IVF Tips for Success

We've Been There!

I know I have talked about this on another page on this tips site, but it seems as if one of the most popular questions out there is how to deal with the inevitable constipation issues associated with IVF, IUI, and other forms of ART.  Well, with the clarity and wisdom which came to me through my amazing acupuncturist, Chris Axelrad in Houston, Texas, I was able to see the forest for the trees so to speak my second time around with IVF.  He was with me during 2 failed IUI's, and then I skipped acupuncture for my first IVF.  It was a total disaster!  I decided to leave no stone unturned with my second IVF, so back to Chris Axelrad I went!  He was my ROCK, and he just shared with me so many little things I could not have ever figured out in a timely manner on my own...even with 4 years of fertility treatment under my belt.  Okay. I will try to take it easy on the cliches.  Sorry!

He helped me with my diet from a "The last thing you want to do is get constipated" point-of-view!  Drink water.   Get moderate exercise.  Eat foods such as salads, prunes, beans, etc. especially the week of the embryo transfer.