Apparantly it takes approximately 100 days for a woman's eggs to reach the ovulation stage and that they are susceptible to damage during those 100 days (according to Dr Sherman Silber and also Traditional Chinese Medicine and Dr Randine Lewis). Dr Randine Lewis recommends giving yourself 3 menstrual cycles of healthy eating and living and cutting out unnecessary medications etc prior to starting to try to get pregnant. Doing this will, apparantly, get your eggs in healthy shape. Especially, I think, if you are over 35 years old, when there seems to be more egg damage. I came off of my prescription meds (of course not everybody is able to stop their medications and would do themselves more harm than good- check with your doctor) mid Jan and I think (however much I hate to wait) we will wait the 90 days before trying. I'm eating really well and exercising as well. Hope all of this benefits baby in the long term and makes it easier for us to conceive.
Also, sperm production takes about the same time (90-100 days) and a man should also use that time to get in good shape (diet, exercise and cutting out unnecessary medicines, getting enough zinc and selenium). I read that a bad fever can damage sperm.
This is just what I have read, so don't take it as gospel. It seems to make sense to me. Best of Luck to you all,
Elaine
