Welcome to the fifth video in my miniseries, dedicated to helping you improve your egg
quality. This video series is where I teach you so much about improving your egg quality,
how to improve your AMH and better your ovarian reserve. That's right. You heard me. This
is video number five. It's actually the last video in this video series. So if you're watching
this video first, it means that you have missed videos one through four in this series. And
I want to encourage you to go back and check out those videos, because they're super important.
That's where I go in-depth and I'm very comprehensive in all the areas, the different areas you
need to be looking at and addressing to improve your ovarian reserve and egg quality. So if
you missed those videos, I'm going to leave the links, the direct links to each one of
those videos in the description below so you can check that out.
You can also get it by clicking on that little eye right over here. But wait, don't go click
any of those links just yet. Watch this one first, then go back and watch the others if
you already miss them. In addition, I have not been able to cover all the material, all
the information that I wanted to share with all of you in this miniseries, which tells
you there's so much more for all of you to learn and understand if you really want to
improve your egg quality and ovarian reserve. So, because I wasn't able to cover all of
that, I am creating a reproductive anti-aging masterclass that I want to invite all of you
to join me for. It's free. All you have to do is register to join me in that masterclass.
And to register, all you have to do is use the link in the description below. It's not
going to be hosted here on YouTube. To join me for it, you do have to register, because
it won't be right here on YouTube. So make sure you register to join me for that using
the link below. For those of you who are new to my channel,
and don't know who I am. I am Dr. Marc Sklar, also known as the fertility expert, and welcome
To FertilityTV, your YouTube channel dedicated to helping you get pregnant. I've been working
with couples for over 18 years through my online programs and right here in San Diego
at both of my clinics. Regardless of where you live in the world, I can support you.
If you live here, obviously in San Diego, come and visit me in one of my clinics. But
if you are anywhere else outside of Southern California, then I encourage you to check
out one of my online programs to see if it's the right fit for you.
So in all the four previous videos, I have given you practical, useful information of
things that you can be doing to improve your egg quality and ovarian reserve, like improving
your diet. And I went into detail in some of those areas. Also what supplements you
can be doing, lifestyle changes. I also dove a bit deeper in the first couple of videos
on testing and exactly what these lab tests mean, and what they're showing about your
reproductive health and ovarian reserve. This video is going to be a little bit different
because I want to talk about timing. Timing could potentially be one of, if not the most
important thing in this whole process as we start talking about how you can improve all
of these variables when it comes to getting pregnant and improving your fertility. Timing
is often the one piece that gets overlooked or tries to get forced.
So I want to dive deeper into this topic, because I do think it can make a significant
difference on your journey to help you get the results that you're looking for. So how
long does it actually take to improve egg quality? Well, this is a process that's called
follicular genesis. It's the evolution and growth and maturation of the follicles in
your ovaries from being immature and primordial to mature follicles that rupture and ovulate
an egg that you can use for fertilization, and hopefully implantation and pregnancy.
But this takes time. I often hear, "Well, how quickly? I want to get pregnant quickly.
I want to get pregnant fast. I want to improve my egg quality quickly. What can I do?" There
are certain things that you can certainly do on a short timeframe to start to impact
your reproductive health and fertility. But timing is not one of them.
The last timeframe that you can impact and improve your egg quality is roughly a three
to four month timeframe. So the eggs that you are ovulating this month, that's right.
The eggs that you are releasing this month were actually chosen three to four months
ago. And that's why that's the last time that you can actually influence them. So what does
all the benefit of all these lifestyle changes, all the supplements, the acupuncture, the
exercise, sleep, what is it actually doing? Well, all of those things are starting to
impact the quality and health of the cells in your body, and specifically in your ovaries.
But we don't flip a light switch. We don't just snap our fingers, we make those changes,
and then, poof, everything's fine. Let's just say I gave you one magic pill today to take,
and it's called the improve egg quality pill, right?
