Ways to Keep Your Ovaries and Eggs Youthful
Just as the body ages with age, so do the ovaries and eggs. So you should take care to maintain a regular routine in your daily life to keep your ovaries rejuvenated.
When do women start to have eggs?
Women are born with primordial follicles (cells that produce eggs) that are part of the ovaries, and most of these follicles die before they mature. A woman is born with about 2 million primordial follicles, but by the time she has her first menstrual period, only 200,000 to 300,000 follicles are left. Since then, the number of primordial follicles decreases by a few hundred each month, and by the age of 45, there are only a few thousand left. Only about 500 eggs are produced in a woman’s lifetime, and most of them die before they reach maturity.
Ovaries and eggs age as we get older
As the primordial follicles age, the ovaries age with them, and the quality of the eggs declines. As a result, it becomes difficult to produce eggs that are capable of being fertilized and for the ovaries to ovulate.
After the age of 38, the number of primordial follicles decreases to less than 25,000, and aging accelerates dramatically. As a result, the hope of pregnancy becomes very slim after the age of 46.
The difference between the age of the ovaries and the actual age
Recently, the medical community has begun to take note of the age of the ovaries, which is obtained by calculating the value of the anti-mullerian hormone in the blood. This hormone is secreted by immature follicles, so the more immature follicles in the ovary that have the ability to fertilize, the higher the value, and a low value indicates an older ovary. Typically, ovarian age increases with age, but there are some people who have younger ovaries than their actual age and have a higher ability to conceive. Although ovarian aging is a natural phenomenon, it can be slowed down by daily habits and diet. The ability to conceive also decreases significantly after the ovaries reach the age of 38.
Ways to keep your ovaries and eggs youthful
●Keep your body healthy
◆ The healthier a woman is, the less likely her eggs will have chromosomal mutations, which will not only make it easier for her to get pregnant, but also reduce the rate of miscarriage after pregnancy.
● Proper Exercise
◆ Proper physical exercise can help the woman to improve her physical fitness and ensure the quality of her eggs. In the three months before you plan to get pregnant, do suitable and reasonable exercise or related aerobic exercise, such as jogging, swimming, etc., to lay a solid foundation for pregnancy.
● Adjust your emotions
According to research, when stress persists, the body produces a large amount of “anxiety hormone”, which aggravates the feeling of nervousness. Excessive secretion of a single type of hormone breaks the original balance, leading to endocrine disorders, affecting ovarian ovulation function and causing menstrual disorders.
Regulate diet
◆ Try to quit smoking and drinking, avoid overeating and nutritional imbalance.
Avoid sex during menstruation
◆ Sex during menstruation can stimulate the body to produce anti-sperm antibodies, cause pelvic infections, endometriosis, etc., and reduce egg vitality.
●Stay away from radiation and pollution sources
◆It is also necessary to improve the environment of daily life. Automobile exhaust, industrial emissions, and radioactivity can cause chromosomal mutations in women’s eggs and affect fertility.
◆ Take Coenzyme Q10 to improve ovarian function and improve egg quality.
◆ Coenzyme Q10 can effectively reduce oxidative stress, restore mitochondrial function, and improve the quality and quantity of oocytes. To a certain extent, it can improve the decline of ovarian function and achieve the effect of protecting ovarian reserve and improving fertility, which can effectively improve the quality of eggs to increase the fertilization rate.
◆Taking DHEA can significantly increase the number of basal sinus follicles and improve the quality of follicles. It can improve the ovarian microenvironment, balance the reproductive endocrine, inhibit autoimmunity, improve allergy, improve the function of immune system, improve the internal environment of uterus, promote the conception, protect the ovarian function, promote the follicle development and normal ovulation, etc. DHEA can induce ovulation, and also promote the growth of follicles, which can enhance the chances of women getting pregnant.