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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gain weight. Did anyone say this already? Most women need to carry - a little - extra fat on them to conceive. You won't conceive if Mother Nature believes there is any chance of malnourishment or starvation. It''s why many "type A" personalities (perfectionists who scrutinize body image) have trouble conceiving.[/quote]

This is simply not true and insulting.  I had a pcp tell me this after I was already seeing an RE and undergoing ART, and I changed doctors.  Yes, if you are so underweight you no longer ovulate that affects fertility...but most "type A" women are not in this category.  Two different REs, neither mentioned my lowish BMI (around 19) as a contributing facctor.

I'm currently 13 weeks after my 5th IVF cycle...conceived when I was at my lowest weight (and likely body fat due to more weight lifting etc) on this whole multi-year TTC process.  And FWIW, previous failures were not due to body weight issues either.  They were due to undiagnosed uterine scarring (don't get me started on why I had to go to two different REs and have 3 failed cycles following a miscarriage before it was properly imaged and diagnosed).  Our initial dx was MF.
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