Fertility Diet
If you've landed here, it probably hurts, or it's starting to hurt. That beautiful dream of a baby is starting to become painful. I want to help you understand how nutrition, science and my professional expertise can help you.
For a few years now, and especially during the COVID period, chance, coincidence or destiny brought to my attention a number of women, couples, ladies, young women and even men who had fertility problems.
But that wasn't the reason they came to me as a nutritionist. They came either because their gynecologist had told them that excess weight might be the cause of their infertility or of their difficulty getting pregnant, or because their diabetologist had explained that they had insulin resistance and needed to regulate their blood sugar balance through diet. Or for various other reasons, such as amenorrhea or hormonal imbalances, or all of these together. The reason they came to me, as a nutritionist, was a diet, and not to improve their fertility through nutrition as well.
This is my goal: to show you how nutrition can, and must, play a part in improving reproductive quality, whether natural or assisted.
Some of these couples were preparing for an in vitro fertilization procedure. And that's when I felt unprepared... Yes, unprepared. Not up to the expectations these people were placing in my hands, even though at the time I was a graduate of 2 degree programs, one in nutrition and one in food science, and even though I had extensive experience in the field. So I did what I always do: I read, I researched, I learned, and I discovered that there is a specific nutrition for fertility, nutritional protocols that can improve reproductive capacity. And this subject is so vast that one of the most important universities, Sapienza University of Rome, launched the first Master's in Reproductive Biology and Fertility Nutrition. And because I deeply love what I do, and to offer you the best nutrition plans for fertility, I enrolled and completed this Master's. Today I am one of the first nutritionists specializing in fertility, the only one in Romania, and I put in your hands, in both of your hands, all my nutritional expertise to beat infertility.
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Female fertility diet
I designed this program to help you in a concrete way if you are preparing to get pregnant through assisted reproduction and/or as a continuation of the basic fertility program.
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IVF diet
I designed this program to help you in a concrete way if you are preparing to get pregnant through assisted reproduction and/or as a continuation of the basic fertility program.
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Male fertility diet
Most of the time, the male side is somehow forgotten in the fertility process. And yet it is a fundamental part, where nutrition can improve the quality of sperm and of the semen analysis.
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Pregnancy diet
A healthy, balanced diet during pregnancy is essential for your health and for the development of the fetus.
It is important to remember that every pregnancy is unique, and nutritional needs can vary from one woman to another and from one pregnancy to another. A personalized eating plan works with your individual characteristics and any pre-existing health conditions to make sure you get all the nutrients you need.
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Postpartum diet
A personalized eating plan in the postpartum period (the period after giving birth) can bring many positive benefits for the mother's recovery and health. These benefits include faster recovery, an adequate intake of nutrients, weight control, support for breastfeeding, energy and mental well-being, maintaining bone health, a lower risk of health complications, better gut health, and more.
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome diet
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine and metabolic condition that affects around 10% of women. Numerous studies have shown that a specific diet, tailored to each person with PCOS, can modulate the symptoms and, above all, can prevent the consequences of blood sugar imbalance.
Emma Di Bello
Qualified nutritionist specializing in infertility
Master's in Reproductive Biology and Fertility Nutrition
How we work together.
My method consists of drawing up a personalized diet that will allow you to start restoring a healthy hormonal balance, which is fundamental both for a natural pregnancy and for a more structured path such as assisted fertilization.
A specific diet before conception should be started at least 2 to 3 months in advance, because the formation and maturation of gametes (both male and female) takes about 90 days, both for a natural pregnancy and for homologous fertilization. Or at least 30 days in advance for other reproductive techniques.
Nutrition is about taking care of ourselves, as well as we can. As a nutritionist and fertility professional, I will support you and advise you on the best measures needed to reach your goal.
No pressure, with kindness.
Throughout the nutrition program I will be by your side, and I will assess the best food choices and food combinations to help you give your body the nutrients it needs to “form” good-quality eggs, which are the basis of good-quality embryos.
It isn't only diet or food that influences fertility. Together we will identify, and I will inform you about, any exposure to environmental pollutants or toxins you may come into contact with. We will approach fertility in all its complexity, to create the right environment.
“The road to a baby can be painful. I'm here to support you with the right nutrition.”
Emma Di Bello, qualified nutritionist specializing in fertility
For several years I have been working in fertility nutrition. To offer you the best nutritional advice for fertility, I completed the first and only Master's in fertility nutrition at one of the best universities in Italy, Sapienza University, with the thesis “What is the link between nutrition, metabolic pathways and fertility”.
I am one of the first 40 nutritionists specializing in fertility and in diets specific to in vitro reproduction procedures. I keep constantly up to date with the latest developments in the field, and I have taken, and keep taking, courses specific to fertility.
“Mrs Di Bello is a true professional. Personally, she changed my life. For the better!”
Adina Calaican (translated from Romanian)