You take it, egg quality's fixed. If you take it today, it still is going to take three
to four months for your body to ovulate the eggs that were impacted by that pill. So let
that digest for a moment. It needs time. That's assuming that everything switches on one day,
one moment, one pill, which doesn't happen, right? I was creating a false scenario that
doesn't exist. All of this stuff takes time. And after a couple of months, two, three months,
maybe even longer, you have started to impact the quality of the cells. You've started to
impact the mitochondrial function, and you've started to improve your egg quality and ovarian
reserve, but you're not going to see that in that month or possibly even the next, it
still takes time to see that in the future, which is why time is so important, possibly
the most important, and why I'm talking about it today.
So this means that you need time to prep. You need time to prep to lay the foundation,
right? And I often tell all the couples that I work with, it can easily take two to three
months to lay the foundation so that you can build upon that, right? A house is not built
overnight, and it takes time to build that foundation. We're doing the same thing for
you and your fertility. So it can easily take two to three months to build that foundation.
And then from there, you will start to see the real impacts and results of what you're
trying to achieve. So I want to encourage all of you, don't force it. It's not going
to happen that way. Give yourself the space, the opportunity, the time to make these things
happen so that you're not under pressure, that you're not causing more stress for yourself,
and you're letting your body respond to the changes that you're making so that you can
actually see those results. So I want to encourage you all, in a perfect
world to give yourself six months. Now, for some of you that might not be possible. And
that's okay, but we want to give yourself as much time as possible to lay the foundation
and see the results of the labor that you've put into that. So we want a minimum of three
months of time to put in that foundation. Preferably the first three months are that
foundation. And then the next three months, we're going to see those results come to fruition.
Now, I often get questions from all of you, whether it's here on YouTube, on Instagram,
through my email, I also get the same questions with those couples who are working with me
privately in one of my coaching programs. And it's always, "Well, I want to go through
IVF next month. I'm planning to do IVF next month. I want to start trying next month.
What can I do now?" Well, starting now, sooner, better than later is obviously ideal. But
again, it's not an ideal scenario without giving yourself at least three months time
to prepare. You wouldn't just run, start at the marathon,
you're wanting to run a marathon, you wouldn't just start at the starting line without doing
any preparation or training. And preparing your fertility, doing the preconception work
that I'm describing right now takes time and effort. So we want to give you that ability
to create that space to allow your body to respond to the changes. And I have to tell
you, I see this over and over and over again. Okay. I've shared these stories with all of
you often, but the couples that I see get the best results, and get the results that
they're looking for are the couples that take a step back. They're not forcing everything.
They give themselves the space, the opportunity for their body to respond to all the changes
that they're making. That's when they start to see the results that they're looking for.
And I have a woman that comes to mind specifically, she had a lot of issues, but she wasn't seeing
the results. Her diet wasn't appropriate. Her lifestyle wasn't appropriate. And most
of all, she was really stressed. So I gave her a plan. I laid the foundation for her
to see those results. And after three months, she was frustrated. She said, "Mark, I'm not
seeing the results. I'm not getting pregnant." And I said to her, "Look, you're doing all
the right things. Now's not the time to change anything. You're improving in so many areas.
Now's the time to stay the course, to be patient, and to see and allow your body to achieve
the results that it's trying to achieve, because you've already laid that foundation." And
sure enough, it did take her a little bit longer than she was hoping. It took her seven
months, but she got pregnant after seven months. That's really in the grand scheme of things,
not a long time, especially considering she had been trying for years and didn't get those
results. Sometimes we need to actually give ourselves
more time and opportunity to get the results that we want versus forcing everything and
pushing everything so that we can try to get those results much faster. That's often when
it doesn't happen because we create more stress. And that compromises the changes that you're
making. IVF is actually no different. I know that all of you are told when you go in for
IVF, and I don't have an issue if you're going through IVF. I really don't. I know that you're
told that time is imperative. That it's doomsday, and you have to move forward now. Well here,
I'm going to give you two scenarios. If you're not going to be proactive, if you're not going
to make any changes, if you're not going to create a plan for yourself to make changes
and see the results that you're looking for, then absolutely, a hundred percent, I agree,
move forward with the IVF now. But if you are going to be proactive, if you
are going to take more time control over your situation, your hormones, your reproductive
health, then I encourage you to give yourself a little bit of time and space to see the
results that you're looking for. It doesn't always make sense to push forward without
making the necessary changes and laying the foundation to see those results. All the things
I'm talking about in videos one through four, you're not going to see those results right
in a day, in a week, in a month. You need to give it time and opportunity. And so instead
of pushing forward and rushing forward, even though I know you're scared and that you've
been told that things don't look good for you, and you need to move forward with the
IVF right now, I want you to take that fear out of your head. I want you to ignore it
for a little bit of time, and I want you to focus on the things you can control. Age is
not one of them, but you can control everything else.
