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POI? Low AMH? High FSH? Told donor eggs are your only option? Book a free Functional Fertility Second Opinion before your next fertility decision → fabfertile.com
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She was diagnosed with POI at 37. Her AMH was 0.16, her FSH was hovering around 45, and her ultrasound showed three follicles and at one point, none. Her IUI cycles were cancelled, and she was labeled a poor responder.
Then she was told she was not a candidate for IUI or IVF and that donor eggs were her only option.
But she wanted to know what else might be going on with her health.
In this episode, I walk through our client's POI success story, including her Hashimoto's, inflammation, low vitamin D, B12 and iron, chronic stress, gut and vaginal microbiome, her partner's health, and what happened the month before her planned IVF.
After eight months of following the Fab Fertile Method, she became pregnant naturally the month before she was planning to start IVF.
This is her story of looking beyond AMH and FSH and asking: what else might have been missed?
CHAPTERS
00:00 POI at 37 with an AMH of 0.16 and an FSH of 45 04:00 Told donor eggs were her only option 06:30 Inflammation, nutrients, stress and her gut 20:10 PRP timing and the month before her planned IVF 24:20 Why AMH and FSH alone are not the whole picture
FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION
Book with your partner and load your labs into the secure portal. We review your bloodwork for patterns and talk through what is worth digging into before another IVF cycle.  Book your call with your partner here.
ABOUT THE HOST
I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.
Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.

Failed IVF? Embryos arrested at Day 3? Told it was your egg quality? Book a free Functional Fertility Second Opinion before your next retrieval → fabfertile.com
Day three, you got the call that your embryos were developing, and you let yourself feel hopeful. Day five, there is nothing to transfer, and you are told it was your egg quality.
Then you read online that embryos stopping after day three could point to sperm. So now you do not know what actually happened, or whether anything is left to investigate before you go again.
Your clinic may have had good reasons for saying egg quality. They also cannot test it directly. That makes it a conclusion rather than a finding, and it is usually where the investigation stops.
In this episode, what I would want looked at before another retrieval includes the 90 days before stimulation started and his side beyond a semen analysis that came back fine.
Preparing is not the same as being evaluated.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Day three looked fine. Day five, there was nothing to transfer
01:20 Why egg quality is a conclusion, not a test result
04:00 The 90 days before the retrieval, for both of you
05:30 Blood sugar, the full thyroid picture, inflammation and nutrients
09:30 His side beyond the semen analysis
FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION
Book with your partner and load your labs. We review your bloodwork for patterns your clinic is not set up to examine, and talk through what is worth investigating before another retrieval or transfer. It is not IVF or your health. It is both. Book here → second opinion
ABOUT THE HOST
I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.
Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.

Told donor eggs after failed IVF and miscarriage? Book a free Functional Fertility Second Opinion before your next cycle → here.
Heather had been trying for five years. Three failed IVFs. Two losses. At 38, with diminished ovarian reserve, she was told donor eggs were her only option.
She had a 10-day luteal phase, daily fatigue, PMS, body aches she had been told were normal, and a decade of hormonal birth control behind her. None of it had been connected to her fertility. Her partner's semen analysis was not clean either, and he had DNA fragmentation that had never been tested for.
She followed our Fab Fertile Method and did one more IVF. That transfer worked, and they had their daughter.
This is one couple, and it is not a promise. What it shows is what a complete investigation looked like before that last cycle.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Three failed IVFs, two losses, and a donor egg recommendation
01:20 Told donor eggs at 28. Why I never got a second opinion
03:00 A 10-day luteal phase and the symptoms nobody counted
04:30 What testing showed: absorption, inflammation, and a decade of birth control
06:30 His side. Sleep, headaches, and DNA fragmentation nobody had looked for
11:45 What changed before the last transfer
FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION
Book with your partner and load your labs. We review your bloodwork for patterns your clinic is not set up to examine, and talk through what is worth investigating before another cycle or transfer. It is not IVF or your health. It is both. Book here →
ABOUT THE HOST
I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.
Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.

