Fertilization – what could be easier?

Fertilization – what could be easier?

St. Petersburg, Primorsky district, 13/1 Sharova str.

opening schedule

Monday-Friday – 10:00 – 21:00 Saturday – 10:00 – 18:00

the nearest subway

Komendantsky Prospekt – Staraya Derevnya – Pionerskaya

Useful hints for couples planning a pregnancy

1. A husband and wife who have become parents should avoid smoking, alcohol, drugs and uncontrolled medication;
2. Light sports are desirable, swimming in room temperature water, volleyball, badminton, tennis.
3. It is necessary to limit the impact on the body of harmful factors, heavy strenuous work, high temperatures, chemicals, radiation, noise, etc;
4. Avoid hot baths, saunas and bathhouses;
5. Avoid nervous breakdowns, stress, watch positive programs, read humorous books, go to the theater, try to remove from your life all negative emotions, moral and physical calmness is useful;
6. Do not overheat and burn in the sun, sun exposure significantly degrades the quality of sperm;
7. Spend more time in the fresh air, but not in the city, but in nature, in the countryside, in the woods, by the sea;
8. Avoid taking various medications and chemical preparations. If this is not possible, it is necessary to see a doctor.
9. Nutrition should be healthy, quality, balanced, complete. It is recommended to eat only homemade food. Products containing preservatives, coloring agents, stabilizers, and emulsifiers should be completely excluded from the diet. This is an important point, because all these substances inhibit the development and motility of sperm.
10. Drink only pure water without dyes;
11. The best time to plan pregnancy is autumn, because in summer the body gets plenty of vitamins and is full of energy even after a summer vacation;
12. During the period when you want to get pregnant, you should have an open sexual life without a condom and not use contraceptives.
13. A woman should determine the days of ovulation by measuring her rectal temperature or with a test bought at the drugstore;
14. After the end of menstruation, intercourse should take place every 1-2 days, and intercourse on the day of ovulation is desirable;
15. Sexual intercourse should be performed in the morning, when the body is full of strength and energy after sleep. In the morning sperm are more mobile than in the evening, and testosterone levels are at their peak, because the maximum testosterone production in men is from 7 to 10 am, and in the evening its level decreases;
16. To increase the likelihood of conception, use the classic missionary position: the woman lies on her back, with a small pillow under her buttocks and the man on top;
17. After ejaculation, semen collects in the posterior vaginal opening, intercourse should be finished, the woman should not get up immediately after contact, and it is better to lie down for 15-30-60 minutes, so that the semen can get into the cervical canal and follow it to the uterus;
18. In addition, the woman goes to shower, but not taking a bath, namely to shower, at this point it is recommended to wash with water, but the vagina should not be washed with water, soap, shampoos, hygienic intimate active substances, etc., as these substances affect sperm, impair their mobility and change the acidity of the vagina.

Very often these pregnancy planning tips alone are enough to conceive. If you follow the above recommendations, you can have the desired pregnancy and a healthy baby.

After the doctor has consulted a urologist and performed the necessary examinations, he prescribes a treatment that stimulates spermatogenesis for the man. It is important to adhere to the dietary recommendations that a patient with infertility must follow.

Diet for men according to the spermogram

• Products of regions with a hot climate: plums, dried apricots, data, raisins, figs, dried fruits. They are rich in fructose, which gives sperm energy. Unlike candies and cakes, they do not contain dyes, emulsifiers and artificial additives, but they preserve calcium, iron, sodium and magnesium, as well as fiber and pectin. All these micronutrients are great for sperm training, motility and important activity.
• Nuts. All kinds of nuts contain vitamins A, E and B, as well as potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Nuts are rich in valuable proteins and supply the body with omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9-omega-9. Eating walnuts (collected in an ecologically clean area), dog nuts, almonds, cashew nuts, peanuts, pine nuts, Brazil nut and nutmeg will protect your sperm from negative external factors and increase sperm motility and sperm count. It is useful to mix nuts with honey.
• Seeds: White zucchini, pumpkin, sesame Sama – contain a large amount of vitamin E, which is a strong antioxidant that protects sperm from damage, aggressive factors and useful micronutrients.
• Be sure to include watermelons, dark grapes, tomatoes in your diet. These products contain lycopene – a natural antioxidant, which has a beneficial effect on sperm cells and protects them from harmful factors.
• The diet should contain a variety of herbs from celery, parsley, dill, spinach, celery, ada, not only improve spermatogenesis, but also excellent for increasing potency.
• It is useful to eat beef with a lover, a source of B vitamins that increase sperm motility.
• Raw eggs: chicken, quail eggs with a lot of proteins and fats used by the body to build sex cells (sperm cells).
• It is desirable to use real butter without additives. It contains substances (cholesterol, etc.) necessary for the formation of the right amount of testosterone.
• It is necessary to use dairy products, preferably at home, without dyes and preservatives, a source of beneficial bacteria to populate the intestines and improve digestion, increase immunity.
• Oceanic and seafood: Shrimp, squid, crayfish, lobster, mussels, lobster, krill, tuna, bass, catfish, crossed carp, red fish, black and red caviar. Seafood is useful, indeed its undoubted “pluses”: the presence of a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, iodine. Protein from these products is absorbed much better than proteins from meat, perfectly absorbed from marine delicacies phosphorus, magnesium and potassium, which is very useful for the function of the reproductive system. These products improve sexual desire and have a positive effect on all parts of spermatogenesis.

