Don't allow your body to get too cold. Dress warmly, especially when in air-conditioning. Pay special attention to keeping your legs, abdomen and lower back warm. Avoid frequently sitting on cold floors as you are allowing cold to permeate through your lower body and then to your uterus.
Think lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, good quality proteins, nuts and seeds, healthy fats and whole grains. The key here is blood sugar control to support implantation and early embryo development, so limit the junk and focus on real, nutrient-dense food.
Generally, embryos exposed to heat before implantation in the uterine wall either recover completely or are lost, either through failure to implant or embryonic death. This can result in increased pre-implantation losses which may pass unnoticed in humans.
Exercise: 30 minutes regular exercise is recommended to improve endometrial thickness because it improves blood circulation and increases blood supply to the uterus. Castor Oil packs: applied to the abdomen only during the follicular phase (cycle days 5-14) helps increase blood flow to the ovaries and womb.
Warmth helps to dilate the blood vessels to promote better blood circulation and reduce painful menstrual cramps. Studies have also shown that better blood flow to the uterus is associated with higher pregnancy outcomes.
It's recommended that you avoid strenuous physical activities like heavy weight-lifting or high-impact cardio during your two-week wait as it could lead to uterine contractions and affect the implantation process. After the first few days of our waiting period, you can do some light exercising like walking or swimming.
The best advice is common sense: eat healthily, avoid cigarette smoke, exercise gently, and try some relaxation techniques. You don't need to confine yourself to bed, but you should go easy on yourself, as you're going through a lot – both physically and emotionally.
For successful implantation, the uterus must be the right thickness to receive the embryo. During ovulation, the body produces hormones like estrogen and progesterone to prepare for implantation. With IVF, the clinic will provide a range of hormone medications to stimulate ovulation.
Overall, there is no research confirming that orgasming from sex or masturbation can impact embryo implantation during non-IVF conception. Orgasming doesn't impact ovulation and fertilization and is unlikely to impact implantation.
During the two-week wait, it's better to err on the side of caution. Avoid having a drink, smoking, or any other activity that could be harmful to a brand new pregnancy. It's fine to continue exercising if you already have a workout routine, but now might not be the time to take up a new, intense form of exercise.
However, as sperm can survive up to 5 days after release, and predicting ovulation is an in-exact science, most GPs advise having intercourse every 2-3 days to maximize the chances that sperm are around to fertilize an egg once ovulation occurs.
The causes of implantation failure are diverse and especially due to different maternal factors as uterine abnormalities, hormonal or metabolic disorders, infections, immunological factors, thrombophilias as well as other less common ones.
Consider raspberry leaf tea
There's a lot of anecdotal evidence that raspberry leaf tea can help implantation. It's known as 'the woman's herb' because it has been used traditionally to remedy all sorts of female issues, from period, to menopause and everything in between.
Vitamin D.
Studies on fertility show that women who are vitamin D deficient have lower implantation rates and that, when vitamin D levels are boosted to normal range, implantation rates improve. About 80 percent of women may have some vitamin D insufficiency.
Conclusions: Sleeping position in early pregnancy may influence placental implantation site. The probable mechanism may refer to the alterations in uterine perfusion which is induced by the change in systemic blood pressure and dominant sleeping position.
Some women do notice signs and symptoms that implantation has occurred. Signs may include light bleeding, cramping, nausea, bloating, sore breasts, headaches, mood swings, and possibly a change in basal body temperature. But — and here's the frustrating part — many of these signs are very similar to PMS.
There's no reason to believe masturbation can affect implantation. No research suggests it does. Masturbation also can't cause an ectopic pregnancy.
Exercise can impact body weight, and studies suggest that weight (both low and high) can affect the amount of time it can take to conceive.
As the fallopian tube pushes the egg towards the uterus, cilia push the sperm towards the egg. Progesterone and estrogen influence this process by increasing the number of cilia and how fast they move (1). The egg and surrounding cells produce a chemical that attracts sperm (1,7).