It was a rollercoaster journey for me also!
I’m one of eight children, so when it came to a time in my life that I was ready to have children, I didn’t foresee that falling pregnant would be an issue for me, sure I had ‘Mum’s Genes I thought, it will be grand! How wrong I was! I was 38 years old, married 5 years but still no success in a positive pregnancy test! I was certainly feeling the pressure of the old ticking clock by this stage. We both desperately wanted a family. With friends and family falling pregnant what seemed like all around us. It was a lonely, incredibly sad time. I was confused as to why my body wasn’t working, worried if we would ever fall pregnant and have a family. We decided to try IVF given my age, my follicle reserve was also very low. I had a 0.4% chance of falling pregnant the specialist told me. After two failed IVF cycles (even though we had good grade embryos) and a successful natural pregnancy, which sadly ended in a miscarriage at 3 months. A friend told us about a Naturopathic Nutritionist, how she had helped her fertility journey. I’d never heard of this type of nutritionist before, but I was open to new ways in which we could increase our chances of successful pregnancy result. We felt we had nothing to lose, we had spent £10,000 of our money on IVF cycles. So, spending a small amount on our own health seemed like a positive step to do anyway. We were both seen individually by the Nutritionist and given a tailored Nutritional, Supplement and Lifestyle plan specific to our own needs. Within a couple of weeks of starting our plan, we both felt much more energetic, our sleep had improved, we felt less stressed and more able to cope with the challenges of our very demanding jobs. We both experienced weight loss, which was a huge bonus. I felt my head was clearer at work and more focussed, in comparison to the brain fog that often clouded my decisions. I was less anxious and had a feeling of calm and balance. Overall, we both felt tremendous, the best we had felt in our whole life. After carrying out the nutritional and lifestyle changes recommended to us plan, we conceived naturally 3.5 months later. I’ve had two successful natural pregnancies and healthy babies. I truly believe this was all due to the personalised changes we made through food and lifestyle. Age wasn’t an issue as I had been told before, I had my healthy babies at age 40 and 44.
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