Erica Hoke shares practical steps to prepare your uterus for pregnancy or IVF transfer. Cut back on coffee because it raises estrogen and cortisol levels. Eat antioxidant-rich foods like dark leafy greens and berries, skip processed carbs, move regularly, and manage stress.
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How can I prepare my uterus to be optimal to receive the IVF transfer? Or how can I prepare my uterus for pregnancy? It's going to break it to you, one of them is cutting out coffee, which everyone is super addicted to. Most coffee has a high mold toxicity level. Coffee can also increase your estrogen production. Coffee can also increase the permeability of your gut, allows the toxins into your bloodstream that creates a negative cortisol loop. The abundance of caffeine contributes to increased cortisol. Cortisol is also a contributor to hormone disruption as well. The second thing that you can do is you can eat a high antioxidant diet. Typically your dark leafy greens, things like spinach, kale, broccoli, and then your dark red fruits and berries are high, um, in antioxidant and also eating a whole foods diet with as little processed food that includes refined carbohydrates like breads. And pastas and things like that. Taking quality supplements. I always recommend a food-based supplement and a non-synthetic supplement. Increasing the oxygen through exercise, even moving your body a small amount more a day, and help increase the overall oxygen in your body. And those are all good contributors to your reproductive health, as is reducing stress. You have to create some coping tools because if you can't cope, you can't continue on this infertility journey, reducing your stress is certainly— are going to provide the best environment for that IVF transfer or for that natural conception cycle.
