Image credit: tiramisustudio at FreeDigitalPhotos.net If you had to answer the question, which vitamin would better prevent that your baby develops a neurological disorder, folate or folic acid, would you know the answer? Don't worry if you wouldn't. Many doctors can't tell the difference either and honestly (though I'm aware of the differences between the two) [...]
Image credit: atibodyphoto at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The moment a woman has one or two unsuccessful series of IVF behind her, she becomes ready to do anything, really anything to make the next IVF cycle work. Many of the women I talk to have a long history of fertility treatments, so the question that often comes up is [...]
Honestly, I never really wondered what exactly happens in a moment when egg and sperm unite. I assumed, science would know all about it; for such an important event one would expect tons of literature describing every millisecond of it, right? Or at least a handful of studies demonstrating what happens in the moment of creation, a moment that each [...]
Some weeks ago I received one of the best comments on my blog so far (thank you Iva Stankovic!). This is what Iva asked me: Dear Darja, first of all, I liked very much your book about improving egg quality in women over 35, it's informative and motivational, thank you for writing it! As you may know, there is [...]
Image credit: marin at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Sometimes I love to tell long stories and take a lot of time to research one single topic. Some other times I come across smaller news items related to getting pregnant after 35 which are not big or interesting enough to develop into articles, but could potentially be important for some [...]
How much wine is safe when trying to conceive? Alcohol exposure in pregnancy carries risks, sure. It has been known for decades that alcohol use while trying to conceive and later in pregnancy can lead to a variety of effects on physical, mental and behavioral development of babies. However, how much alcohol at what time of [...]
Image credit: Tuomas Lehtinen at FreeDigitalPhotos.net What hormones are tested for fertility? This happens to me often: a woman writes to me and tells me all about her fertility journey and asks a ton of questions. Then I say: all right, but could you please send me your recent bloodwork? Then the woman sends me a [...]
Image credit: Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net When I coach women over 35 there is the side-effect that I get to hear a lot about their relationships. Eventually I noticed that some patterns repeat quite often. In this post I would like to address the mistakes which women mostly make in the early days of their relationships (and [...]