But with these products need to be careful people who have an allergic predisposition. All dishes should be prepared only from fresh products.

• Sea kale contains a lot of useful microelements and iodine, which regulates the thyroid gland.
• Fruit is useful in any form, associated with a lot of vitamins and substances that nourish the sperm cells.
• Real green tea is an excellent antioxidant, which is useful for infertility.
• Berries: raspberries, strawberries, currants, blackberries, gooseberries, strawberries are a large amount of vitamins for men, etc.
• Black rosehip contains a large amount of vitamin C, has a redrumolic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory effect on the urogenital system. Improves sperm motility, stimulates blood flow to the genitals.
• With impaired sperm motility is recommended to drink fruit drinks, compotes of dried fruits. Juices: carrot, beet, apple.
• With any form of infertility, a good effect gives the use of pomegranates (or their juice). It is recommended to eat 1 pomegranate a day (or drink 1/3 cup of pomegranate juice).
• It is recommended to exclude spicy foods, spices and smoked foods from your diet.

It was long noticed that bee products have a beneficial effect on sperm formation and motility, increase general tone of the body, stimulate immunity and strengthen the reproductive system.

Bee products that are desirable for preparing for conception, pregnancy planning and infertility: are:

• royal jelly (larvae). Contains a large number of functional enzyme groups, sulfide groups and sex hormones. Boring royal jelly improves testicular function, the prostate gland, strengthens the hormonal background of men.
• Royal jelly. It is known that royal jelly has a restorative effect, improves metabolism and endocrine glands, regulates the nervous system, improves hematopoiesis, digestion and cardiac function. Flotmilh actively absorbs atmospheric oxygen and affects oxidative processes, normalizes tissue respiration and metabolism in the brain cells. Has pronounced antiseptic properties.
• Beebread (bee bread) is the flower pollen collected by bees from pollen plants, mixed with saliva with honey, subjected to special treatment, placed in the cells of the honeycomb and sealed with wax cups. Beebreadth is a very useful bee product that contains a large number of vitamins, all essential amino acids, many substitutable amino acids, large amounts of enzymes, carbohydrates, trace elements, hormones, also contains heteroauxin “growth substance”. Beebreadth is an excellent biostimulant in the prevention of premature aging, perfectly stimulates male potency and is a powerful anti-atherosclerotic agent.
• Fashion, bee pollen and other bee products, eggs, sex glands, sperm, enriched with vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients are very good.

Vitamins that it is advisable to take a man in the treatment and prevention of infertility.

• Magnesium increases the fertilizing ability of sperm and increases their motility. Magnesium is also involved in the regulation of cardiac activity. A natural sedative promotes rapid recovery from physical exertion.
• Vitamin A is an antioxidant and has a positive effect on the condition of eggs, which produce sperm.
• Vitamin B6 increases sperm motility and their ability to penetrate the egg.
• Vitamin C improves the blood supply to the testicular tissues and increases the production of normal sperm. In addition, vitamin C stimulates immunity.
• Vitamin E promotes the formation of new sperm cells, activates their movement and reduces the number of abnormal sperm cells. In addition, vitamin E reduces cholesterol levels, prevents the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and stimulates immunity. It is a strong antioxidant.
• Zinc improves testicular and prostate tissues, controls sexual activity, increases the efficiency and fertility and increases testosterone production.
• Selenium has a protective effect on spermatogenesis and sperm fertility, improves the quality and quantity of sperm.
• Folic acid improves sperm motility.
• Useful vitamins D, K and various multivitamins, especially during the spring hypovitaminosis.
• To improve the function of the central nervous system, the doctor may prescribe: phytin, calcium glycerophosphate, glutamic acid, folic acid.
• For depression and as a corrective, the following adaptogenic drugs are prescribed: Eleutherococcus extract, Chinese lemongrass, Aralia, and lupine.
• For irritability, the doctor prescribes: mother-and-mother herb, valerian, bromine, calendula.
• To improve liver function are prescribed: Essenciale, Hepa-ben, Karsil, etc.
• To stimulate spermatogenesis requires the prescription of biogenic stimulants: aloe extract, biosed, phibs, naupulars, prostal, samprost, glass bodies, revenant, plazole, methyluracil, placenta suspension, placenta a-extract.
• Drugs that increase sperm motility: ATP, ATP-Leg, coherent Q10, B-group vitamins, extract from germinated grain.
• Preparations of essential amino acids: sperm-l arginine, arginine, glutamic acid, pollen.
• Drugs that improve microcirculation and venous drainage in the genital gases: Trental, Escuan, Osidan, Kurnitil, nicotinic acid, vitamins C, B6, B12.

