It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage

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Vitamin D also plays an important role in the growth and development of babies. Additionally, Vitamin D works with Calcium to maintain and support the growth of bones and teeth, for both the mom and the baby. It is important to ensure you get enough Vitamin D to maintain your body's functions, especially when pregnant.

You probably can’t avoid them completely but limit regular exposure as much as reasonably possible. The latest scientific research reveals that egg quality has a powerful impact on how long it takes to get pregnant and the risk of miscarriage. Poor egg quality is in fact the single most important cause of age-related infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and failed IVF cycles. It is important to ensure you maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle when you start your journey to motherhood. Reducing exposure to certain phthalates and other fertility-toxic chemicals should be a part of your plan.

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In the above run-down, I’m just pulling out the author’s conclusions based on her review of the research, and I’m leaving out all the rationale and research details behind each idea, as well as specific recommendations on how to or how not to apply these measures. If you’re wanting to implement these recommendations, I would encourage you to read the book or do your own research, so that you can be as informed as possible. The beauty of this book is that it’s designed to educate you so that you can come to your own conclusions. Newer research may have come out since the publication of this book, so that is worth considering as well. My Reactions

It Starts With The Egg is a profound and inspiring book written by Rebecca Fett. She uses both her own experiences and scientific research to delve deep into what egg quality is and how it affects women’s fertility . The quality of an egg impacts how likely that egg will become fertilized, implant and grow into a healthy baby. When she was in her mid-twenties and was ready to start a family, she was told by her doctors that pregnancy would be very dangerous.before adopting any of the suggestions in this book. The author and publisher specifically disclaim all Right off the bat, Fett misleads her readers. She talks about how she was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) in her mid-20s, right before she underwent IVF. She claims she was told she would be “unlikely to conceive with her own eggs.” Determined to prove the medical community wrong, she ate really healthy, exercised a lot, and did a bunch of research on which supplements could improve her egg quality. And yay! She got 20 eggs at egg retrieval. (This is an average number, btw.) And she and her husband got 19 embryos. They “set a fertility clinic record” with their unusually high amount of embryos. The diet chapters are horrifying, of course. This is a popular science book. What were you expecting? Fett claims that everyone trying to get pregnant should eat low-mercury fish. No, no, don’t just rely on the omega-3s in your prenatals! You need to eat the actual fish. Sorry, vegans. No babies for you, I guess. Also, you need to stress over whether you’re eating too many potatoes. You’re not having trouble conceiving because you’re over 35 or because you can’t tell when you’re ovulating. It’s definitely the potatoes.