Egg quality — the 90-day window

The eggs retrieved in your IVF cycle were developing for approximately 90 days before retrieval. What happened to your body during those 90 days — your nutrition, your gut health, your sleep, your stress load, your oxidative stress levels — directly influenced the quality of those eggs. Most women aren’t told this. And most IVF preparation doesn’t address it.

90 days of targeted natural preparation before stimulation begins is the window that makes the most difference to egg quality at retrieval — and therefore to embryo quality, blastocyst development, and transfer outcomes.

Sperm health — consistently underprepared

Standard semen analysis before IVF checks count, motility, and morphology. What it rarely checks is sperm DNA fragmentation — the integrity of the genetic material that determines whether fertilisation succeeds, whether embryos develop normally, and whether transfers result in pregnancy.
In my clinical practice, I recommend that both partners prepare before an IVF cycle — not just the female partner. A new sperm sample prepared over 90 days of targeted Ayurvedic and nutritional support can be meaningfully different to one produced without preparation.

Uterine receptivity — the environment the embryo arrives into

Endometrial thickness, inflammatory load, blood flow to the uterine lining — all of these affect whether a transfer succeeds. All of these are influenced by gut health, lifestyle, stress, and Ayurvedic constitutional factors that standard IVF preparation doesn’t address.

The emotional and nervous system foundation

The stress of IVF — the injections, the monitoring appointments, the waiting, the hope, the uncertainty — has a documented physiological impact on cortisol, on progesterone, on the hormonal environment of the cycle itself. Managing that stress response — not just psychologically but physiologically — is part of what Pre-IVF preparation addresses.

A Healthy Pregnancy After 46 — Her Medical Team Couldn’t Believe It. Ayurveda Wasn’t Surprised.

She came to me at 42 from France — newly married to the man she loved, wanting nothing more than to carry their baby. To feel what it was to be pregnant. To experience that joy with him.

They tried with her own eggs. After a couple of retrievals it became clear the egg numbers were not in their favour. She was calm and clear. ‘I don’t mind whose eggs,’ she said. ‘I want to be pregnant. I want to feel this baby.’

She took the Diamond Protocol throughout — herbs, constitutional support, the foundations properly addressed. She carried her baby in complete health.

She gave birth just weeks before her 47th birthday.

Her medical team could not believe how healthy mother and baby were. How uncomplicated the labour. How well her body had performed.

She came wanting to feel the joy of being pregnant. Ayurveda made sure her body was equal to every moment of it.

Her medical team was surprised. Ayurveda was not.

For egg quality and female reproductive tissue:

Herbs that nourish Shukra dhatu (reproductive tissue), provide antioxidant cellular protection, regulate cortisol, support mitochondrial function, and modulate the immune environment.

For sperm quality and male reproductive health:

Herbs with published evidence for sperm count, motility, DNA integrity, mitochondrial support, and testosterone. Both partners prepared simultaneously.

For uterine receptivity and hormonal balance:

Uterine tonic support, endometrial health, hormonal balance, and adrenal support — all constitutionally prescribed.

Every herbal protocol is built specifically for each individual’s constitutional picture. What is right for a Pitta-dominant woman is different to what is right for a Vata-dominant woman. Constitution determines the protocol. This is the depth that standard supplement recommendations cannot match.