In the treatment of infertility are well-proven methods of acupuncture and laser therapy.

Infertility problems during pregnancy planning

In some cases, infertility recedes before hormonal treatment:

• Disorders in the hypothalamic-pituitary-lung system in a man with infertility;
• Severe decrease in the number of sperm cells in the ejaculate;
• Absence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate and proven secretory infertility;

Hormonal treatment for infertility should only be prescribed by a competent andrologist after determining the appropriate abnormalities in the hormonal background of the man. Such treatment is a great art of the doctor. Sometimes a positive result depends only on hormonal treatment.

Treatment of male infertility with folk remedies can be used only as an auxiliary method. Below is a list of herbs that can be used in the treatment of male infertility.

Treatment of male infertility with herbs

Doctors of folk medicine, in male infertility recommend:

• Hawthorn
• commonly (roots)
• celery
• parsley roots
• vegericha large
• igium herb
• Elderflower tea instead of drinking water
• Mumijo
• Elderflower
• Walnut leaves
• Leaves of white mulberry
• Pine tops
• Icelandmus
• flax seed
• Kaplat (rhizome)
• Psyllium
• It is useful to drink tea of linden blossoms, leaves and birch buds.

Conservative treatment is advisable to start as early as possible and for a limited period of time – no more than 1-2 years, if there is no pregnancy, so as not to lose precious time and not to use more serious reproductive methods.

This way you are sure to get pregnant

Pregnancy planning begins when a woman realizes: “I want a baby”. From that moment, she begins to lead a healthier lifestyle, watches her diet, spends more time outdoors and, first and foremost, gives up contraceptives. Many couples hope to get pregnant within the first month. However, as a rule, this does not happen.

Unfortunately, there is no clear advice and algorithms of action that would determine exactly what to do to get pregnant. However, it is still possible to increase the likelihood of conception.

Find out when you are ovulating

The highest chance of getting pregnant is ovulation. It comes in the middle of your cycle: If you know the exact date, you can increase your chances of getting pregnant by planning intimacy with your partner for that period.

How do I get pregnant on my ovulation day?

First, you need to calculate the day of ovulation. With a regular cycle, ovulation in most cases occurs 14 days before your period starts. The day before ovulation, the day of ovulation, and the day after are called fertility windows. This is when you have the best chance of getting pregnant. However, if your cycle is irregular, this method of calculation is ineffective. Various methods are used to determine fertility windows for irregular cycles:

• Ovulation tests are available at the drugstore. They respond to a mirror of luteinizing hormone (LH), whose levels rise during ovulation. Three days after a positive test result is the best time for intimacy to get pregnant.
• To make sure you’re pregnant at the time of ovulation, you can determine the date of ovulation by measuring your basal temperature (that is, your resting temperature). During ovulation, it rises by about 0.3 degrees, which is accompanied by an increase in progesterone levels. The culmination of fertility occurs about 2 to 3 days before the rise. You can read about how to correctly calculate ovulation using the basal temperature chart on our website.
• Checking cervical mucus also helps to calculate ovulation. Before ovulation, the cervix increases the production of cervical mucus. In addition, the mucus becomes more fluid and transparent, which makes it easier for sperm to access.

It takes twice as long to get your weight back to normal.

Лишний вес, как и его недостаток, снижают вероятность зачатия. Согласно данным зарубежных исследований, женщинам с повышенным индексом массы тела (ИМТ > 35) it takes twice as long to get pregnant, and women with low BMI< 19) – в четыре раза больше по сравнению с женщинами с нормальным ИМТ.

