We’re born with all the eggs we’ll ever have and as we age, they decline in quantity and quality. Every woman has a different fertility curve. So, understanding your personal fertility can help you make think about adjusting your timeline and have informed convos with your doctor about your options.

Measuring your hormones, particularly AMH will help you understand egg count, while your age is the best measure of egg quality.

Your reproductive timeline kicks into gear with your first period and ends with menopause. The average menopause age in Australia is 51, but, on average, we begin transitioning into menopause 4-8 years earlier.

Understanding when menopause might be for you can help you make more informed decisions about family planning.

The first step in the egg freezing and IVF process is collecting the eggs from your ovaries. Your hormones along with your age can help you understand whether you would be able to expect a suitable amount of eggs to be collected in one cycle.

We’ll dig into what you need to know if you’re considering egg freezing.

Ovulation is the process your body goes through to release an egg from the ovaries. It’s a necessary ingredient when it comes to getting pregnant naturally.

We’ll look at your hormone levels and lifestyle factors to understand whether anything could be getting in the way of your ovulation.

PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a reproductive condition impacting 1 in 10 women. It’s a hormonal imbalance involving excess androgens (male hormones), which typically results in irregular ovulation. While more difficult, women are still able to get pregnant with PCOS.

Picking up signs of PCOS, talking to your doctor about it early and understanding how to manage it if you have it can help you to take proactive steps to get it under control before starting to try for a family.

Checking in on your thyroid hormones can help to pick up whether there are issues that might get in the way of conceiving when you’re ready. Having too much or too few thyroid hormones can impact your ovulation and your metabolism. If you’re thinking about starting a family soon, thyroid hormone imbalances can also affect the ability to have a healthy pregnancy.

So, by picking up on these signals early, you can work with a doctor to create a prescription plan to balance these hormones back out.