Infertility Diets and IVF

[pixielove123]

Hi

I’m hoping to hear some success stories for some inspiration. There are so many diets for infertility - mainly no Alcohol, Caffeine, Dairy, Gluten, Sugar, Processed Foods etc. has anyone not followed a fertility diet and had success with IVF. I’ve had two failed cycles. I have tried to stick to the above type diet but not 100% - maybe 90% and I wonder if it was my diet that caused the failure.

Has anyone had a successfully IVF cycle and basically ate what they want?

It's really unlikely that your diet has caused your IVF to fail. The sad fact is that IVF is usually more likely to fail than to succeed, so please don't beat yourself up that is because of something you did.

I haven't had a successful cycle, but the cycle that went worst was the one where I carefully followed a fertility diet (cancelled before retrieval) and the one that went best (got to transfer) was the one where I ate pretty much exclusively cake.

Go easy on yourself, and try just eating reasonably sensibly most of the time, with things you enjoy in there as part of a balanced diet. You sound miserable and honestly I really want you to have a nice (sensible, but nice) dinner and not worry.

Thanks so much for your reply. Everyone warns you how emotional this journey can be. But then it happens and it's intense!!!

Baby Dust to you!

Hello,
We started treatment in February and in the run up I did ensure my weight was within a healthy BMI range. My husband and I both ate pretty much what we wanted ... just in moderation. I also did plenty of walks and we both did yoga. I also drunk gin but stayed within my weekly unit allowance.
We did ICIS (as our problem was with hubbie's sperm) and I only stopped drinking gin in the 2ww. It worked first time and I am now 18 weeks pregnant.
Good luck with it, my advice would be to try and relax and if that for you means eating a cake with wine, then go for it

@FabLaura Thanks for your reply and Congrats on your pregnancy. I really get so happy to hear when IVF works.