Failed IVF and No Embryos to Transfer? 3 Questions Before You Go Again (Low AMH, Embryo Arrest, Donor Eggs)

Failed IVF? Low AMH? High FSH? Told donor eggs? Book a free Functional Fertility Second Opinion before your next fertility decision → fabfertile.com

You got eggs. After everything, that part finally went right.

Then day one, this many fertilized. Day three, this many are still growing. Then the call where someone tells you none of them made it.

And what comes next, almost word for word on call after call, is you going back through your twenties. The years when maybe you weren't taking the best care of yourself. Maybe you drank more, were under a lot of stress, or simply weren't thinking about your fertility yet. And you start wondering, Did I cause this? Is that why this happened? But then you come back to the same thing: I'm healthy now. I'm active. I take care of myself. So what am I missing?

Your age is real, and we are not going to ignore it. It usually is not the only thing on the table.

In this episode, I walk through the three questions I want answered before you go again. What that cycle actually told us, and what it could not tell us about the 90 days before the injections started. What was investigated and what was not, including the full thyroid panel, triglycerides and insulin rather than A1C alone, hs-CRP, vitamin D absorption, the gut and vaginal microbiome, food sensitivity, and his side beyond a count. And if you do another retrieval, what specifically is changing and why.

Preparing is not the same as being evaluated.

CHAPTERS

00:00 None of them made it
01:00 About Sarah and the team
01:20 Question 1. What did that cycle actually tell us
02:00 The 90 days before stimulation started
02:30 Preparing is not the same as being evaluated
03:00 Where the nervous system fits
03:30 Question 2. What was investigated and what was not
03:50 Full blood chemistry, thyroid and triglycerides
04:20 hs-CRP, vitamin D absorption and gut infections
04:40 The vaginal and gut microbiome
05:00 Clean eating that may still be driving inflammation
06:00 His side. DNA fragmentation and bloodwork
06:30 The body is not a silo
07:10 What Your Clinic Missed
07:30 Question 3. If you go again, what will actually be different
08:10 Book a Second Opinion with your partner

WHAT YOUR CLINIC MISSED

If you are not sure what can be investigated or which way to go next, we have a guide called What Your Clinic Missed. It gives you the patterns and themes to look at before you consider your next move. Email hello@fabfertile.ca with MISSED in the subject line.

FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION

Book with your partner and load your labs into the secure portal. We review your bloodwork for patterns your clinic is not set up to examine, and talk through what is worth digging into before another IVF cycle. It is not IVF or your health. It is both. Book your call with your partner here.

If you want to know whether the call is right for you first, email hello@fabfertile.ca with FERTILE in the subject line and tell me a little about your situation.

ABOUT THE HOST

I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.

Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.

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