How You Can Increase Your Egg Health in 90 Days...

It is believed by many to this day that the only relevant factor in ovarian health is age. This, however, is not at all the case.

There are in fact many other factors which have great import on the health of eggs and the ovaries themselves. These include stress, diet and environmental factors.

A healthy reproductive system and high fertility depends on your circulation, a healthy fertility cycle, hormonal balance and of course, egg health per se. In this article, I will give you some information on improving egg health through the use of diet, massage and nutritional supplements, including herbs.

Women who have difficulty conceiving are often told that they have "old" eggs, or merely have an unhealthy store of them. These women are then urged to consider the options of adoption, IVF or using a donor egg. However, these are not the only options open to women. You can take steps which will improve the health of your eggs - there is during the life cycle of your eggs a time when your actions can directly impact them to ensure the release of a healthy egg during ovulation.

Getting an ample amount of oxygen to the ovaries is vital to the health of your eggs. Lack of exercise, dehydration and thick blood reduce the amount of oxygen available to your ovaries. To increase circulation to your ovaries, try these hints:

Drink - 8 8oz. glasses of pure water every day.

Exercise - Any activity which gets you up and around will help. Try tennis, running, yoga, dancing; even walking!

Self-Massage for Fertility - This is one of the very best ways to increase your fertility and egg health. Massage your uterus and ovaries, this will help to stimulate circulation to the area.

Self Fertility Massage Helps to:
- Promotes egg health*
- Increases circulation to the ovaries and eggs*
- Brings fresh, oxygenated, and nutrient rich blood to the eggs*
- Helps to reduce stress*
- Promotes hormonal balance*

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Hormonal balance is a requirement for the health of your eggs. More and more women are experiencing hormonal imbalance due to insufficient nutrition, stress and a host of environmental factors. If your hormones are out of balance, it may result in your eggs failing to respond, your fertility cycle becoming irregular, even a failure to ovulate! However, it is possible to balance your hormones. Following are some good ways to restore a healthy balance to your hormones and feed your endocrine system.

-Cleansing your system of the excess hormones which can cause imbalances

-Use the Fertility Superfood Maca

-Reduce your exposure to xenohormones

-If your FSH levels are high, the herb Vitex has been shown to help

These are very nutrient dense foods which give great benefits for fertility each time they are ingested. I personally prefer to put all of these fertility superfoods into a "fertility smoothie".

Maca
This is a truly amazing fertility superfood. This nutritional powerhouse contains no hormones, but helps to bring yours into proper balance by providing your endocrine system the nutrition it needs. For preparing for IVF, this is important as a proper hormonal balance means healthier eggs. Learn more about Maca...

Royal Jelly and Bee Propolis
Royal Jelly and Bee Propolis are superfoods which assist your body in improving both more eggs and healthier eggs. Royal jelly is the food produced by bees for their queen - in fact, this is what turns an ordinary bee into a queen bee. By eating a diet of royal jelly, an ordinary bee is transformed into a queen, laying thousands of eggs daily. Royal jelly should be taken for a few months before the IVF process gets underway.

Royal jelly works for the queen bee much as hormonal stimulation does for people. You should take royal jelly daily to get the best results. It should be noted here that if you may be allergic to bees, you should definitely avoid royal jelly and bee propolis both.

Spirulina
This is an algae which contains a wealth of minerals, protein and antioxidants. Spirulina nourishes your eggs and alkalizes the body. You should take this daily as well, about 1 tsp.

A daily prenatal multivitamin can go a long way towards increasing the health of your eggs, as well as preparing your uterine lining for implantation. If your body is getting all of the nutrition it needs, you will have a far easier time conceiving. Mega Food's 100% whole food Baby and Me multivitamin is a good choice and is a personal favorite of mine; synthetic multivitamins will not give you all of the benefits of a whole food vitamin.

COQ10
CoQ10 helps to keep the eggs integrity by protecting them from free radicals. Coq10 should be taken for two to three months before having IVF.

L-arginine
L-arginine is an amino acid that has shown some promise in increasing ovarian response, endometrial receptivity, and pregnancy rates in IVF patients who supplemented in large doses (16 grams) of L-arginine. (Published in Human Reproduction 1999). L-arginine

Ours is a hectic world - and the lifestyle forced upon is by modern, fast paced careers carries with it many benefits; but also a lot of stress.

Dr. Allen Morgan and Dr. Douglas Rabin (reproductive medicine physicians) report: "what is not widely known is that stress also has a detrimental impact on fertility. Women who are constantly under stress produce prolactin, cortisol, and other hormones, which can interfere with or even block regular ovulation."

This means that if you are hoping to improve your egg health, you should make reducing your level of stress a priority. Make some quiet time for yourself, even if you need to schedule it! During this time you could:

- Go for a walk
- Take a bubble bath (a personal favorite of mine)
- Curl up with a good book
- Get a massage or reflexology treatment
- Have some herbal tea which promotes relaxation, such as chamomile, kava kava, or peppermint
- Meditate

"In a study of women who were not ovulating, one group received cognitive behavior therapy and the other group was just observed. 80% of the women who received cognitive behavior therapy started to ovulate again, as opposed to only 25% from the randomized observation group."

-Cigarettes
-Caffeine
-Alcohol
-Sugar
-non-organic meats and dairy
-Soda
-Low fat diets