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April 24, 2014 Melanie Brown
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My little room at work in Central London. It looks out over the rooftops, full of sunshine and small but cosy. It is SO important that my clients feel welcome and comfortable immediately. When I started on my own I looked at so many rooms to rent and they were awful, cold, basements looking at a brick wall, strip lighting. Yikes we would all losing the will to live! I love my little room but it is just slightly too close to Selfridges sometimes! #tryingtoconceive #ttccommunity #ttc #fertilitydiet #ttccommunitysupport #ivfjourney #ivf #ivfsuccess #welcome #welcomespace #workspace
My little room at work in Central London. It looks out over the rooftops, full of sunshine and small but cosy. It is SO important that my clients feel welcome and comfortable immediately. When I started on my own I looked at so many rooms to rent and they were awful, cold, basements looking at a brick wall, strip lighting. Yikes we would all losing the will to live! I love my little room but it is just slightly too close to Selfridges sometimes! #tryingtoconceive #ttccommunity #ttc #fertilitydiet #ttccommunitysupport #ivfjourney #ivf #ivfsuccess #welcome #welcomespace #workspace
More good sound evidence that yes, you can improve your fertility by changing your diet and lifestyle. I would say in most cases! And it doesn’t have to be a brutal,un-forgiving bleak regime where NO to everything you love is the main theme! This is the work of one of my favourite fertility/nutrition doctors Jorge Chavarro and Walter Willetts a nutrition scientist in the US. Nutrition is not some weird ‘alternative’ fluffy therapy and raising awareness amongst fertility and IVF specialists is key. It’s not rocket science, it’s common sense and it can really help! #infertilitysucks #ivfwithicsi #ivficsi #fertilitystruggles #infertility #infertilityawareness #mediterraneandiet #ivfdiet #fertilitydiet #ttc #ttccommunity #ttccommunitysupport #tryingtoconceive
More good sound evidence that yes, you can improve your fertility by changing your diet and lifestyle. I would say in most cases! And it doesn’t have to be a brutal,un-forgiving bleak regime where NO to everything you love is the main theme! This is the work of one of my favourite fertility/nutrition doctors Jorge Chavarro and Walter Willetts a nutrition scientist in the US. Nutrition is not some weird ‘alternative’ fluffy therapy and raising awareness amongst fertility and IVF specialists is key. It’s not rocket science, it’s common sense and it can really help! #infertilitysucks #ivfwithicsi #ivficsi #fertilitystruggles #infertility #infertilityawareness #mediterraneandiet #ivfdiet #fertilitydiet #ttc #ttccommunity #ttccommunitysupport #tryingtoconceive
This amazing photo (credit:Packer Family Photography)shows a baby with the 1,616 syringes it took to conceive her over 4 years, multiple IVS and several miscarriages. It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry really; what a hell of a lot women go through to have a much wanted child. #infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilitysucks #ivf #ivficsi #ivfwithicsi #fertilitystruggles #fertilitymeds
This amazing photo (credit:Packer Family Photography)shows a baby with the 1,616 syringes it took to conceive her over 4 years, multiple IVS and several miscarriages. It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry really; what a hell of a lot women go through to have a much wanted child. #infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilitysucks #ivf #ivficsi #ivfwithicsi #fertilitystruggles #fertilitymeds
Sunday roast veg. Chicken stuffed with garlic, lemon and rosemary, potatoes, carrots and shallots all roasted together and masses of steamed purple sprouting broccoli. With a glass of red wine followed by Line of Duty on the TV. Bliss! #sundayroast #sundayroasts #roastchicken #chickenroast #sundaysupper #sundaydinner #eatyourgreens #broccoli #roastveg #mediterraneandiet #comfortfood #simplepleasures
Sunday roast veg. Chicken stuffed with garlic, lemon and rosemary, potatoes, carrots and shallots all roasted together and masses of steamed purple sprouting broccoli. With a glass of red wine followed by Line of Duty on the TV. Bliss! #sundayroast #sundayroasts #roastchicken #chickenroast #sundaysupper #sundaydinner #eatyourgreens #broccoli #roastveg #mediterraneandiet #comfortfood #simplepleasures
