I’m really confused re: diet during ivf. My clinic says dairy is fine, but online the consensus is to cut it out, what’s correct?

[Rol81]

Dairy free diet IVF /try to conceive

[LuxFleur]

Lots of pretty good studies show that having whole fat dairy increases a woman's chances of conception.

[Rol81 in reply to LuxFleur]

Thanks for your reply xx

[LuxFleur in reply to Rol81]

No worries! I drank a lot of whole milk during stims and am now pregnant from 1 of 2 eggs that fertilized normally.

[Ivfgotadream]

My last 3 cycles of embryo banking (out of 5 cycles in total) I upped my dairy hugely - lots of full fat milk etc and I got the best blastocysts I’d ever had and ultimately had twins. Obviously can’t say that it contributed to the success in isolation but I also craved milk during my pregnancy

[Rol81 in reply to Ivfgotadream]

Thank you for your reply. Congrats on the twins, that’s lovely . I’m not going to worry now dairy , one less thing to stress about 🙈

[EBC77]

My clinic specifically told me to up protein and specifically to drink a litre of milk a day.

[Rol81 in reply to EBC77]

Thank you. I had cut most of it out so this is good to hear . 😊xxx

[Millbanks]

I went to see a fertility nutritionist and she recommended in the 3 weeks during stims, to have 250ml of whole milk a day (with flax seed & blueberry) as it acts like a fertiliser for your eggs. Like Ivfgotadream I had the best blastocysts I'd ever had at the highest quality after including this in my diet. x

[Rol81 in reply to Millbanks]

Oh great. I have blueberries every morning, I’ll add flax seeds. Thanks. Nice to know all these little tips. Xx

[Millbanks in reply to Rol81]

I add chia seeds and banana too x

[London_Lady1]

Life is too short to cut stuff out unless there is a real medical need. Focus on a well balanced and healthy diet but don't obsess over it. I defo didn't cut out diary on my cycle (I'm now 37 weeks). This IVF journey can be long so it has to be sustainable too. I already gave up drinking and literally can't remember the last time I drank.

Wishing you so much luck and baby dust with your cycle. Xxx

[Rol81 in reply to London_Lady1]

Ah London lady, that’s great news. Congrats.

Yes I agree , I’m not gone too crazy with diet, it’s balanced but not extreme. I pretty much gave up drinking a year ago apart from Xmas I had a few, I had one glass of Prosecco at the weekend, went straight to my head, was enough 🙈

Thanks for reply. And congrats again xxx

[Bernie150781]

Don't read into too many things online, listen to your clinic or only read the NHS online information, the only thing I cut out is caffeine, and I eat everything obviously unless you have any intolerances.

I'm 16 weeks.bgood luck to you X

[Bernie150781 in reply to Bernie150781]

Oh and obviously alcohol ha ha but I don't even miss it X

[Rol81 in reply to Bernie150781]

Thanks Bernie, I went a bit wild this morning after the replies and threw in bit extra milk in my porridge and didn’t feel guilty 🤭

Congrats on been 16 weeks. ❤️

[Bernie150781 in reply to Rol81]

Ha ha oh bless you, can be quite overwhelming when all you want to do is the right thing, enjoy your dairy X x

[Lilly12255]

It’s the last opportunity to enjoy nice ripe cheese before you get pregnant!