by Claire | Jan 5, 2026 | Egg Quality, Endometriosis, Guides, IVF, Low AMH, Male Factor Infertility, Miscarriage, Nutrition, Ovulation, PCOS, Secondary Infertility, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
Food serves two biological purposes.It provides fuel — the energy required to keep the body functioning.And it provides nourishment — the physical materials the body uses to build hormones, mature eggs, support ovulation, prepare the uterine lining, and sustain early...
by Claire | Dec 30, 2025 | Egg Quality, Guides, Nutrition, Secondary Infertility, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
When fertility doesn’t progress as expected, the explanation is often over-simplified.You were born with all your eggs.Egg quality can’t really be changed.Sperm looks fine.IVF will take care of the rest.For many women, these explanations don’t match what they...
by Claire | Nov 28, 2025 | Guides, HSE Fertility Hub, Implantation, IVF, Male Factor Infertility, Miscarriage, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
Semen analysis is the first-line test for male fertility, but it has a major blind spot: it doesn’t measure sperm DNA fragmentation — a crucial marker that influences fertilisation, embryo development and miscarriage risk. For many couples, everything on paper appears...
by Claire | Nov 25, 2025 | Egg Quality, Guides, Hormones, HSE Fertility Hub, Implantation, IVF, Low AMH, Male Factor Infertility, Miscarriage, Nutrition, PCOS, Secondary Infertility, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
Optimizing IVF success begins long before egg collection. While clinics focus on stimulation, retrieval and transfer, the biology behind egg quality, sperm health, embryo development and implantation starts much earlier. Understanding the normal IVF attrition funnel —...
by Claire | Nov 6, 2025 | Hormones, Male Factor Infertility, Nutrition, Ovulation, PCOS, Secondary Infertility, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
When people think about fertility, insulin is rarely the first hormone that comes to mind. Yet insulin plays a quiet but powerful role in shaping the metabolic conditions in which reproductive hormones operate.As a key metabolic signal, insulin communicates whether...
