19/09/2025
Infertility is rarely about just one thing. Most of the time, it's a constellation of factors contributing to poor health. And ultimately, infertility is a side effect of poor health, in one way or another. 🤒
The matter of the fact is, we actually need to be in really good health to pass on undamaged DNA (our eggs and s***m), and to sustain a pregnancy, because it is a BIG process. 💥
The tricky thing is, is that the human body is so resilient, that even when we are quite unhealthy, we can still get by and feel okay. 🤔
But there can be A LOT going on under the surface. ⛏️
Which can mean that infertility can feel like this elusive mystery. But under the surface, because your body is under stress, you might not be:
🐣 Ovulating regularly - you can have a regular bleed/period without ovulating
🐣 Producing sufficient progesterone to support implantation
🐣 Digesting your food properly and getting the nutrients needed to support pregnancy.
And that's just it. Nutrition. Fertility diets. Lists of foods to support fertility... It isn't coincidence that the foods that support fertility actually support good health too. 🥕🍎🥬🥑🫐🥝
Convenience and processed foods are here to stay now, and yes I do believe in them being a handy tool to reduce stress, but the reality is that overuse of them is resulting in a lot of us missing out on antioxidants and nutrients that support our wellbeing. 💚
Supplements can definitely be a helpful tool here, as it can be difficult to obtain high amounts of some nutrients from foods in our day-to-day lifestyle. But they were never supposed to replace our diet.
I digress. Supporting your fertility can (and possibly should) be so much more than popping a prenatal vitamin, hoping for the best and planning to use IVF if all else fails (spoiler alert 🚨 nutrition is crucial for IVF success too).
I can help guide you with this. 🍒
Book a discovery call to learn more about what working together looks like. 📲
***mhealth
