Fertility in Your 30s & 40s: What Actually Matters for Getting Pregnant | with Liberty Mills

takeaways

1. Liberty Mills shares how, after being told she had a 0.7% chance of conceiving with IVF using her own eggs at 43, she made lifestyle changes and conceived naturally within three and a half months, giving birth just before her 45th birthday.

2. The conversation explores the idea that egg and sperm quality can be worked on rather than being fixed by age alone, with a focus on lowering inflammation, improving sleep and cutting out alcohol.

3. Liberty stresses foundational basics — regular bowel movements, sleep, and detoxification — before turning to supplements or biohacking, and uses the phrase 'test, don't guess'.

4. A range of tests were discussed, including vitamin D, thyroid antibodies, genetics testing, the MTHFR and COMT gene mutations, and vaginal, uterine and seminal microbiome testing (Liberty revealed she discovered she had BV with no symptoms).

5. The importance of the male partner is highlighted, including sperm renewal timelines, morphology on the Kruger scale, varicoceles, and Professor Shanna Swan's book Countdown on microplastics and declining sperm.

6. Mindset, spiritual connection, visualisation, journaling and community support were discussed as tools for coping with the emotional toll of a fertility journey, alongside a message about not waiting for perfect circumstances to try for a child.

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