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I second what Fortune says about general health and poor nutrition.
I've talked with many raw women about menstruation. I know a few women whose period stopped after first starting raw. Others have lost their period when they started on some kind of raw fasting (while already on a raw diet).
In both cases, the women lost a lot of weight in a short period of time. Being underweight, for one thing, won't help fertility. Just to say that when you eat too little, your body won't let you get pregnant.
Now, these women didn't get their period, but you can get your period without ovulating and vice-versa.
In my case, my guy and I took little less than 2 years conceiving our first child (well, we weren't very fierce, we just said that if a baby should arrive, then it's ok with both of us, so we continued our lives un-preoccupied).
I kind of think that you have to give the body a couple of tries. So unless you have planned at what date you want your child to be born and unless you are in a hurry because of your age, I would just go naturally about it, and allow the body enough time and enough tries, and not put any pressure on yourself to succeed.
-Geica
Part of the reason I went raw was to get a "lost" menstrual cycle back. After not having one for over a year, my cycle was back after two months of being raw. I have no comments on how to increase fertility, but I hear so much about women losing a period after being raw that I feel it's important to talk about my personal experience.
It's funny, after countless tests my doctor could not give me any medical explanation as to why I wasn't getting a period. We were baffled. She was amazed that a raw diet was able to reverse whatever was going on in less than two months.
Maca!!!!!!!
although not vegan: royal jelly, raw honey, and bee pollen. I didn't get pregnant for 7 years. I wasn't trying to get pregnant but also wasn't using any kind of contraception. I started a raw diet, and still nothing. At that point I didn't think I could have children. Then, after a few months of adding the above ingredients to my green smoothies I conceived.
Evening Primrose Oil, check out: http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/epo.html
it aids in making your cervical tissue more moist and sticky for the sperm
I second great raw nutrition, plus I'd focus on alot more greens, as well as healthy fats, etc. And vitex. Vitex really helped me (it also helps protect against miscarriage) when macca didn't.
may sound crazy but try Reiki healing...I did a treatment of Reiki because my period was way skewed...(along with serious back injury which pain is now GONE)...I'd go months without a period, and maybe 2 days after the treatment I started my period, and since then, LIKE clockwork have gotten it...with the exception of getting pregnant after maybe 7 months..miscarried because I didn't catch the pregnancy early enough to improve my habits...I recommend Reiki..what have you got to lose :)
I haven't posted in awhile and wanted to give an update. Still not pregnant :( However, my husband and I have gone through a variety of tests and there is no reason why we shouldn't get pregnant. We are now are line for IVF...though we are still trying the natural way too :)
I hadn't looked at this post in quite some time and am definately going to try the suggestions that I haven't tried yet. Thanks for your advice.
Most here have given great advice--eat healthier, get enough sleep, exercise, and try to minimize stress. However, sometimes even doing those things is not enough and you have to see a specialist. I recommend doing this sooner than later, considering time is of the essence. There are some good sites out there with great info as well. The American Pregnancy Association is definitely a trusted site, http://www.americanpregnancy.org/. You might also try BabyMed's infertility page for some good resources. This particular site has some natural ways to improve your fertility as well: http://www.epigee.org/guide/infert.html. Good Luck! Hang in there, good things will happen :)
Fertility is decreased in both men and women who are deficient in vitamin C, especially smokers. Men who get less than 60 milligrams RDA of vitamin C daily (equal to the amount in an orange) have been found to have high levels of damaged sperm. In one study, sperm counts increased by almost 60 percent in men who took 1000mg for two months.
Women should avoid megadoses of vitamin C because it can dry up cervical fluid, preventing sperm from reaching the egg. Limit the amount you take to the dose included in your prenatal vitamin.
Zinc deficiency has been linked to low sperm counts and poor sperm motility. It has also been implicated in miscarriage.
just a casual advice,.....