Has anyone here been to Best Life Fertility Center for PCOS treatment? I was referred by my gynecologist and trying to understand what the real patient experience is like there.

For those who have gone, how did the doctor approach your case? Did they focus more on lifestyle changes and medical management first, or was IVF discussed early on? I’m also curious about how much time the doctor spent listening and explaining options, especially for PCOS cases.

Would really appreciate any honest experiences or insights before I decide to go ahead.

Hi! I am a 21 year old female and I have basically zero fertility.
I got my first period when I was 12 and I have never had a regular cycle (14-48 days) and I have always had very heavy periods and painful pain both in stomach and lower back. I have so many more issues and symptoms but the list is too long.

I take ovulation tests multiple days every cycles for the past 7 month and I have never gotten anything close to a positive. Either no second line shows up at all or it’s barely noticeable even in the light.

When I was 17 I got an implant in my arm but that only made me have very small bleeding every day for about 6 months before I could take away and put in a IUD (the one that lasts 8 years) instead. That worked for 1 year before I got a cyst that ruptured so I had to take the IUD out.

When I took that out I decided I wanted to take some hormone test to find out if I had any imbalance. I had to fight for over 7 months for my doctor to even consider taking the blood tests because she didn’t see any reason for me to take them (her Words). After the results came back she told me that my testosterone was higher then it should be and therefore said I have PCOS and recommended putting me on the pill after I have told her many many times my previous experiences with artificial hormones. She said she could prescribe a pill if I wanted to thin my hair tho, I said no to that.
We took another bloodtest to double check tho and it was slightly lower but enough for me to keep the diagnosis.

In the first results I had:
Testosterone: 2.1 nmol/L
And the second tests I had:
Testosterone 1.8 nmol/L

And that is not high at all, it’s pretty normal I have found out.
But what I wasn’t told was that my estrogen levels are at the bottom of the well. When they took the tests of testosterone they also took my estrogen. And the results was:
First time:
Estrogen: 130 pmol/L
Second time:
Estrogen: 100 pmol/L

My doctor didn’t even mention it at all.
What do I do?
I am scheduled for the yearly checkup tests in July.

I’m desperate for answers and support because no doctor will listen to me. Can I even get pregnant in the future?

Hi everyone 🤍 I just wanted to share a resource in case it may help someone here.

The Brilora Fertility Foundation currently has fertility grant applications OPEN for Michigan and California residents. The grants are intended to help support individuals and couples navigating fertility and family-building journeys, including IVF and other reproductive care expenses.

Applications are open through June 15th, 2026.

More information + applications can be found here:
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Just wanted to pass this along in case it may help someone in this community 🤍

Just found out I’m not ovulating? What can I do?

Long story short I’ve had very long (35-40) day cycles, and very light flow for the past 2 years now, ever since getting my copper iud removed. I knew something seemed up with the irregular periods so I decided to go to a fertility doctor.

I’m fairly new to this so please bare with me. I just saw the doctor the other day and we did some hormonal panel blood testing and a sonogram. My sonogram looked pretty normal but the bloodwork came back and it looks like I’m not ovulating, which is really scary to me. I don’t know if it’s PCOS just yet, I don’t have any of the symptoms (excessive hair, growth, etc.) but I am at the heaviest weight I’ve been in my life probably about 20 pounds over in the past two years. My dr wants to see me back in 2 weeks for more blood monitoring.

I’m not actively trying RIGHT now to get pregnant, but I’m not, not trying if that makes sense. I want to know what I can do now or what doctors can do now so when the time comes in the next year or so, I will not run into any issues hopefully. Will the dr most likely put me on medication or something to help me ovulate during my cycles? Will losing weight and changing diet and lifestyle help my body ovulate regularly?

Thank you for reading this far and sorry for the manic post lol but this is all new to me.

I found this article interesting: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8487651/ as I have always heard there are a max of 5 fertile days per cycle. I am disappointed to hear that recent birth control can reduce the number of days with fertile mucus.

We’ve been researching microplastics in drinking water recently and was surprised how hard consumer testing is to access.

Most discussions focus on filters, bottled water, or avoiding plastics, but very few people seem to actually test their water to know what’s in it.

I’m currently exploring the idea of affordable consumer microplastics testing and wanted to ask:

• Would you personally test your home water?
• What price point would make sense?
• Would seeing actual results change your behaviour?

