IVF/PGD - Sugar / artificial sweeteners

[nothing2lose]

A nice mild creamy yogurt is the Swan brand Greek with vanilla bean. I put some cinnamon in it too.

[juniper76]

If you've only ever tried yoghurts from the supermarket, I'd encourage you to try some of the boutique brands from the markets or fruit shops. I can't stand the supermarket ones, but love the ones I get at the markets!

If you've gone 12 days being good, I'd also encourage you to try to stick it out a little longer. I was reading a similar post on a different forum this week where they were saying that the first 2 weeks were the hardest and after that it was much easier! You're so close! It'd be a shame to start over!

[~ Mylitta ~]

I had never heard about sugar being a problem. I don't remember changing my diet during my cycles. I have a sweet tooth but in general eat fairly well because I am breastfeeding and was doing so during my cycles.

My first cycle I got 10 eggs and my second cycle I got 21 eggs. We got our bfp from our second cycle from our one single chromosomally healthy emby. All others in both cycles had problems

[Jessir]

Good morning,

Mylitta - I know exactly what you mean. We only had one good egg in two cycle but it didnt take. Those are amazing numbers (sorry you didn't have more healthy ones), did you ever get over stimulated? If you don't mind me asking.

Juniper76 and nothing2lose - thanks for the advise, I will head to the fruit shop near home and check out their yogurt. To be honest I have only ever eaten supermarket ones.

Jess

[BellyBelly]

From a health perspective overall, artificial sweeteners are very bad for health - avoid them at all costs as they are damaging to your body.

This is a good summary of the dangers of artificial sweeteners, if you're trying to get pregnant I would stay well away:

Emed - The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death as recently disclosed in a February 1994 Department or Health and Human Services report.

There are 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame. Not good for baby making I would easily assume

[~ Mylitta ~]

Mylitta - I know exactly what you mean. We only had one good egg in two cycle but it didnt take. Those are amazing numbers (sorry you didn't have more healthy ones), did you ever get over stimulated? If you don't mind me asking.

I didn't get over stimulated which was good. I felt rather bloated and a little sore just before the second egg collection though.

We had above average fertilisation rate both cycles but our little embies all had chromosome abnormalities. Myself and hubby were tested after our first cycle to make sure we didn't have chromosome problems ourselves, but we got the all clear. We just had really bad luck. But we certainly had very good luck when we got our baby girl