Has anyone eaten Paleo/Primal to improve fertility?

[NewEraNewMindset]

My acupuncturist has suggested I need to eat a higher protein diet than I do currently. I probably get my protein from eggs and cheese at the moment predominantly, with a little bit of meat sometimes.

I see Paleo mentioned a lot when it comes to fertility and I have been on it ages ago for over a year. Not so strictly that everything was organic and grass fed but I was very good at eating no grains and lost a fair bit of weight from memory.

Anyone thinking of doing the same or on a Paleo diet now?

Thanks xx

[Cantbelieveimdoingthisagain]

Hi newera
Sorry for replying but not having the answers.. I generally follow paleo but haven't read anything relating to fertility. I just think the connection is more between eating 'naturally' and not filling your body with processed crap full of sugar and salt. I wouldn't worry too much about following paleo exactly - I just think it's the most natural diet to the human body and studies prove good healthy diet relate to fertility. It's more about eating clean x

[Cantbelieveimdoingthisagain]

Ps. Do you mind telling me about your acupuncture? Why and any results etc? I'm currently having a course of treatment x

[NewEraNewMindset]

No results yet can't unfortunately. I have only been doing it 5 weeks though so I don't think that's enough time to say one way or the other. I know she talked about adding in some herbs that she burns or something next time. It had a word beginning with M but I was in a bit of a haze after treatment when she mentioned it.

[Cantbelieveimdoingthisagain]

Ah ok, I'm having it to regulate my cycle. It brought me down from 90 days to 56 days after 1st week. Hoping to ovulate next week and regulate to a 28dayish cycle I'd take 35 days

[NewEraNewMindset]

That's excellent! Well done!!

I feel a little bit of a fraud as I did soy this cycle so feel I kind of meddled and have no idea what it would have been like otherwise.

I'm not sure it really worked out so I think I will leave well alone this cycle and see how my next one fares.

[Cantbelieveimdoingthisagain]

I've also taken soy this month as I am pretty sure I'm not ovulating. My temperatures are just always all over the place and I have never had anything more than a shadow of a line on an OPK. I'm on CD10 today and nothing yet.

Have you seen any effects that you wouldn't normally have from soy?

[Allisgood1]

Not sure if it's related or not but my SIL wasn't ovulating and my DH put her on paleo (she was also having acupuncture). She fell pregnant v quickly after.

I have a history of miscarriages and started Paleo about 18 months ago to lose weight. I fell pregnant last Christmas and was still doing paleo. I didn't miscarry.

I do think eating clean and primal, plus supplementing with vitamin D and magnesium, can help fertility.

[NewEraNewMindset]

Thanks allisgood. I know it is my age primarily but I just want to do all I can to try and help myself. Well I started today with no grains and that's going to be my first stepping stone. I'm not sure about cutting out dairy but I am starting to eat protein again as my diet has been mainly vegetables, fruit and bread with some eggs thrown in. But mainly bread if I'm honest, totally ridiculous!!

[NewEraNewMindset]

Can't I think soy is bloody powerful stuff, so i think it stands a good chance of helping you. What dosage are you on?

Well things I noticed this cycle were much less cervical mucus, which was a pain. I ovulated a day later which was good but lost two days at the end of my cycle which wasn't the plan and had menstrual cramps when AF arrived which I haven't had for years.

I was taking it to try and strengthen ovulation but I'm not convinced it did. It wouldn't stop me trying it again though in the future, I just think it's ideal for those who don't ovulate or ovulate really late, but for regular ovulators like myself I think it's swings and roundabouts.

[Cantbelieveimdoingthisagain]

I did 100,100,150,150,200 CDs 1-5. I hope it's powerful. God knows when I will ovulate, if I can at all. Yes I did read that perhaps should only take it of completely irregular like me.

My CM is also all over the place - have never had 'plenty' so to speak so I am struggling to monitor that too.

Oh well, I did read that I should expect ov 10 days after last dose of soy, so will hang on til cd15/16. having a really bad day today and just want to scream and cry myself to sleep