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Today's fertility tip was inspired by a conversation that I had with a woman after I presented my evening seminar, Fertility Secrets Revealed.

She was telling me about the side effects and horrible symptoms that she was having when taking the medication that her doctor had prescribed for her fertility issues.

They were causing significant side effects and making her feel extremely uncomfortable and when she approached her physician about it he simply said something to the effect that if she...

To understand whether DHEA supplementation is right for you its important to have an understanding of what is happening with this hormone and how it relates to other hormones and reproductive health. DHEA is converted into a hormone called androstenedione which is a precursor to testosterone. In other words androstenedione then gets converted into testosterone and testosterone gets converted into estradiol mainly in the ovaries of a premenopausal female. Estradiol is the estrogen closely...

I thought you would be interested in a comment by Dr. Deepok Chopra who was the head Endocrinologist at a Boston Medical Centre and who now practices Ayurvedic medicine.  In an interview with Dr. Wayne Dwyer, Dr. Chopra talked about what significance having thoughts such as "running out of time" can have on your body. This, as you can imagine, is a common belief among couples dealing with fertility issues.  I even here this from 20 year olds who are trying to become pregnant.

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Minimizing Toxins in your system.  

You cannot completely avoid all of the chemicals that are around you day after day.  If you tried you would go crazy or would have to live in a bubble! But you can minimize the exposure to these substances. Here are a few examples of ways to decrease your exposure to chemicals that can contribute to chronic degenerative change in your cells.  And remember, the eggs, sperm, and endometrial lining are cells.

Eliminate voluntary toxins such as...

Before I send the fertility tips I review in my mind all of the patients that I have seen over the last week.  I listen to many men and women who are feeling desperate, anxious, depressed, scared, guilty, angry, sad and ______. I am sure you can fill in the blank.  What I ask myself is what have they told me they need or that they lack and then I transfer this information to them and to you.  

This week the word support just kept going through my head....

One study caught my eye this week.

Your tip for this week discusses an interesting concept I came across while scanning through the National Academy of Science Archives.

The title of the article was Sperm Attraction to a Follicular Factor(s) Correlates with Human Egg Fertilizability. The Authors of article are  D RAlt, M Goldberg, P Fetterolf, D Thompson, J Dor, S Mashiach, DL Garbers, and M Eisenbach

Article Summary: Sperm normally meet the egg in the Fallopian tube within 24 hours from ovulation (when the egg is...

This week the word support just kept going through my head. I see that women and sometimes men who are experiencing fertility issues, many times, are not supported very well. This isn't the case for everyone. I certainly do see couples that really see the importance and significance of being, "in this together". And if you are in one of those couples, stop reading this tip right now and go and give your partner a big kiss and hug because you are very fortunate to have their support.

For those...

Well, let’s look at some studies.  In a Danish Study published in Fertility and Sterility in Oct 2004, after looking at the reproductive hormones and semen quality of 1558 Danish men, they found that high or low BMI (Body Mass Index) was associated with reduced semen quality.  In several studies including one from Germany reports that high or low BMI in women can have a negative impact on IVF outcome leading to decreased chance of pregnancy.

Keeping these studies in mind then,...

I talked in the last tip two weeks ago about negative emotions and how they can affect your fertility by impacting your physiology and said I would expand on it in the next fertility tip, so here goes.

I see so many couples that come in to the clinic totally beaten down by the system.  I can literally see it on their faces, in their body language and hear it in their voices. This not contributing to improving their situation one bit.

The therapists at my clinic...