Sunday is egg day. My breakfast time then is precious because I start work so early the rest of the time. Boiled eggs, toast and butter soldiers and The Archers on the radio - not very exciting but it’s my comfort food and I just love it! And eggs are a fantastic food for fertility with their yolks full of carotenes like lutein (think luteinising hormone). So I was intrigued by these street food eggs I saw in Hong Kong. All white is taken off and the yolks are laid out and sprinkled with salt then left out in the sun to sort of, well dry I guess. But I never found out what happened to them after that - does anyone know what you do with dried egg yolks?! 🤔#sundaybreakfast #eggs #healthybreakfast #healthyfood #eggbreakfast #healthydiet #ttc #ttccommunity #ttccommunitysupport #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilitysupport #fertilityfoods #lutein
Sunday is egg day. My breakfast time then is precious because I start work so early the rest of the time. Boiled eggs, toast and butter soldiers and The Archers on the radio - not very exciting but it’s my comfort food and I just love it! And eggs are a fantastic food for fertility with their yolks full of carotenes like lutein (think luteinising hormone). So I was intrigued by these street food eggs I saw in Hong Kong. All white is taken off and the yolks are laid out and sprinkled with salt then left out in the sun to sort of, well dry I guess. But I never found out what happened to them after that - does anyone know what you do with dried egg yolks?! 🤔#sundaybreakfast #eggs #healthybreakfast #healthyfood #eggbreakfast #healthydiet #ttc #ttccommunity #ttccommunitysupport #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilitysupport #fertilityfoods #lutein
Making a quick Saturday lunch as I have a full clinic day and always run late! A whole meal pitta with hummus and as much watercress (hurray it’s back in season 🤗) as I can stuff in it then wrapped in my brilliant Bees Wrap. Watercress in my opinion is one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat. Research has shown it has DNA repairing properties, it’s anti-mutagenic compounds may protect against lung and gastric cancers and it’s right up there in my Sperm DNA frag diet. I also really think it’s great for my skin. It takes me 5 minutes to make and it’s healthy, fresh and cheap. #quicklunch #quicklunchideas #quicklunches #healthylunch #healthylunchideas #healthylunches #ivf #ivfawareness #ivfsupport #sperm #anticancer #anticancerdiet #maleinfertility #malefactor #malefactorinfertility #healthyskin #skindiet #clearskindiet #healthysperm #ivfwithicsi #ivfjourney #ivfsuccess #dnafragmentation #fertility #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilityawareness #ttc #ttccommunity #ttcjourney
Making a quick Saturday lunch as I have a full clinic day and always run late! A whole meal pitta with hummus and as much watercress (hurray it’s back in season 🤗) as I can stuff in it then wrapped in my brilliant Bees Wrap. Watercress in my opinion is one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat. Research has shown it has DNA repairing properties, it’s anti-mutagenic compounds may protect against lung and gastric cancers and it’s right up there in my Sperm DNA frag diet. I also really think it’s great for my skin. It takes me 5 minutes to make and it’s healthy, fresh and cheap. #quicklunch #quicklunchideas #quicklunches #healthylunch #healthylunchideas #healthylunches #ivf #ivfawareness #ivfsupport #sperm #anticancer #anticancerdiet #maleinfertility #malefactor #malefactorinfertility #healthyskin #skindiet #clearskindiet #healthysperm #ivfwithicsi #ivfjourney #ivfsuccess #dnafragmentation #fertility #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilityawareness #ttc #ttccommunity #ttcjourney
There’s been a lot of great posts recently about natural products especially deodorants. And quite right too as they can contain hormone disrupting chemicals as well as aluminium and parabens which are linked to breast cancer and poor sperm. I am not a person that can go without deodorant and I have tried lots; crystal, salt, rock, herbal ones and they are mostly not very successful! My favourites are creams as they go on dry and stay dry so I was very happy to find this lovely one at Spitalfields Market in London by Joji - www.jojinatural.com - it smells gorgeous (mine is lavender & bergamot) and works really well. And this is a company that stands by its ethics - vegan, organic, fair trade, sustainable, recyclable and to top it all supports 2 charities. Coppafeel (I love that name!) raises awareness of breast cancer among young people and Soapbox Science which promotes young women in science. Just brilliant. #chemicalfreeskincare #veganskincare #organicbeauty #organic #sustainableskincare #infertility #parabens #parabenfree #parabenfreeskincare #parabenfreeproducts #endocrinedisruptors #hormonedisruptors #bpa #cleanskincare #greenskincare #ivf #ivfsupport #ivfawareness #breastcancer
