Why are women advised egg donation earlier in the US than in Europe? I often get emails from women around the world asking me when I think is the right point to enter an egg donation program. One would think that there should be a clear consensus on this in the medical community, right? Not…
Hello and thank you for being here on my site where we talk about all things related to female fertility (and how to improve it at advanced age). I’m pleased to announce my next webinar Improving Fertility Naturally: Lifestyle interventions that actually WORK Which will take place on September 10th at 8 p.m. (CET) Register CLICK…
Best fertility-related products in 2021 A general note: I’ve invested a lot of time into finding the best products and update the list frequently. However, depending on your geolocation, you may be redirected by Amazon – there’s nothing I can do about that. Please drop me an email if you hear of any fertility-related products…
DetailsFertility Coaching – my clients about me: Pregnancy news Charlotte, USA: Since our last session, I have fallen pregnant naturally! I’m still in disbelief but I’m now 8 weeks and having a rescan on the 10th January as they couldn’t rule out twins…!! I believe it was my supplements I took religiously after following…
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Why buying expensive CoQ10 makes sense and you should save money somewhere else In 1978, British scientist Peter Mitchell received a Nobel Prize for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer and his hypothesis about the role of CoQ10 in the transfer of energy in the mitochondria. While Peter Mitchell was not…
Have PCOS? Lose weight to get pregnant faster Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a set of symptoms that arises due to elevated male hormone levels in women. Among signs pointing to PCOS are: 1) Irregular periods (mention this to your doctor if it happens more than twice within one year), 2) Higher androgen levels…
Maca is available as a dietary supplement in the form of a powder, liquid, capsule, and tablets. The usual dosage for increasing fertility in women is 500 milligrams of dried maca extract taken 3 times a day.
What REALLY happens when egg fuses with sperm cell Honestly, I never really wondered what exactly happens in a moment when egg and sperm unite. I assumed, science would know all about it; for such an important event one would expect tons of literature describing every millisecond of it, right? Or at least a handful of studies…
Five over-35-fertility-news items I thought you may like to hear about Sometimes I love to tell long stories and take a lot of time to research one single topic. Some other times I come across smaller news items related to getting pregnant after 35 which are not big or interesting enough to develop into articles,…
Fertility bloodwork: 7 hormones which are most important for fertility This happens to me often: a woman writes to me and tells me all about her fertility journey and asks a ton of questions. Then I say: all right, but could you please send me your recent bloodwork? Then the woman sends me a ton…