Egg quality is often used as a reason IVF fails, without any clear evidence.
As age advances, statistically chromosome abnormalities increase and IVF doesn’t help with that. This mama had already been through 2 unsuccessful IVFs and the feedback from her clinic was pointing at her eggs and her age. Their solution was donor eggs, hers was to look elsewhere.
This couple started working with Now Baby just after she had turned 41 and their second IVF had failed. They both had fertility testing and their secondary infertility was deemed unexplained, so she felt there was nothing wrong medically but her blood sugar reading, Hba1c was high, so she knew there was insulin resistance. What she hadn’t been aware of was the insulin sensitivity plays a role in both egg quality and embryo implantation.
Life had got busy for both herself and her husband after their first child was born. Balancing fulltime jobs and childcare was challenging and previous healthy habits had disappeared in the chaos. Getting their daughter out the door before the traffic was a joint effort and the easiest thing was to skip breakfast until she got to work. What she hadn’t realised was that this single habit was undermining her chance of growing her family. Breakfast is the key meal for supporting blood sugar balance throughout the day and the timing of it matters.
Neither of them focused any of their meals, besides dinner, on protein, so getting a full 95g daily made a big difference. Coffee fuelled afternoon slumps were gone, takeouts instead of homecooked were unnecessary because meals were prepped at the weekends so time and decision fatigue were no longer motivators. The protocol balanced everything, protein, anti-oxidants, minerals, all built into easily available local ingredients.
I wish I had known about this option sooner
Following the Now Baby Over 40 Fertility Nutrition Protocol meant making some habit changes for her. Herself and hubbie sat down and discussed how best to manage this, agreed a plan together where breakfast was prepped the night before so that it was ready in the morning before leaving for work. It took just 6 weeks for it to work. After spending thousands on invasive and unsuccessful treatments she was glad she made the decision to reject donor eggs and support the process naturally.