There’s been a lot of great posts recently about natural products especially deodorants. And quite right too as they can contain hormone disrupting chemicals as well as aluminium and parabens which are linked to breast cancer and poor sperm. I am not a person that can go without deodorant and I have tried lots; crystal, salt, rock, herbal ones and they are mostly not very successful! My favourites are creams as they go on dry and stay dry so I was very happy to find this lovely one at Spitalfields Market in London by Joji - www.jojinatural.com - it smells gorgeous (mine is lavender & bergamot) and works really well. And this is a company that stands by its ethics - vegan, organic, fair trade, sustainable, recyclable and to top it all supports 2 charities. Coppafeel (I love that name!) raises awareness of breast cancer among young people and Soapbox Science which promotes young women in science. Just brilliant. #chemicalfreeskincare #veganskincare #organicbeauty #organic #sustainableskincare #infertility #parabens #parabenfree #parabenfreeskincare #parabenfreeproducts #endocrinedisruptors #hormonedisruptors #bpa #cleanskincare #greenskincare #ivf #ivfsupport #ivfawareness #breastcancer
M&S Paper, not plastic, yes PAPER bags, into which I put LOOSE Brussels sprouts! When I go to supermarkets now I have turned into less of an eco-warrior and more of a really annoyed person, taking everything out of its packaging and looking really bad tempered and aggressive while I pile it all into my pack back where it actually fits better without all that plastic. But what for? So they recycle it rather than me? I just want supermarkets to take responsibility for this as well as us. But good on you M&S anyway, it’s a good start🤗#plastic #plasticwaste #plasticfree #recycle #plasticpackaging #plasticfreepackaging #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilityawareness #bpa #bpafree #plasticchemicals
M&S Paper, not plastic, yes PAPER bags, into which I put LOOSE Brussels sprouts! When I go to supermarkets now I have turned into less of an eco-warrior and more of a really annoyed person, taking everything out of its packaging and looking really bad tempered and aggressive while I pile it all into my pack back where it actually fits better without all that plastic. But what for? So they recycle it rather than me? I just want supermarkets to take responsibility for this as well as us. But good on you M&S anyway, it’s a good start🤗#plastic #plasticwaste #plasticfree #recycle #plasticpackaging #plasticfreepackaging #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilityawareness #bpa #bpafree #plasticchemicals
My little room at work in Central London. It looks out over the rooftops, full of sunshine and small but cosy. It is SO important that my clients feel welcome and comfortable immediately. When I started on my own I looked at so many rooms to rent and they were awful, cold, basements looking at a brick wall, strip lighting. Yikes we would all losing the will to live! I love my little room but it is just slightly too close to Selfridges sometimes! #tryingtoconceive #ttccommunity #ttc #fertilitydiet #ttccommunitysupport #ivfjourney #ivf #ivfsuccess #welcome #welcomespace #workspace More good sound evidence that yes, you can improve your fertility by changing your diet and lifestyle. I would say in most cases! And it doesn’t have to be a brutal,un-forgiving bleak regime where NO to everything you love is the main theme! This is the work of one of my favourite fertility/nutrition doctors Jorge Chavarro and Walter Willetts a nutrition scientist in the US. Nutrition is not some weird ‘alternative’ fluffy therapy and raising awareness amongst fertility and IVF specialists is key. It’s not rocket science, it’s common sense and it can really help! #infertilitysucks #ivfwithicsi #ivficsi #fertilitystruggles #infertility #infertilityawareness #mediterraneandiet #ivfdiet #fertilitydiet #ttc #ttccommunity #ttccommunitysupport #tryingtoconceive This amazing photo (credit:Packer Family Photography)shows a baby with the 1,616 syringes it took to conceive her over 4 years, multiple IVS and