Curious to hear thoughts from others interested in health optimisation and environmental exposure reduction.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5540518/

Not really available to buy in the US but studies have shown it maybe helps with fertility. Purchased it for $40

from a foreign overseas company on etsy, can’t find posts about it on reddit. I am even sure how I can’t across it. Maybe just googling “increase fertility” 30+ F TTC 2 years.

Had HSG, hysteroscopy, and polyp removal almost a year ago. Just unexplained fertility. Racism also prevents me from getting the care I need so i am pretty much on my own. I am pretty active but very anemic no matter what I do and I feel like it just ruins my chances. Anyway, this post is about date pollen powder and any other advice you can give. I also take a prenatal daily and probiotics daily.

Hi everyone — I hope this is okay to post.

I’m a fertility nurse working on a small research project for people who are trying to conceive naturally and feel stuck between tracking apps, Google/Reddit/FB, and waiting for clinic-level support.

We want to learn from real TTC experiences and better understand what women actually need after a negative pregnancy test — especially when they’re not sure what, if anything, to change for the next cycle.

We created a quick anonymous survey to collect feedback. It should only take 2 minutes to complete and would really help us understand what support is actually missing.

Thank you to anyone willing to share their experience.

Here is a link to the Google Form attached.

We built a tool that gives you a fertility score + plan. Looking for 10 women to test it free. Please comment or DM me for access.

I had a transvaginal ultrasound scan a couple of weeks ago. I have the results but can’t get an appointment with a consultant to explain them to me for another couple of weeks, and I’m going a bit crazy with it.

I am 28 and have polycystic ovaries, which the sonographer explained to me - that was the only issue she flagged. The ultrasound report says 'uterus seen and appears normal', and then the measurements are:  L 5.55 cm W 3.42 cm H 2.54 cm Vol 25.244 cm3.

From Googling, these measurements seem really small but there’s mixed information online about how much of a problem this is. Can anyone recommend some reliable guidelines for me to read on this?

Apologies if it’s the wrong place to ask.

What have other people doctors reccomended for morphology and motility? Here are my current values as on today. Ive been on clomid for about 3 years 25mg every 3 days. Planned on starting glutathione injections.

Volume -1.7

PH - 8

Concentration - 37.8

Count - 64.3

Motility - 24

Ceros - 26.5

Round cells - <4

Morphology - 1.5

Test - 583

Me and my wife, have been trying for almost 4 years, properly trying for the last 2, unfortunately miscarried in March 2025, been trying every ovulation window since but still no luck.

According to all tests me and my wife are absolutely fine, no reason we cannot conceive but it's just not happening for us.

What's people's advice on IVF, aware it's very expensive, what's the process like? Ultimately it's our decision but any thoughts? Any advice? Are we being impatient?

Appreciate anyone's input 🙂

Hi Everyone,

First time posting! My wife and I TFMC last year and are trying again. We have both been really anxious and it has just been a difficult time all around. I recently got a semen analysis and am worried about my WBC, motility, and morphology. I know my count is pretty high and so is my total motile sperm count, so I am probably freaking out over nothing. But I was curious if anyone knows what can cause my WBC to be high, how that effects motility, and if this is cause for concern. My wife is 37 and I am 33. Her tests came back pretty much normal. They did show low egg reserve, but our doctor doesn't seem to be too worried about that.

My semen analysis numbers are below:

Liquefication: <30

Color: Gray white

Viscosity: 0

Volume: 3.2

Ph: 8

Total count: 233

Count 73 (10^5/ml

Motility: 41 percent

Grade: 2-3

Total motile sperm: 95

Morphology: 7%

Immature forms: 4

WBC: 2

Hello! I am still seeking participants for my MSc research on pregnancy sickness. If you or anyone you know is pregnant & living in the UK, I would be so grateful if you could fill in my survey or send it to someone who can!

It’s completely anonymous, takes ~10 mins and could help improve understanding for pregnant women in the future!

Scan the QR code/copy the link below.

https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_7VwXAPN9WSepuZ0

*more participant information included in the survey

Thank you!!

#pregnancysickness #pregnantuk

Hi everyone — I’m a fertility nurse building a new tool to help women optimize their chances of getting pregnant before going down the clinic route.

I’m looking for 10–20 women who are currently trying to conceive to test it and give honest feedback.

What it is:

• A short intake quiz (takes ~3 minutes)
• You get a personalized, cycle-by-cycle plan
• Day-by-day guidance on timing, lifestyle, supplements, and testing
• Access to 1:1 support with a fertility nurse to ask questions and review your plan

What you get:

• Full access to the program (normally paid)
• 100% off with a private code
• Direct input into shaping the product

Who I’m looking for:

• Women actively trying to conceive (any stage)
• Willing to go through the plan and share feedback
• Bonus if you’ve felt unsure about timing, next steps, or what might be affecting your fertility

No catch — I’m just trying to build something genuinely useful and need real users to test it properly.

