TOP 10 NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS & TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR FERTILITY

 

• Start taking your nutritional supplements at least 3 to 4 months before your IVF treatment or natural fertility cycle commences.  
•  Drink at least 2 liters of water a day. Water is vitally important for every cell in the body and helps to remove and eliminate toxins. 
• Vitamin C: 500 mg a day will help collagen production and is vital for wound healing following egg retrieval. There is some evidence to suggest that it may help to prevent miscarriage.  Reduce Vitamin C intake to 250mg before transfer.  
• Folic Acid: helps prevents spina bifida and produce DNA and RNA. 
• CoQ10: May improve blood flow, enrich endometrium, and improve fertilization rates, “mitochondrial nutrients” may improve egg quality and response to ovarian stimulation. Can improve sperm quality. 
• Bromalein: Using Pineapple & pineapple core can help to assist implantation: Pineapple contains bromelain. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme that breaks up proteins that inhibit embryo implantation. Consuming a whole pineapple (focusing on the core as it has the highest concentration of Bromelain) during a fertility cycle can be beneficial.  
• Magnesium: helps improve fertilization rates  
• Zinc: promotes cell formation and wound healing after surgery and is vital for hormone production and implantation, plays a vital role in cell division  
• Selenium: improve fertilization rates, prevents chromosome breakage
• Vitamin B complex: will help your body cope with the stress of invasive procedures

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Pineapple (Bromelain) & Implantation

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Using Pineapple & pineapple core can help to assist implantation: Pineapple contains bromelain. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme that breaks up proteins that inhibit embryo implantation. Consuming a whole pineapple (focusing on the core as it has the highest concentration of Bromelain) during a fertility cycle can be beneficial.

For IVF [in vitro fertilization] cycle: one pineapple core, divided into 5 portions - consume one portion each day, over five days, beginning on the day of your embryo transfer.

Natural cycle: one pineapple core , divided into 5 portions - consume one portion each day, over five days, beginning on the day after ovulation.

Use Organic Pineapple only!

I mention to all my patients to eat Pineapple prior to their IVF Cycle and Natural Fertility! I have found pineapple to contribute to pregnant bellies! 

Australian woman Anthea Nicholas gives birth at 50 naturally without IVF

At Angea Fertility we love stories like this one! Written in the Herald Sun today and covered in Women's Weekly.  I will be writing more about this tomorrow. You can read the article by clicking on the link below.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/australian-woman-anthea-nicholas-gives-birth-at-50-naturally-without-ivf/story-e6frf7jo-1226102833425