But they’re measuring everyone by the same yardstick. “They’ll tell a woman of 37 she’s left it too late and her only option is IVF. ![]() “A lot of doctors specialise in scaring the patient,” he says. “Or infertility can arise from a diminished flow of blood to the uterus, which can be dramatically helped by acupuncture.”Īnother common cause of infertility is bacterial infection, which has prompted David to remark that antibiotics are his favourite fertility drug. “There are issues from hormones being thrown out of balance by yo-yo dieting, to women who exercise too much, which could lower levels of oestrogen and progesterone,” David says. In the book, the duo present a range of common factors that can inhibit fertility, but which doctors don’t always raise. “At one of the most renowned New York clinics, figures indicate that among women under 35, the success rate is still only 47%.” “We are used to life being convenient, to having stuff delivered on demand, so a woman might think: ‘When the time comes, I can always go for IVF.’ Making babies is a much more mysterious thing - you can’t think like that.” She is also keen to remind women that IVF still has a relatively poor success rate. “IVF is part of our quick-fix society, particularly in New York,” says Blakeway. “I didn’t want to bog people down with the more esoteric aspects of eastern philosophy,” she adds, “so I’ve kept it simple.” The five types are: stuck, pale, waterlogged, dry and tired there are quizzes and guidelines to help identify your type and what to do in each case. “The types are loosely based on Chinese medicine, combined with Dr David’s clinical experience,” says Blakeway, who has such a high success rate that The New York Times dubbed her “the fertility goddess”. The book offers targeted advice according to five different “types” of people. Together with Jill Blakeway, an alternative-health practitioner who moved from the UK to America 20 years ago, he has written The Fertility Plan, a three-month scheme that helps women overcome common blocks to pregnancy. Putting a woman on aggressive drugs to stimulate egg production is a waste of time if, in fact, she is failing to get pregnant because her partner has a low sperm count, or she has an infection.”ĭavid claims that most specialists have little interest in doing the necessary detective work to establish why a couple aren’t conceiving. ![]() “But it shouldn’t be the first thing we turn to as doctors. I’m not against IVF - far from it,” he continues. ![]() “Infertility is a symptom, not a disease,” he says, “yet most fertility doctors are only interested in giving a woman drugs and getting her on a course of expensive, and stressful, IVF as soon as possible. Have a read of this article and let me know what your thoughts are.ĭr Sami David, a doctor involved with the first-ever successful IVF procedure in New York 30 years ago now believes that half the women who undergo IVF do not need but could get pregnant naturally.ĭavid has turned his back on what has become a multimillion-pound industry with a vested interest in rushing women into assisted conception. I think it’s wonderful for women who do conceive with IVF but for me, it is not an option I feel is safe for me to explore. Because of my cancer history, I would not feel confident hyper-stimulating my hormones with fertility drugs. I am particularly keen as I am desperately hoping I may still be able to conceive again naturally. Returning to it again today, I intend to follow up the article and see if there might be anything in it. ![]() I was interested to read it at the time, but not ready to learn more as I was still in the throes of dealing with my recent miscarriage. Tidying out a drawer today, I came across an article I had cut out from a Sunday supplement in July.
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