Your embryo is 50% his — and most IVF workups never test that half
The Failed-IVF Clarity Audit. A $400, 60-minute audit for couples after a failed IVF cycle — we review both partners' biology and you leave with a written next-cycle blueprint, so you know what to address before you try again.
Your cycle failed, everything looked normal, and you’re told to just try again. The next step isn’t more guessing.
In 60 minutes, we review both partners’ biology: egg quality · sperm DNA fragmentation · inflammation · stress · sleep · timing.
You leave with a written next-cycle blueprint — what to address for her, for him, and your shared timeline.
60 minutes · both partners encouraged · written blueprint included.
Follow biology, not trends.
It’s not the morning coffee. It’s the load you can’t see.
The thing most couples obsess over — the morning coffee, the meal that wasn’t perfect — barely registers biologically. What actually accumulates in his sperm and your eggs over 74–90 days is the chronic, invisible load: anxiety, emotional isolation, carrying this alone.
This is why the Failed-IVF Clarity Audit maps both partners’ biology and both partners’ stress load — not just supplements.
Restriction often backfires
Here’s the part no one tells you: the harder you restrict, the more you isolate. Skip the dinner, beg off the night out, dodge “where’s your cake?” — and you’re left either explaining your fertility journey to a room full of people or quietly pulling away. That scrutiny and that withdrawal are the high-scoring bars above.
The stress of policing yourself costs more than the thing you’re policing.
One coffee, one slice, one night out won’t undo your cycle. The chronic pattern is what matters — and so is staying connected and unstressed while you prepare. You don’t have to choose between protecting your fertility and living your life. Forcing that choice is its own harm.
Book Your Failed-IVF Clarity Audit — $400
The audit shows what actually deserves attention for your biology — so you stop guessing, and stop over-restricting.
Sources
- Lynch CD, et al. Preconception stress increases the risk of infertility — the LIFE study. Human Reproduction, 2014. link
- Lyngsø J, et al. Coffee/caffeine and fecundity & fertility: systematic review & dose-response meta-analysis. Clinical Epidemiology, 2017. link
- Social isolation, loneliness and inflammation: a multi-cohort investigation. 2024. link
- Insulin resistance adversely affects IVF outcomes in lean women without PCOS. 2021. link
What you walk away with: a written next-cycle blueprint
The audit isn’t a pep talk. You leave with a written document — your plan for the next cycle, specific to your biology, not a protocol pulled from a forum.
the egg-quality inputs that matter for your cycle — sleep, stress, glycemic load, targeted support.
sperm DNA-fragmentation risk and the inputs that move it over the ~74-day window.
what to prioritise, in what order, before your next transfer — and what to stop worrying about.
This is not a replacement for your clinic
I work in parallel with your reproductive endocrinologist — never instead of them. Your clinic runs your medical protocol, your monitoring, and any medication. My job is the biology that arrives at retrieval: the controllable inputs in the roughly 74–90-day window before your cycle — about 12 weeks, the time sperm and eggs actually need to develop.
Bring your blueprint to your RE — it’s built to complement their care, not compete with it. See full medical disclaimer.
Your journey stays private
Most couples preparing for another cycle haven't told their families they're doing this. I work the same way. What we discuss stays between us — both partners, one room, complete discretion. You'll also notice there's no wall of testimonials or named success stories on this site. That's deliberate: I don't build trust out of other couples' hardest seasons. I build it out of evidence, credentials, and the work itself.
We work with a limited number of couples — the audit is also how we decide whether we can help.
Watch: is a failed cycle your fault — or bad luck?
There is a window. It opens the day you decide.
Sperm takes about 74 days to fully develop. Final egg maturation runs about 90 days. Whatever inputs you give your bodies during that window — sleep, stress, food, supplements, the timing and quality of all of it — show up in the gametes that meet at retrieval.
You don't get those days back. That is why I don't believe in gradual change. Delays cost results.
Why both of you. Why now.
When a cycle fails and the clinic says "unexplained," most women hear "my fault." But genetic material is 50% his. And sperm DNA fragmentation is associated with a meaningful share of unexplained IVF failures (by some estimates around 30–40%) — a marker most clinics don't routinely test for.
His 74 days and your 90 days don't run sequentially. They run together. Both of you start adjusting on day one, or one of you does the work alone while the other partner's biology quietly undoes it.