several miscarriages. It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry really; what a hell of a lot women go through to have a much wanted child. #infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilitysucks #ivf #ivficsi #ivfwithicsi #fertilitystruggles #fertilitymeds Sunday roast veg. Chicken stuffed with garlic, lemon and rosemary, potatoes, carrots and shallots all roasted together and masses of steamed purple sprouting broccoli. With a glass of red wine followed by Line of Duty on the TV. Bliss! #sundayroast #sundayroasts #roastchicken #chickenroast #sundaysupper #sundaydinner #eatyourgreens #broccoli #roastveg #mediterraneandiet #comfortfood #simplepleasures Sunday is egg day. My breakfast time then is precious because I start work so early the rest of the time. Boiled eggs, toast and butter soldiers and The Archers on the radio - not very exciting but it’s my comfort food and I just love it! And eggs are a fantastic food for fertility with their yolks full of carotenes like lutein (think luteinising hormone). So I was intrigued by these street food eggs I saw in Hong Kong. All white is taken off and the yolks are laid out and sprinkled with salt then left out in the sun to sort of, well dry I guess. But I never found out what happened to them after that - does anyone know what you do with dried egg yolks?! 🤔#sundaybreakfast #eggs #healthybreakfast #healthyfood #eggbreakfast #healthydiet #ttc #ttccommunity #ttccommunitysupport #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilitysupport #fertilityfoods #lutein Making a quick Saturday lunch as I have a full clinic day and always run late! A whole meal pitta with hummus and as much watercress (hurray it’s back in season 🤗) as I can stuff in it then wrapped in my brilliant Bees Wrap. Watercress in my opinion is one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat. Research has shown it has DNA repairing properties, it’s anti-mutagenic compounds may protect against lung and gastric cancers and it’s right up there in my Sperm DNA frag diet. I also really think it’s great for my skin. It takes me 5 minutes to make and it’s healthy, fresh and cheap. #quicklunch #quicklunchideas #quicklunches #healthylunch #healthylunchideas #healthylunches #ivf #ivfawareness #ivfsupport #sperm #anticancer #anticancerdiet #maleinfertility #malefactor #malefactorinfertility #healthyskin #skindiet #clearskindiet #healthysperm #ivfwithicsi #ivfjourney #ivfsuccess #dnafragmentation #fertility #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilityawareness #ttc #ttccommunity #ttcjourney There’s been a lot of great posts recently about natural products especially deodorants. And quite right too as they can contain hormone disrupting chemicals as well as aluminium and parabens which are linked to breast cancer and poor sperm. I am not a person that can go without deodorant and I have tried lots; crystal, salt, rock, herbal ones and they are mostly not very successful! My favourites are creams as they go on dry and stay dry so I was very happy to find this lovely one at Spitalfields Market in London by Joji - www.jojinatural.com - it smells gorgeous (mine is lavender & bergamot) and works really well. And this is a company that stands by its ethics - vegan, organic, fair trade, sustainable, recyclable and to top it all supports 2 charities. Coppafeel (I love that name!) raises awareness of breast cancer among young people and Soapbox Science which promotes young women in science. Just brilliant. #chemicalfreeskincare #veganskincare #organicbeauty #organic #sustainableskincare #infertility #parabens #parabenfree #parabenfreeskincare #parabenfreeproducts #endocrinedisruptors #hormonedisruptors #bpa #cleanskincare #greenskincare #ivf #ivfsupport #ivfawareness #breastcancer M&S Paper, not plastic, yes PAPER bags, into which I put LOOSE Brussels sprouts! When I go to supermarkets now I have turned into less of an eco-warrior and more of a really annoyed person, taking everything out of its packaging and looking really bad tempered and aggressive while I pile it all into my pack back where it actually fits better without all that plastic. But what for? So they recycle it rather than me? I just want supermarkets to take responsibility for this as well as us. But good on you M&S anyway, it’s a good start🤗#plastic #plasticwaste #plasticfree #recycle #plasticpackaging #plasticfreepackaging #infertility #infertilitysucks #infertilityawareness #bpa #bpafree #plasticchemicals

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