Hello!
I’m 40. I’ve just completed my second egg collection and have had my results which have really shocked me and I thought I’d let you know what changes I did which appear to have helped my results.
My first round was in July. I have one ovary. My clinic collected 14 eggs, 11 were mature, 8 fertilised and 2 x 6 day blastocysts, measured 5bb and 5bc (not good, not bad).
My second round was just less than a week ago. Both times I did the treatment in Northern Cyprus, this time a friend went with me, and I felt a bit more comfortable about it as it wasn’t new to me and I enjoyed some lovely company.
The changes I made were the following -
Weekly acupuncture
I’d had a number of massages on the run up
Some time with friends (I haven’t spent time with friends for ages previously as I felt so low about everything)
10 supplements (I’ll list them if any one is interested)
My husband had 4 supplements
Removed plastic from my life, except the few days before when I drank water from plastic bottles as I couldn’t find glass in cyprus.
Stopped drinking Diet Coke.
Last Wednesday I had 9 eggs collected, of which 5 were mature. All 5 fertilised and all 5 reached blastocysts. 3 are very good quality.
I’m flabbergasted. Hopeful one will stick when we are ready for transfer. Hope this helps someone else, I’m sorry we’re facing infertility x