| Many women assume that getting ready for IVF | | | | hormone, ghrelin, which regulates appetite. This can |
| treatment might include changing your diet, maybe | | | | lead to unhealthy eating patterns. |
| losing weight, taking nutritional supplements and | | | | * The hormone Melatonin, which regulates body |
| cutting out bad habits such as smoking and drinking | | | | temperature, the immune system, appetite and |
| alcohol. Few would imagine that sleep would be | | | | reproduction is produced at its highest levels at |
| particularly important. | | | | around 9pm. Although it is not practical to go to bed |
| Getting enough sleep can actually help to keep you | | | | at this time each night, if you can manage a couple |
| fertile and give you a better chance of IVF success. | | | | of early nights a week, this will go someway towards |
| There are sound reasons why this is the case and | | | | helping regulate the body's systems and rhythms. |
| the following facts help to illustrate this:- | | | | Of course, there are other steps which can help |
| * Insomnia can increase the level of the stress | | | | greatly when getting ready for IVF treatment, such |
| hormone cortisol. Stress negatively affects your | | | | as eating a healthy diet, taking the right kind of |
| reproductive cycle | | | | exercise and reducing levels of stress as well as |
| * Adults need around 7-9 hours of sleep each night | | | | specific techniques for directly improving fertility. |
| and not having enough sleep can have a negative | | | | If you would like further comprehensive information |
| effect on conception as sleep allows our bodies to | | | | on how you can significantly increase your chances |
| release toxins and use nutrients correctly. By doing | | | | of IVF success, you might like to consider taking a |
| this whilst we sleep, it allows our bodies to function | | | | look at the program, The Full Embrace. |
| correctly the next day-including our reproductive | | | | Specifically designed to teach techniques for getting |
| system. | | | | ready for IVF treatment, this program will help |
| * When getting ready for IVF treatment, it is | | | | dramatically improve your chances of becoming |
| important to eat a good, balanced, healthy diet. | | | | pregnant with just one cycle, using techniques which |
| Insufficient sleep reduces the production of the | | | | are scientifically proven to work. |