IVF failed me twice.
Then a chance encounter led to a guy who became a known donor. The rest is history.
I birthed my daughter aged 44.5 with no complications. And yet during IVF treatment, I was twice advised to use a donor egg, and a Spanish clinic refused to treat me with my own eggs — asserting that a successful outcome was "improbable."
I was a solo woman who had never tried to get pregnant, so my fertility was unproven. I didn't accept diagnoses based on my age.
After numerous requests, I wrote up the eighteen months that led to my daughter. It is a month-by-month account of everything I did in the lead-up to conceiving — the supplements, the tests, the protocols, the holistic approaches, and the things I'd do differently.
Shared for ideas, not to copy. Each path should be built around the individual and what their specific situation calls for. This is not medical advice.
Eighteen months. Month by month.
The complete document — supplements, tests, protocols, the holistic approaches, the things I'd do differently — is available on the resources page.
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Sarah started IVF at 43 as a solo woman, went through two cycles, and eventually conceived with a known donor. Solo Fertility 40s exists so that the women coming next don't feel invisible, like she did. She has no clinic affiliations and no commercial ties to the fertility industry — her authority here is lived experience and an audience of women across 35 countries.