What does this have to do with? The fact is that adipose tissue produces estrogens – an excess of these hormones disrupts ovulation and the entire hormonal balance.

When there is a lack of body weight, the body does not have enough resources to maintain normal functioning, and the task of survival rather than reproduction comes to the fore. That’s why the cycle in too thin women is disrupted, becomes irregular or disappears completely.

Don’t exaggerate.

Many couples believe that the best way to get pregnant safely is to have sex every day. However, doctors agree that the optimal frequency is once every 2-3 days (more often only during ovulation). It is this frequency of intimacy allows you to maintain sperm in a fertile state.

If the interval between intercourse is more than 2-3 days, the number of sperm in the sperm is large, but among them a lot of dead or immobile. This reduces the likelihood of conception.

If sexual activity is too active (1-2 sexual acts a day), the concentration of viable sperm decreases, weak, not fully mature sperm get into the sperm, which also negatively affects the likelihood of conception.

Eat healthy food

Before you get pregnant, you need to get your own diet in order. There is no specific diet that increases the chances of conception. But a balanced diet that provides the body with the necessary proteins, carbohydrates, fats and other nutrients improves the condition and function of the reproductive system and helps the female body prepare for childbirth.

According to WHO recommendations, the daily diet should include:

• Fruits and vegetables (5 meals a day, i.e. at least 400 g).
• Meat and fish (preferably lean, without skin). Remember that not all fish is the same. For example, whitefin tuna and king mackerel contain a lot of mercury, so they should not be eaten often.
• Legumes, nuts, olive oil, and dairy products (these are sources of fats the body needs).
• Whole grains (high in fiber and healthy complex carbohydrates).

You also need to adjust some habits. For example, for women planning a pregnancy, doctors advise not to abuse coffee. It is proved that daily consumption of more than 500 mg of caffeine reduces fertility. Therefore, you can make do with 1-2 cups of your favorite drink (contains about 200 mg of caffeine) a day.

Take vitamin complexes to prepare for conception

Even a balanced diet cannot provide the female body with micronutrients, which are necessary for the full functioning of the reproductive system. Therefore, experts recommend that women take folic acid in a dosage of 400 mcg per day at least a month before the expected conception. Folic acid is necessary for the proper maturation of the egg, as well as for the development of the fetus in the early stages (first month of pregnancy). In addition, a woman needs vitamins C and E, iodine, magnesium and others.

To prepare for conception, it is better to choose specialized complexes. They contain the necessary vitamins, minerals and plant components. For example, you can take a complex Pregnoton (read more about the product here), which improves the condition of the uterus, ovarian function and normalizes the menstrual cycle.

Improve the quality of sperm.

It is wrong to believe that only one woman should ask herself what to do to get pregnant. The fact is that conception can only occur if the sperm contains a sufficient number of live, motile sperm with the correct structure. If there is nothing wrong with the sperm, a perfectly healthy woman with regular ovulation will not be able to conceive.

For a man who wants to become a father, doctors recommend:

• Limit (preferably avoid) the use of alcohol.
• Quit smoking.
• Normalize weight.
• Take vitamin complexes to improve the quality of sperm. For example, Speroton (information about it can be found here). It contains zinc, folic acid, carnitine, selenium, vitamin E – all this increases male fertility.
• Eliminate testicular overheating, which affects sperm production. In other words, you should limit visits to saunas and baths, and avoid hot baths.
• Eliminate soy and soy products from your diet. Numerous studies showed that soy reduces the concentration of sperm. The reason is the substances that it contains, which by its structure are similar to estrogens – female sex hormones. Beer has a similar effect.

All these recommendations should be started at least 3 months before the expected conception.

Contact your doctor immediately

Most couples under the age of 35 become pregnant within one year of regular sexual activity without contraception. If you have not tried to conceive after 12 months, you need to determine the reason for not getting pregnant. To do this, you should consult a doctor.

If a woman is over 35 years old, and a man over 40 years old, a specialist should be consulted after six months of trying to get pregnant.

Do not be nervous.

Mental balance is necessary for both women and men, because stress disrupts ovulation and negatively affects sperm production. Stress should be overcome in a healthy way (smoking and drinking alcohol are not included). Physical activity, breathing exercises, favorite music, yoga and hobbies improve mood and distract from negative thoughts.

Engage in sports

Regular physical activity not only contributes to good mood and energy, but also helps to normalize the weight. It is important, however, that the load be moderate (e.g., morning exercise, go, etc.). If you subject your body to heavy, grueling exercise, it leads to stress – there is no ovulation, and therefore conception does not occur.