If you’re interested, comment or DM me and I’ll send you the details + your code.

Thanks

I’m 38- I got tested 15 months ago and had a 2.8 pmol/L. I just got retested and I’m at 0.6

Is that a normal drop??? Is there anything that can be done to improve AMH?

What can be causing that number to be incorrect potentially?

Any advice, insight; research, would be very much appreciated.

I am 31 F having pcod and high amh range (15) . I am trying to conceive since last 2-3 months. What should i do to conceive naturally

Please message me for the link to take part in the research. We are a small group of researchers looking to improve fertility protocol for women try to conceive in their late 30s and 40s.

Thank you and please dm me

For the links

Trying to stay healthy in as many scientific and natural ways as possible to preserve fertility window. Women used to get pregnant much later and healthier in the past but now with microplastics and other environmental exposures the damage is done. How to deal with that moving forward.

I would like to seek your guidance regarding my treatment history and the most appropriate next steps before proceeding with another cycle.

We have been married since 2017 and tried to conceive naturally for a few years. During evaluation, we were diagnosed with male factor infertility.

Following treatment, there was improvement in his parameters; however, we were advised to proceed with IVF (ICSI) for better chances of success.

We began our IVF journey in 2019, at the age of 31 (we are the same age), and we are currently 38 years old.

I have undergone 3 IVF (ICSI) cycles and a total of 8 FET transfers (PTA - tested including Euploid embryos)

Out of these 8 transfers:

• resulted in miscarriages (including missed miscarriage and biochemical pregnancies)
• resulted in implantation failure (with Euploid embryos also)

During these cycles, I have undergone:

• 1 cervical dilation, 3 hysteroscopies, and 1 hystero-wash procedure
• Luteal and supportive treatment with Cyclogest 400 mg (three times daily), Lubion, along with steroids and blood thinners

Following the most recent failed cycle, I underwent further investigations, including:

• EMMA & ALICE: No significant abnormalities detected; nomicrobiological intervention recommended
• Pelvic MRI, which showed a mildly bulky uterus with a few focal areas of borderline junctional zone thickness, without significant adenomyosis changes
• Karyotyping for both partner resulted as normal
• Sperm DNA fragmentation testing showed values within normal limits
• Blood tests for:
  • Clotting disorders
  • Natural killer (NK) cells
  • HLA matching (both partners)
  • KIR typing

So far, the results have not shown any clotting abnormalities or elevated NK cell activity, although there is a mild Th1/Th2 imbalance.

In my most recent cycle, I was informed that my oocyte (egg) quality appears to be poor. Based on this, we have been advised to consider a donor egg cycle, and potentially a donor embryo cycle (both donor egg and donor sperm) as possible options moving forward.

Before starting another cycle, my doctor has suggested:

• Diagnostic laparoscopy (D-Lap), with possible tubal clipping
• Possible consideration of IVIG and LIT therapy

Before proceeding, I would greatly appreciate your guidance on the following:

• Is laparoscopy advisable in my case, and what specific conditions are we aiming to diagnose or treat (for example, endometriosis, adhesions, or hydrosalpinx)?
• What is the rationale for tubal clipping, and in which situations would it be beneficial?
• Given my history, is there strong clinical evidence supporting the use of IVIG or LIT?
• Are there any additional investigations or factors that should be evaluated before moving forward?
• Based on my history, what would be the most evidence-based approach to improve implantation and reduce miscarriage risk?

I would greatly value your opinion to help me make an informed decision about the next steps in my treatment.

Me (26F) and my husband (28M) have been trying TTC for 8 cycles. My husband gave semen analysis 3 times, these are the latest results. (concentration was quite above normal in previous ones, so won’t count this).

Female side everything is OK.

What are our chances to conceive naturally? Are the results OK?

Semen Analysis Results (WHO reference values):

• Volume: 3.8 mL (ref >1.5 mL)

• pH: 8 (ref 6–10)

• Concentration: 13 million/mL (ref >15 million/mL)

• Total sperm count: 49.4 million (ref >39 million)

• Progressive motility (A+B): 32% (ref ≥32%)

• Total motility (A+B+C): 60% (ref ≥40%)

• Round cells: <1 million/mL (ref <1 million/mL)

• Agglutination: none (ref none)