72. How Can I Improve My Egg Quality? Start With This Question

Can you actually measure egg quality? And how do you know if poor egg quality is a problem for you? In this Dear Jess episode, Jess breaks down what fertility testing can and cannot tell you about egg quality, what may be learned during IVF, and what to consider before spending hundreds of dollars on supplements intended to improve it.

In This Episode

00:59 How do you know if you have poor egg quality?

Why “How can I improve my egg quality?” may be starting one question too late

Why there isn't currently a simple test that gives you an “egg quality score”

What AMH and antral follicle count actually tell us and what they don't

03:12 What does “egg quality” actually mean?

What practitioners generally mean when they talk about egg quality

The role of chromosomal competence

Why age gives us information about probability, rather than directly inspecting your individual eggs

04:59 What can IVF tell us about egg quality?

What your fertility clinic can observe after egg retrieval