Gluten sensitivity and infertility Stomachs of some genetically susceptible people just can’t stand gluten. After such individuals eat gluten (a protein hard to avoid as it’s contained in wheat, barley and rye), they develop all kinds of gastrointestinal problems, but also other manifestations, such as joint pain, fatigue, depression, and infertility. As the matter of…
What are cycle buddies and fertility friends and why you should have one If you’re going through a fertility treatment, most likely you don’t get to talk about it very much. Because infertility is still a taboo topic and in my opinion that will not significantly change at any point soon. If the only…
Infertility hurts? Read about sleep deprivation that your baby will bring I still remember it very well. During times of infertility, all we want is to finally hold our baby, to cuddle with the little joy and to imagine how marvelous it will be when it starts talking to us… But what we don’t…
One summer post: Beautiful poem on being a woman As I opened my Facebook the other day, nothing, really nothing hinted that I would soon find the best poem on womanhood and fertility I read in my whole life. The strange thing was that it was posted by a man – a British friend of ours who…
Can probiotics increase your fertility? Very likely. Today, I would like to only quickly address one issue I wrote about a few years ago, but only now we start to see more articles addressing one important issue: Conception and our gut bacteria. A quick reminder to start with: Gut bacteria (often called gut microbiome) are not…
Nutrition and adrenal health: Here’s what Nicole from Healthy Mom Handbook says about it Most all expectant women want a healthy baby, unfortunately there isn’t enough information out there on how important mom’s adrenal health is prior to and during pregnancy. Lowered adrenal function and adrenal fatigue are ubiquitous today among men and women,…
How to find a sperm or egg donor: Interview with Erika Tranfield from PrideAngel During a recent Fertility Fair in Berlin I had a chance to speak to Erica Tranfield from the Pride Angel. PrideAngel is an unusual website, kind of a “dating service” which brings together egg donors, sperm donors and co-parents online. On the website, it…
Gay parenthood in Germany: Interesting services at Oregon Reproductive Medicine Recently, I had a chance to speak to Dr. Brandon Bankowsky from the Ore gon Reproductive Medicine and one of the co-organizers of the Fertility Fair 2017 in Berlin. Given the bad press that this conference received in local newspapers (Germany is known for its strict Embryo…
So many men with low and weak sperm counts. Why? In the past months, I have had several occasions to talk with male fertility experts and I always use this opportunity to ask whether it’s true that the sperm quality of men in Western countries is in decline? Do doctors notice any of that in…
Why buying expensive CoQ10 makes sense and you should save money somewhere else In 1978, British scientist Peter Mitchell received a Nobel Prize for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer and his hypothesis about the role of CoQ10 in the transfer of energy in the mitochondria. While Peter Mitchell was not…