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An evidence-based guide to optimizing egg, sperm and uterine health for improving the odds of a healthy pregnancy (whether naturally or with advanced reproductive technologies such as IVF), no matter your gender, sexual orientation, or relationship status. This witty and easy-to-follow guide addresses key factors in fertility such as your: genetics, gut and vaginal microbiomes, diet, physical activity, sleep, stress, and exposure to environmental toxins.
Understand the science behind fertility, how to troubleshoot "unexplained infertility," PCOS, endometriosis, and the challenges with conceiving in your 30s and 40s. Learn how to track ovulation, when to have sex (or inseminate), and which supplements may help along the way.
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When trying to get pregnant, having good quality eggs will enhance your odds. After all, a good quality egg helps make a good quality embryo. The egg’s DNA makes up half of the embryo’s genetic material, and if merged with a poorer quality sperm, a healthy egg has the ability to repair some damaged sperm DNA. The egg is also responsible for providing the majority of cellular energy to the embryo for those earliest days of development. Therefore, a good quality egg needs to have healthy, intact DNA and chromosomes, and enough energy to sustain the initial stages of embryo growth.
Younger eggs, such as those ovulated in a person’s twenties, are typically better quality because our younger cells have greater energy-producing capabilities and are more efficient at repairing damage. These cellular processes become less precise and efficient as we age, and the ovaries age much sooner than we’d like, affecting egg quality as early as our mid-thirties. To the ovaries, these are the last years before retirement. Egg quality starts to dip between the ages of thirty-five and thirty-seven, and by thirty-eight, those eggs are fighting major biological challenges including having less energy, being prone to more DNA damage, and having problems replicating and repairing DNA.
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