It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage

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In Chapter Five, the author discusses a few important ingredients to look for: folate, B12, B6, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, selenium, and iodine.

Egg quality is emerging as the single most important cause of age-related infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and failed IVF cycles.Fertility doctors advise that women undergoing IVF should continue taking CoQ10 until they have a positive pregnancy test.

A huge takeaway was the information on L-Arginine, which I had been taking for over a year at the recommendation of a different fertility book. With 'It Starts with the Egg,' Rebecca Fett delivers a much needed overview on the available scientific evidence regarding the influence of nutrition on fertility and fertility treatment, providing a valuable resource for couples trying to conceive. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is an essential vitamin that supports the growth and development of body tissue. Two months later we were pregnant and it’s our first pregnancy to make it past six weeks (we’re 13 weeks now). Some of the major culprits causing these different kinds of infertility seem to be Coenzyme Q10 deficiency, exposure to toxins (through food, water and plastic storage sources) and autoimmunity conditions.Perhaps they said she’d be unlikely to conceive “if you wait until you’re 35” or “your odds of needing donor eggs are higher than the average woman your age. Having then put her findings into practice, her next IVF cycle produced 22 eggs, of which 19 fertilized to become a good quality blastocyst. I also had no idea how much much of an impact you could make to your fertility by making a few simple changes.

Rebecca Fett's stellar constellation of perspective, experience, knowledge, and scientific background may well revolutionize our current global conversation, understanding and practices related to fertility. I’m sure it was a lot crunchier and cringier in the first edition, but the edition I read gives practical tips for how to reduce your BPA exposure while also assuring you that BPA isn’t in every plastic, and that it’s impossible, and unnecessary, to stay away from BPA entirely.Try to avoid parabens and phthalates - these are chemicals that are hormone disrupting and can impact significantly on fertility - particularly around egg quality and miscarriage. Aim to eat fatty, low mercury fish - salmon, sardines and mackerel - frequently, or add a fish oil supplement (700-1000mg day). In bringing together a range of reputable studies, it offers evidence-based advice on how to make simple lifestyle changes that will improve egg quality and optimize fertility. Being a type-A optimizer, I wanted to understand everything about egg quality so I could do everything possible to maximize my chance of success.