How To Improve Egg Health When You Have Low AMH and/or High FSH

We’re digging into how to improve egg health if you have low AMH and/or high FSH.

Maybe you’ve been told you have poor egg quality.

You may have experienced irregular menstrual cycles, poor fertilization rates, low AMH, high FSH, low levels of estradiol, chromosomal disorders and pregnancy loss.

This may have sent you down a rabbit hole of information overload.

After all, there is so much generalized information about how to improve egg quality.

But what if there were specific steps you could take right now to improve your egg quality?

It’s not about following another egg-quality diet; it’s about uncovering the factors that negatively influence your egg health to improve pregnancy success.

Katy Bradbury is a registered nurse and nutritional therapist and part of my team here at Fab Fertile. She is our clinical advisor. She is an integral part of our Couples Coaching program - which uses functional lab testing, diet, and lifestyle changes to improve conception dramatically. If you are struggling with infertility, your body is desperately trying to tell you something. Focusing on your health will either help you get pregnant naturally or, if you do need to go to the fertility clinic, it will improve your chances of success.



In this episode, you'll learn:

1. Why your doctor is testing the wrong biomarkers for egg quality
2. The specific diet that helps egg quality
3. How to know if this hormone is impacting egg quality (especially if you have low AMH and/or high FSH)
4. The supplements for egg health (and how not to waste money on supplements)
    

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HIGHLIGHTS:

3:20 WELCOME KATY BRADBURY

4:40 WHAT IS EGG QUALITY?

• AMH is not a marker of egg quality.
• Egg health refers to the quality and quantity
• When we’re talking about egg quality, we want to know if the egg is chromosomally normal

7:45 MITOCHONDRIAL HEALTH

• Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, and eggs carry a high proportion of mitochondria
• If we concentrate on mitochondrial health, we can help support egg quality by proxy.
• Mitochondria are very susceptible to the aging process.

9:32 TESTING FOR EGG QUALITY

• You can’t directly test egg quality.
• If you have had rounds of IVF that have not worked, early miscarriages, or infertility generally, then we want to focus on egg quality

10:54 FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)

• FSH signals that it's time to allow an egg to mature and be released in the ovulatory cycle
• If egg quality is compromised, follicles can become resistant to FSH

13:02 ESTRADIOL (E2)

• Estradiol is the form of estrogen that’s produced primarily in the ovaries
• In the first few days of the menstrual cycle, we're looking for E2 under 50 pg/mL
• When estradiol rises too quickly, this can indicate that the ovaries are responding a bit prematurely, and the egg quality could be compromised for that cycle

14:55 ANTI-MÜLLERIAN HORMONE (AMH)

• If your AMH is low, we have to look at your whole body and see what's being missed.
• Some people in the fertility industry use AMH as a scare tactic to rush people into treatment more quickly
• AMH is not necessarily the most accurate predictor of the amount of eggs you have left.
• Misconceptions about AMH and antral follicle count

20:43 DIET TO IMPROVE EGG HEALTH

• Get Pregnant Naturally | Episode 407: The Ultimate Diet For Egg And Sperm Health
• Your diet can help or hinder your fertility.
• Chronic inflammation will cause problems with your reproductive health
• Our body’s symptoms are signs that something may be wrong
• It’s hard to meet all your nutritional needs while eating only plants.
• There’s no right diet, only the right diet for you.
• Eat the rainbow.
• Even though you may be functioning and your health seems fine, is it optimal?
• Unexplained infertility is a lazy diagnosis.

29:46 BLOOD SUGAR & EGG HEALTH

• Get Pregnant Naturally | Episode 409: What Mood Swings, Sugar Cravings, Poor Sleep and Feeling Hangry Has To Do With Your Fertility
• Blood sugar is one of the key parts of the equation.
• Your blood sugar might be on a roller coaster if you eat a diet mainly around carbohydrates
• When blood sugar is always off, the body is fighting and won’t prioritize reproduction.
• Glucose should be roughly 75-86 mg/dL or around 4.2-4.8 mmol/L
• HbA1c (Hemoglobin A1c) should be between 1-5 IU/mL or 6-30 pmol/L
• A continuous glucose monitor can be a helpful tool

32:19 THYROID HEALTH & FERTILITY

• Get Pregnant Naturally | Episode 345: Why Improving Thyroid Function Is Essential When You Are TTC
• You need to look at the full thyroid panel.
• We see a lot of clients struggling with their fertility and dealing with underlying thyroid issues
• Your ovaries, thyroid and adrenal glands all sit on the same axis with the brain and communicate with each other.
• High thyroid antibodies are an indicator of autoimmunity, which is, in turn, a risk factor for infertility and pregnancy loss.

35:36 TESTING & BLOODWORK

• Comprehensive bloodwork is a crucial part of identifying imbalances that may be affecting your reproductive health
• Get Pregnant Naturally | Episode 360: Why Your Blood Chemistry Matters and How To Improve Your Markers When You Are TTC
• We have to take a holistic approach to this

37:06 MENTAL & EMOTIONAL STRESS

• When you're dealing with mental and emotional stress, the body prioritizes you, not pregnancy.
• It’s easy to get caught up in hyper-productivity.
• Get Pregnant Naturally | Episode 380: HeartMath: A Simple Technique for Managing Stress When TTC

39:39 SUPPLEMENTS FOR EGG HEALTH

• Supplements are part of the equation along with the diet and lifestyle changes.
• Top supplements associated with egg health include CoQ10, omega-3, methyl folate, NAC, vitamin C, vitamin D, magnesium, and probiotics
• Get Pregnant Naturally | Episode 391: Stop Wasting Time and Money Taking The Wrong Fertility Supplements
• It’s always worth checking in with someone knowledgeable about supplements.

42:49 FINAL THOUGHTS

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