babygalore09
Member
Boonboon,
Thanks for your reassurance, I am trying your method too. Because I realised that even if eat a lot of herbs or medicine, if our body does not work hand in hand with good stress management and nutrition, its back to square one.
Serene,
Same here. In early twenties, got to use several pads in one day. Once reach late twenties, flow lessened. I still remember I kind of felt happy then as was no longer so messy and having children was not a concern yet. Now think of it, I was really silly. It was a signal that fertility was at its prime during mid twenties. But lets not be negative, since we know now, all the more must take good care of body, eat well. You rest and makan well ok..
Hope_bb,
I am not in a good position to advice you as I also have thin menses and could be due hormones or miscarriage previously. Nevertheless, it could be that your system is still trying to adjust back after all the hormones from IVF. So try to eat balance diet and drinks lots of water to detox your system and do ask dr foong about it so he notes it for your next cycle.
Dream
Heee…me not nutritionist
paiseh, still earnestly reading and I also learn a lot from you ladies here. Yes, your hair fall is most likely due to hormones and personally, I also experienced phases when hair falls a lot and it often stablises after a while. As you do not want to use medicated shampoo during 2WW, what you can do is really cut down on food with msg, such as instant noodles and any processed food with high salt content. In any case, you should not eat such food during 2WW or pregnant..must remember..
Yes, Dream, diet change is likely to impact our egg quality and ovulatory health. This is the summary from the fertility diet that is relevant for you:
"Eat Slow Digesting Carbohydrates, Not No Carbohydrates at All
The Nurses' Health Study revealed that women who ate easily digested carbohydrates (also know as fast carbs) such as sugared sodas, potatoes and white bread increased their odds of contracting ovulatory infertility.
However, those subjects who consumed slowly digested carbohydrates (slow carbs) which are rich in fiber found their fertility improved. These slow carbs include whole fruits, dark breads, brown rice and beans. Not forgetting that in NTUC, you can find wholemeal pasta! Its brown in color.
In short, the reason carbohydrates impact on fertility is because they determine the blood-sugar and insulin levels. When these rise to higher levels, they disrupt the hormones needed for reproduction and therefore disrupt ovulation leading to ovulatory infertility."
So Dream, the answer to your question is yes, you must not deprive your body of carbo but be selective.Try to lose weight slowly and safely. As far as possible, stick to wholemeal bread, if can, eat brown rice instead of white rice. If your hubby finds brown rice very hard, can compromise and mix brown rice with white rice to cook. If you eat slow carbs, you will find that you don't go hungry so fast and in that case, won't overeat and put on on too much weight.
Another very IMPORTANT finding: for ladies here who like to eat zero fat milk, yogurt and skim milk, go easy on them because they will affect ovulation. The reason is that skim milk is obtained from whole milk by seperating out the fat and during such process, all the essential hormones including progrestrone and estrogen were taken out. What is left is prolactin. And when we eat all this zero fat diary, we are cosuming food that is an imbalance hormones that is bad for us. It does not take a lot to upside hormonal balance. In fact, studies show that for woman who are trying to conceive, its better to take whole milk that has a better balance of hormones. Makes a lot of sense as cow's milk was originally meant to nourish baby cows who need all the right nutrients and hormones to grow. Its we human who are too smart, went to alter the natural balance of food thinking its good. It might be good for people who are not trying to conceive and want to lose weight, but maybe not so good for us who dread hormonal imbalance.
Thanks for your reassurance, I am trying your method too. Because I realised that even if eat a lot of herbs or medicine, if our body does not work hand in hand with good stress management and nutrition, its back to square one.
Serene,
Same here. In early twenties, got to use several pads in one day. Once reach late twenties, flow lessened. I still remember I kind of felt happy then as was no longer so messy and having children was not a concern yet. Now think of it, I was really silly. It was a signal that fertility was at its prime during mid twenties. But lets not be negative, since we know now, all the more must take good care of body, eat well. You rest and makan well ok..
Hope_bb,
I am not in a good position to advice you as I also have thin menses and could be due hormones or miscarriage previously. Nevertheless, it could be that your system is still trying to adjust back after all the hormones from IVF. So try to eat balance diet and drinks lots of water to detox your system and do ask dr foong about it so he notes it for your next cycle.
Dream
Heee…me not nutritionist
Yes, Dream, diet change is likely to impact our egg quality and ovulatory health. This is the summary from the fertility diet that is relevant for you:
"Eat Slow Digesting Carbohydrates, Not No Carbohydrates at All
The Nurses' Health Study revealed that women who ate easily digested carbohydrates (also know as fast carbs) such as sugared sodas, potatoes and white bread increased their odds of contracting ovulatory infertility.
However, those subjects who consumed slowly digested carbohydrates (slow carbs) which are rich in fiber found their fertility improved. These slow carbs include whole fruits, dark breads, brown rice and beans. Not forgetting that in NTUC, you can find wholemeal pasta! Its brown in color.
In short, the reason carbohydrates impact on fertility is because they determine the blood-sugar and insulin levels. When these rise to higher levels, they disrupt the hormones needed for reproduction and therefore disrupt ovulation leading to ovulatory infertility."
So Dream, the answer to your question is yes, you must not deprive your body of carbo but be selective.Try to lose weight slowly and safely. As far as possible, stick to wholemeal bread, if can, eat brown rice instead of white rice. If your hubby finds brown rice very hard, can compromise and mix brown rice with white rice to cook. If you eat slow carbs, you will find that you don't go hungry so fast and in that case, won't overeat and put on on too much weight.
Another very IMPORTANT finding: for ladies here who like to eat zero fat milk, yogurt and skim milk, go easy on them because they will affect ovulation. The reason is that skim milk is obtained from whole milk by seperating out the fat and during such process, all the essential hormones including progrestrone and estrogen were taken out. What is left is prolactin. And when we eat all this zero fat diary, we are cosuming food that is an imbalance hormones that is bad for us. It does not take a lot to upside hormonal balance. In fact, studies show that for woman who are trying to conceive, its better to take whole milk that has a better balance of hormones. Makes a lot of sense as cow's milk was originally meant to nourish baby cows who need all the right nutrients and hormones to grow. Its we human who are too smart, went to alter the natural balance of food thinking its good. It might be good for people who are not trying to conceive and want to lose weight, but maybe not so good for us who dread hormonal imbalance.
