And felt sure it would make a brilliant book. Was jede Frau und jedes Paar wissen sollte und selbst tun kann, wenn es mit dem Babywunsch nicht klappt A thoroughly-researched and eye-opening account of how small, simple lifestyle changes can have powerful, positive effects on your health and fertility. A must-read for women wanting the best chance of conceiving a healthy baby.” -- Beth Greer, bestselling author of Super Natural Home The BPA chapter in the 2019 edition is pretty good. I’m sure it was a lot crunchier and cringier in the first edition, but the edition I read gives practical tips for how to reduce your BPA exposure while also assuring you that BPA isn’t in every plastic, and that it’s impossible, and unnecessary, to stay away from BPA entirely. To me, even if BPA wasn’t bad for your fertility, replacing your plastic cups and Tupperware with glass is better for the environment anyway. It’s a win-win situation.

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If you’re looking for evidence-based nutritional advice for improving egg quality, thus improving your chances of getting pregnant, you are going to love Rebecca Fett’s book, It Starts with the Egg. This book was recommended to me by Dr. Meera Shah, and I’ve since used the advice to make positive changes to my lifestyle (and hopefully my egg quality as well!). About the book Another toxin is Phthalates are widely used in soft plastic, vinyl, cleaning products, nail polish, and fragrances. Causes increased levels of oxidative stress in the body. phthalate exposure has been associated with an increased risk of endometriosis. women with higher levels of certain phthalates during pregnancy were more likely to have baby boys with specific problems with their reproductive systems. and personal care products such as hairspray, lotions, fragrances, and nail polish often have very high levels of phthalatesOne CRAZY MIND BLOWING thing I read, was that men think they're off the hook if they pass a sperm test--but she points out the tests only look at how many sperm and how they are swimming. The test doesn't look at their DNA! So what's the point of having a lot of sperm if they're defective? Fortunately, men can improve their sperm quality and she has a chapter dedicated to that as well. Based on specific fertility issues, the author also suggests other supplements including CoQ10 or Coenzyme Q10 (egg quality), melatonin (egg-related or age-related infertility), myo- inositol (for women with PCOS), and more. For instance, the chapters on BPAs, phthalates, and supplements were incredibly enlightening. However, I will literally never give up carbs, so I appreciated that she shared the science behind it, but frames the information in a way to empower the reader to choose what works for them, and not obsess over perfection. Fold your scrap paper in half vertically, and draw half an egg shape. Cut round it, then open out – this is your template. Transfer the symmetrical egg shape onto your five sheets. Carefully cut them out. We love the book It Starts with the Egg by Rebecca Fett. In this article, we provide a summary of the book and some key takeaways.