FET Diet

Sunny B

Has anyone tried a specific diet when doing a FET?

During IVF I had a very specific diet and I'm thinking of doing a variation for our FET.

Did you eat high protein? Lots of fruits or vegetables? High monosaturated fats? Gluten Free?

Lay it on me

CallaLily30

My RE wants me to go gluten free and dairy free prior to FET #2. It is supposed to reduce inflammation and help with implantation.

kz's_girlygirl

I have only had fresh transfers, but I increase protein and vegetable-especially leafy things like kale, chard and spinach, drink lots of water, decrease dairy (I use almond milk instead) and decrease gluten from white bread.  So I eat rice, quinoa, beans-things like that instead of pasta etc. 

Sunny B

I never heard about the dairy/inflammation connection. Very interesting!

When do you start cutting it out? How many days before the transfer or while cycling?

CallaLily30

My RE wants me to cut it out now in prep for a mid May transfer. He would like me to continue with it until I'm released to an OB. I'm not really looking for to this diet but I'm willing to try anything after 4 m/c and a failed transfer.

Sunny B

CallaLily30 said:

My RE wants me to cut it out now in prep for a mid May transfer. He would like me to continue with it until I'm released to an OB. I'm not really looking for to this diet but I'm willing to try anything after 4 m/c and a failed transfer.

Understandable. My fingers are crossed for you! I hope this is it for you.

ikrystal

Thanks for posting this thread!  I was thinking of starting an FET diet but I had no idea where to start. 

kz's_girlygirl

My RE likes the 3months before time frame for any supplements or diet changes.  For our first IVF, I didn't start until a few weeks before stims, but I just kept it up, so it has been almost a year for me.  I don't eliminate every single thing, but I make a lot of substitutions and if I am going to eat dairy or gluten I try to opt for organic/local/homemade choices. 

Sunny B

I've been doing some research and it seems that hard dry cheeses like parmesan/romano and feta aren't considered high inflammatory. This may help me bridge the gap a little bit. I think that I'll knock all of my other cheeses out by June 1. 

jaztastic

Interesting... I've never been instructed to change my diet, but is it only to help with implantation? Or do we know if it has any effect on early stage development? 

Most recently I went to 2 "clean" meals a day. Nothing processed. Just whole fruits and veggies (nutri-bullet smoothies), nuts, and lean protein. But then i also get one "cheat" meal a day. I started that a few days before transfer and continued for majority of the 2ww. I sort of slacked and been doing some sympathy eating last couple days. 

In any event... maybe I should move to all clean meals and start now since my next FET is probably end of May. But I dont know if my issue would be considered implantation, since technically I get positive tests... they just dont stay that way.