Follicles not responding? Cycle cancelled? Told it is your low AMH? Book a free Functional Fertility Second Opinion before your next IVF decision → fabfertile.com
You have done the injections. You have gone in for monitoring. They may have increased the medication already.
And then you hear it again. The follicles are not responding. There are one or two growing. Maybe the cycle gets cancelled. Maybe you make it all the way to retrieval and get one egg.
When you ask why, the answer comes back the same way every time. It is your low AMH. It is your age. You are a poor responder.
Those are real factors, and I am not going to tell you the AMH does not matter. But if you are about to put your body, your finances, and yourself through another cycle, there is a bigger question worth asking. Is low AMH the whole explanation?
Because these are two separate statements: I have diminished ovarian reserve, and low AMH explains everything that happened during that cycle. They are not the same statement.
In this episode I walk through what AMH does and does not tell you, what I would want to understand about the 90 days before stimulation started, and what to ask your clinic before you go again. The full thyroid panel, including antibodies rather than TSH alone. Blood sugar and how it moves across a day. hs-CRP and unnecessary inflammation. Vitamin D you may be taking and may not be absorbing. Gut health, food sensitivity, the vaginal microbiome, nutrient status, and an autoimmune issue that gets mentioned as an afterthought when it belongs at the front of the file.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The follicles are not responding
01:00 About Sarah and the team
01:20 What AMH does and does not tell you
02:00 Two statements that are not the same
02:20 The 90 days before stimulation started
02:40 hs-CRP and unnecessary inflammation
03:00 Optimal, not normal
03:20 Blood sugar regulation across the day
03:30 The full thyroid panel including antibodies
03:50 Nutrient depletion and secondary infertility
04:10 The vitamin D you may not be absorbing
04:30 An autoimmune issue is not a by the way
05:00 A clean diet that may not be the right diet for you
05:30 Hypervigilance and nervous system load
06:20 One client who did not have enough follicles to qualify
06:40 What I am not claiming
08:00 Annie and Miles. AMH 0.15, FSH 33
08:40 What Your Clinic Missed
09:00 What to ask before another IVF
09:40 Thirty days without medication, and doing this in parallel
11:00 Book a Second Opinion with your partner
WHAT YOUR CLINIC MISSED
If you have no idea which of these markers to run, we have a checklist called What Your Clinic Missed. It is a list of markers worth reviewing before a donor egg decision or before another IVF, so you can look at your own results and go from there. Email hello@fabfertile.ca with MISSED in the subject line and we will send it to you.
FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION
Book with your partner and load your labs into the secure portal. Before the call I review your fertility history and bloodwork from both partners, looking for patterns, unanswered questions and gaps. We are not diagnosing. Sometimes the review confirms that moving forward with the next IVF makes sense. Sometimes there are questions worth addressing first. Book your call with your partner at fabfertile.com
If you want to know whether the call is right for you first, email hello@fabfertile.ca with FERTILE in the subject line and tell me a little about your situation.
ABOUT THE HOST
I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.
Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.
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Failed IVF? Low AMH? High FSH? Told donor eggs? Book a free Functional Fertility Second Opinion before your next fertility decision → fabfertile.com
You got eggs. After everything, that part finally went right.
Then day one, this many fertilized. Day three, this many are still growing. Then the call where someone tells you none of them made it.
And what comes next, almost word for word on call after call, is you going back through your twenties. The years when maybe you weren't taking the best care of yourself. Maybe you drank more, were under a lot of stress, or simply weren't thinking about your fertility yet. And you start wondering, Did I cause this? Is that why this happened? But then you come back to the same thing: I'm healthy now. I'm active. I take care of myself. So what am I missing?
Your age is real, and we are not going to ignore it. It usually is not the only thing on the table.
In this episode, I walk through the three questions I want answered before you go again. What that cycle actually told us, and what it could not tell us about the 90 days before the injections started. What was investigated and what was not, including the full thyroid panel, triglycerides and insulin rather than A1C alone, hs-CRP, vitamin D absorption, the gut and vaginal microbiome, food sensitivity, and his side beyond a count. And if you do another retrieval, what specifically is changing and why.
Preparing is not the same as being evaluated.
CHAPTERS
00:00 None of them made it
01:00 About Sarah and the team
01:20 Question 1. What did that cycle actually tell us
02:00 The 90 days before stimulation started
02:30 Preparing is not the same as being evaluated
03:00 Where the nervous system fits
03:30 Question 2. What was investigated and what was not
03:50 Full blood chemistry, thyroid and triglycerides
04:20 hs-CRP, vitamin D absorption and gut infections
04:40 The vaginal and gut microbiome
05:00 Clean eating that may still be driving inflammation
06:00 His side. DNA fragmentation and bloodwork
06:30 The body is not a silo
07:10 What Your Clinic Missed
07:30 Question 3. If you go again, what will actually be different
08:10 Book a Second Opinion with your partner
WHAT YOUR CLINIC MISSED
If you are not sure what can be investigated or which way to go next, we have a guide called What Your Clinic Missed. It gives you the patterns and themes to look at before you consider your next move. Email hello@fabfertile.ca with MISSED in the subject line.
FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION
Book with your partner and load your labs into the secure portal. We review your bloodwork for patterns your clinic is not set up to examine, and talk through what is worth digging into before another IVF cycle. It is not IVF or your health. It is both. Book your call with your partner here.
If you want to know whether the call is right for you first, email hello@fabfertile.ca with FERTILE in the subject line and tell me a little about your situation.
ABOUT THE HOST
I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.
Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.
If this episode helped, leave a review. It is how other women find this work.