Heather's Blog  Reflections on fertility, natural medicine and healthy living


Two 'Miracle Babies'
Sunday, 18 December 2011 10:19
Is having little or no sperm a hopeless scenario in baby making ? 
Or do you just have to look 'outside the box' for answers?
 
Over a decade ago, when there seemed no hope - especially when there was little sperm and no ICSI developed yet to help, couples would find me.  
 
One woman came to see me 13 years ago, as her husband had had a kidney disease when a teenager and had been told he would never father children. He had less than one million per ml in the sample. Before the ICSI breakthroughs, such couples relied on donor sperm - which he refused.
 
She was understandably desperate and nearing 40.
What to do?
 
 
Wednesday, 07 December 2011 07:42

 The role of caffeine in baby making
Sex used to be a dangerous venture as babies followed.
There seems ti be an epidemic of people trying ay way to get pregnant rather than just going back to living simply - as this did it for their grandparents and beyond them back into the past.

What may be forgotten is that past abuses of all chemical stimulants and coffee and alcohol leaves the sperm cells distressed and making weird combinations  of DNA . This is while the medical profession ignores his contribution, says 'her eggs are too old', or some medical gyne condition she has is not allowing her to get pregnant - whilst his sperm is often woeful. Also that when miscarriages happen - 'it is a random thing'.  Seeing the normal sperm analysis (visual inspection only) at 4% means that it is sometimes enough (for ICSI as part of IVF) but not necessarily for real life sex.

Read more about the role of caffeine in baby making . . .

 
Why Your IVF may not be working
Wednesday, 07 September 2011 08:52

I have just finished talking to a woman who has had an IVF transfer that cost $2000 that probably has not worked because and ice-cold speculum was put inside her. When she demanded it taken out they continued doing the transfer. Since that moment she has had violent abdominal uterine cramping that has been far worse at night.

After 3 1/2 years of attempting to have baby number 2 she is left with desolation due to freezing cold speculum put inside along with the embryo.

I am disgusted!

I have spent the last half hour talking her through it. This is the reason I do not have a receptionist because she would say "OK see you at whenever", instead of asking the questions.

She is not coming because she is quite sure the transfer has not worked.

She is not seeing "I need to take the cold out".

She is not seeing that it might still have worked.

She is not seeing that she needs to take lots of magnesium.

She is not seeing she needs to talk to the people …

and that is $2000 every time she gets another embryo put back in.

 

You can understand why I just would rather do pain, can't you?

How can I possibly fight against that nonsense?

 
Sperm Health 4
Sunday, 07 August 2011 14:26

Paternal age

As men age they lose the edge reproductively. There is more wear and tear genetically.

The sperm are made ‘from scratch’ every 74 days. It takes that long for what is begun, to be ejected. This means that a long run up is needed. No good getting all diligent and alcohol free the month you start trying – there is a good four month’s worth of preparation to be done first.

Do you really want to have her miscarrying? Having a fetus that needs terminating? Some have this happen many times. Perhaps a baby that doesn’t make it. Is it luck? Is genetics the new blame game? No - it is likely poor sperm due to inattention to preparation.

Start with perfect health yourself and it is highly unlikely her body will reject what is reject goods. He makes half the baby. She can’t take up the slack with her work.

What you can do to help

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Sperm Health 3
Sunday, 07 August 2011 13:34

Avoiding miscarriages/reproductive mishaps.

It takes two to make a baby.

All farmers are well aware that the best quality stud that they can afford is what is needed to ensure a great ongoing herd of animals.

Why are we accepting the LEAST possible as the marker to aim for?
Along the way – we now scan early pregnancy – unsafeUltrasounds are not as safe as thought – and often do genetic testing – to try to cull out what is apparently less likely to be wanted.

What about taking this a step back and ENSURING that there is no need for this?

Paternal age means far more exposure to what does not make great sperm or babies.

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Sperm Health 2
Sunday, 07 August 2011 12:59

Can she make a baby without great sperm?

Who benefits from the reduction in apparently normal values of sperm in a sample?

You don’t – as you don’t hear what you need to do to change what is and you believe it is ‘OK” so you keep doing what is not making babies.

Now the apparent ‘fertile’ levels of sperm in a semen sample are:

  • down from the 20 years ago 30%,
  • down from the 10 years ago 20%,
  • down from 10 years go 14% to a brave new number –
  • Now anything over 3% is said to be normal.

Does this mean that the males of today are making vastly better sperm than their fathers?

Than their grandfathers?

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