This audit treats both of you as patients. Because biologically, you are.
Are both sides of your next IVF cycle being reviewed?
Tap what applies — for him, for her, or both. Your answers help reveal what may deserve a closer review before you try again.
Your embryo is 50% his and 50% hers. Don't make the mistake of going into your next cycle only 50% ready.
This is the part where he comes in.
If you've made it this far, you're already doing the heavier lift — the research, the planning, the emotional weight. Send him this page. He doesn't need to read everything. Just this next section.
To the partner reading this
You've watched her go through cycles, appointments, hormones, and a result that wasn't fair. You probably feel useless. You aren't.
Your sperm contributes 50% of the genetic material and a meaningful share of unexplained failures. Your 74 days matter as much as her 90.
This isn't about you fixing yourself. It's about both of you having something to do, together, while the next cycle is being planned. It's also the most concrete way to take weight off her — by sharing it.
Book the Failed-IVF Clarity Audit with her.
In about 12 weeks, you stop guessing.
Twelve weeks isn’t a program length — it’s roughly the time your biology needs to support sperm and egg development.
You are already eating. Already sleeping. Already managing stress. Already taking supplements. The question isn't whether you're doing things. It's whether what you're doing is working for your specific biology.
Generic protocols don't account for individual triggers. A supplement that works for the woman in the forum may be neutral for you, or working against you. Your sleep window may matter more than your bedtime. Her cortisol may respond to inputs that don't move his.
The work over 12 weeks isn't a stack of new habits. It's adjusting the inputs you already have, watching how each of you responds, and personalizing from there. By week 12, you don't need me to tell you what's working. You can see it.
You don't need to be perfect. You need to be consistent. Biology responds to time — when you give it the right inputs from day one.
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Who you would be working with.
I'm Dr. Leila. I work with both partners simultaneously over 12 weeks to optimize the biology of sperm development and final egg maturation before IVF.
I don't believe in gradual change. I also don't believe in radical overhauls. No quit-coffee-tomorrow ultimatums. No performative date-night prescriptions. And no birthday-cake guilt — one slice won’t undo your cycle; the chronic pattern is what matters. Those don't support fertility.
What I do is guide you in adjusting the inputs you already have — eating, sleeping, managing stress, supplements — toward a specific fertility goal, personalized to how you respond. Because generic protocols don't account for individual triggers.
Dr. Leila Fazlicic, D.Ac, L.Ac · Holistic Fertility Expert · 15+ years in fertility-focused practice ·
Common questions before the audit.
My clinic didn't test for sperm DNA fragmentation. Should we?
I recommend it. It is not in the standard semen analysis and it is frequently the missing piece when a cycle fails as "unexplained." We will discuss whether and where to test on the Failed-IVF Clarity Audit.
What if my partner won't engage?
More common than couples expect. The audit is structured so his role is concrete and specific. He isn't being asked to journal his feelings. Most partners come around once they see the timeline and the data.
We have IVF scheduled in 8 weeks. Is it too late to start?
No. Even partial timelines move biology. We'll prioritize the inputs with the fastest measurable response and adjust scope to your timeline. Starting at 8 weeks is better than starting at 0.
Is this instead of working with my fertility clinic, or alongside?
Alongside. I work in parallel with your reproductive endocrinologist. I do not replace medical care. I prepare the biology that arrives at retrieval.
We're using donor egg, donor sperm, or a surrogate. Does this still apply?
Partially. We focus the audit on whichever biology you are contributing. Book the Failed-IVF Clarity Audit and we will tailor it during the audit.
Book your couple audit → 60 minutes, both partners · $400
Both partners during the audit when possible.
- You stop carrying it alone. Both of you, same picture, same room — this becomes ours, not hers to shoulder in silence.
- You leave with answers, not more anxiety. A clear next step instead of "unexplained."
- You see the root, not just the symptom. What's actually happening in the biology beneath a failed cycle.
- You learn what you can control. Biology is the soil; your sleep, stress, and nutrition are the nourishment — we show you which inputs matter.
- You stop guessing. Find out whether what you're already doing is working for your specific biology.
- One read on both of you. His 74-day sperm window and her 90-day egg window, looked at together.
- You choose how much support you want. Run with the insights yourself, or be guided every step — no pressure, just an open door.
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