So take a step back, move forward with the plan that's in place. Hopefully there's a
plan in place. And if not, you can reach out to me and my team to help you create a plan
that's personalized for you. But, move forward with a plan that's customized to make the
changes that you want. To improve egg quality and ovarian reserve. And then give it a little
bit of time so that you can see those results. And I promise you, you'll be much better off
going forward with IVF when that time comes, than you would be today. We want to get you
results. Now you need to give yourself the opportunity and time to see those results
come to fruition by giving yourself the opportunity with a plan and actually giving yourself the
opportunity to work the plan so that you can actually see those results. Remember, we're
trying to improve the DNA damage that you've caused on yourselves. And we all do this,
right? No blaming. We all do this on a regular basis or have, we cause damage to ourselves
all the time. We're trying to improve this. And that takes time.
We're trying to influence in a positive way, the mitochondrial function of your cells.
That takes time. It doesn't happen overnight. And we want to improve the follicle cells
before they develop and become into eggs. And that takes time. So I want to encourage
all of you, take a step back, and give yourself an opportunity to see these results. What
happens though, if you decide to push on through, you're like, "I just don't have the time,
and I'm feeling the pressure." Wherever it's coming from. "And I want to move forward now.
Keep trying naturally or with IVF. What happens if I do?" Well, there's two scenarios, actually
three scenarios. Hopefully it works out. That's the first scenario. But the two more likely
scenarios that I often see is that you move forward. Hopefully the egg gets fertilized,
but often it doesn't, but if it does get fertilized, then the next step is that it has to implant.
And that can be challenging if we haven't done the preparation work, if we haven't laid
that foundation. But let's just say, that's scenario number
one, by the way, let's just say we move past that. We actually get implantation. Then often,
if we haven't done this preparation work, what we do see is a miscarriage, a pregnancy
loss, and all of those things are unfortunate. And I don't want any of you to go through
any of those things. So again, I want to encourage you. I actually want to invite all of you
to take a step back, decrease your stress, give yourself the space, the opportunity to
make changes for yourself, for your health, for your future baby. Remember that the preconception
work that you do now, this foundation that you lay now is not just foundation work that
you're laying to get pregnant, but it's foundational work that you are laying to have a healthy
baby, so that they have a healthy life. So it goes into multiple avenues. It has far
reaching effects. So I want to invite all of you once again,
to take a step back, to create the space, the time necessary to make the appropriate
changes that we've been talking about in this miniseries, so that you can see the results
that you desire. If you want more information on this topic, reproductive anti-aging, what
do you need to do to improve your egg quality, your ovarian reserve, lower your FSH, increase
your AMH, all the things we've been discussing. And I want to invite you once again to join
me for my free masterclass training on this topic. I haven't been able to cover all the
areas, all the details that I've wanted to because of time. And most of all, I haven't
been able to really answer any of your questions as well as we've gone through this miniseries.
So I want to invite you to join me into that masterclass. Where not only am I going to
be able to share much more information with all of you, but best of all, I'm going to
be able to answer all of your questions in my live Q and A at the end of the masterclass.
But remember, you've got to register for it. So to register, use the link in the description
below, and I do really hope to see you all in that masterclass. If you know you're ready
to take a step back, that you want to create the space to have a customized plan, to get
the results that you're looking for, but you don't have that plan yet, and you need some
guidance, then I want to invite you all to apply to qualify for a discovery call with
my team to see if you're the right fit for one of my coaching programs. To do that, all
you have to do is use the link in the description below to apply.
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all to stay safe, stay healthy. And most of all, stay fertile.