It Starts with the Egg: The Science of Egg Quality for Fertility, Miscarriage, and IVF (Third Edition)

Informative, educational, enriching, easy to read and empowers you, so you know the dos and don'ts. A must read! Worth it!

Worth the money and time reading this.

انصح فيه فيه معلومات مختبريه اكتشفوها ضروري تاخذونه وانصح فيه

Great layout for reading making it easy yet educational. Lots of good information for egg quality. Focuses on purposes for IVF but can totally be applied to all women in their fertility journey or learning more about what impacts egg health on a health journey or just learning about the reproductive system. Goes into more depth about sperm health than I’ve been able to find anywhere else.

This book is so useful!! When you discover you have infertility complications, if you're anything like me, you go on a Google rampage looking up anything and everything that's supposed to help. Unfortunately it's very hard to weed out the rumours and old wives tales from the proven aids and so I found myself rattling like a maraca having taken up about 15 different vitamins/supplements. After my second unsuccessful IVF I was recommended this book by my acupuncturist and I wish I'd had it sooner. It's based on thorough academic research and gives clear, simple outlines of the various supplements etc which will make a difference - both positive and negative (I was horrified to learn some of the things natural food shops had suggested for me might actually be making things worse). It also provides ideas for lifestyle adjustments, such as switching household products which can be affecting your fertility, and diet recommendations (though you'd probably want a separate book for that, there are plenty available with recipe ideas for fertility-friendly meals). I'd only been making changes for about a month or 6wks when I fell pregnant naturally - I don't for a minute think this is entirely down to the book, I'm sure my recent IVF cycle and a big massive dollop of luck helped considerably, but I do believe this made a difference and I'm trying to continue with some of her suggestions throughout the pregnancy. Plus it made me feel I was doing something pro-active to help things along by trying some of the lifestyle changes like swapping toiletry brands etc. Overall, an easy read which has many valuable ideas.

Great book had so much information I had no idea about. Easy to read and broken down into chapters that would be appropriate for your stage of your fertility journey.

不妊治療中でYouTubeで著者のインタビューを見て、そこに書かれていたコメントを読んで即この本を購入しました。 どんなビタミンをどれだけ摂るべきか、検査結果でどの数値を注視するべきか等、あまりネット上にはない情報が多く大変参考になりました。 著者の主張はこうです。 妊娠できるかどうかは卵子の質にかかっていて、それは正しいサプリメントを取ることによって向上させることができる。「卵子の質は年齢で決まってしまうので、卵子の質を向上させることは出来ない」というのは誤り。 そのほか勉強になったのは、 卵子には精子のdnaの損傷を修正する力があるが、これは若い女性の質の良い卵子にしかできない。だから、精子の質を上げる必要がある。 受精は以外と起こっている。着床を持続させることの方が難しい。 著者は研究者ですが、医者ではなく不妊治療の専門家でもありません。自身の不妊治療のため医学書などを読み撤退的にリサーチして完成された本なので、患者目線で知りたいこと、知っておくべきことが書かれています。

Very informative and I have learned alot before I start on my ivf