Hello and welcome to this episode of the Fertility Rewire podcast. Now, it's been a while. Again, I've taken a break.  I've actually really, I've got quite a neck injury and I've been wearing a neck brace and have had the same sort of battle with my healthcare that I know you face a lot with your fertility, but you know, I've stuck with it. I've got to the route that I need to be taking now and things are improving massively. So I'm back doing everything that I was before. So you may have seen me on TikTok more recently talking quite a lot about spotting and signs of low progesterone. And ..read more

It was a great pleasure to chat with Hoopsy Founder Lara Solomon in this episode where we discuss hope, support and saving the environment when trying to get pregnant.   Hoopsy provide resources and information to those trying to conceive, as well as an eco friendly pregnancy test, made from99% paper (that doesn’t get wet) and is 99% accurate at a comparable cost to plastic single use tests.   Lara talks about her realization about the amount of single use plastic used during her own IVF treatment and it prompted her to start investigating the possibility of an eco friendly version ..read more

It can be a time of dread and fear cant it?   Family gatherings, the questions you know you'll get asked.  But what will you reply?  Do you smile politely, still keeping this very personal subject to yourself, or do you let them have it: None of your business!   Its a time for family, and the sense of loss can be huge, overwhelming even.   I want to give a sense of hope this christmas. My wish for you is that you start to understand what could be affecting your fertility, that you have can put steps into place to enhance your fertility and ease the emotional burden you ..read more

Feeling lost is something I hear a lot from my clients and people i speak to about their fertility struggles.   The thing about being lost is that we are often looking for the way out, but before we can truly do that we have to know where we are.   I discuss how we can do that, how we need trusted sources and once we know where we are we can get help to get to where we need to go, or help to know where we need to be going next.   I also announce the launch of the new Conceivable digital programme  You can get your hands on that here, and fo a limited time I’m trialing a fre ..read more

It’s hard to stick to all the things that you are trying to improve your chances of getting pregnant, especially if you don’t really know why you are doing them or know if they are working.   I was recently called out on this a bit with my own business.  What was my motivation? Well my motivation was to of course get clients that I can help, and to educate and advocate for couples through my podcast.   So why haven't recorded an episode for months?   Well I've been poorly, my kids have been poorly, I've had covid, I've had migraines, I have my clients and limited time. &nbs ..read more

I ask you to imagine you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself at the point you decided to try to start or extend your family.  What would have been useful and what do you wish you had been told. I also go into detail about what  you should have been told and how my dream is that anyone who is thinking of starting or extending a family should be informed abut.  In ancient times the elder women of the village would share key information, would have cultures in place including foods believed to support fertility.  All of which has been lost to a medical model th ..read more

It's a viscous circle: stress affects ovulation, and as you no doubt no ovulations affects stress.  As a result it can also impact other areas of your life. In this episode I discuss the stress of ovulation, why it impacts your fertility and what you can do about it. So there is potentially a lot, you don't know, but there is a lot you can know. So if you want to get more answers, if you want to get the answers or even find the right questions, so you can get the answers, then I can help with that. So if that's something you want to reach out, get in touch, can get me on socials at fertil ..read more

Its a viscius circle, stress affects ovulation, ovulation affects stress. This is our focus isn't it when trying to get pregnant, we chart, we test, we plan and it can be a hugely stressful time.  Particularly the longer you have been trying, or if you don't have a regular ovulation. In this episode I dig a little deeper, discuss the ovulation tigers, the What If's you may have and what you are doing to determine when  you are ovulating. Transcript In this episode, I'm going to talk about the stress of ovulation, which if you've been trying to get pregnant, whether that be with your ..read more

I'm often reminded of the Meatloaf song. I'll do anything for love, but I won't do that. Will we do anything in blind faith and is that wise?  What's actually needed is more thorough education of what we can do.  And the first step is becoming your own fertility detective, in a controlled and structured way, often with support to interpret your findings.   So what can you look into, well if you've heard me talk before, first off luteal phase and sperm, follicular phase, strength of ovulation and lets focus in on egg and sperm health and pelvic health.. I discuss ways to monitor ..read more

Do you feel you should be happy? Or are you made to feel that by society or specifically the fertility space on special media?   I have had a few clients whose Dr has actually suggested that they should be happy with one.  But having another child has such a huge emotional difference doesn’t it? It's not about having a child, it's about having a sibling, and guilt can be an overriding emotion in this and lack of community and support.   I’m excited to share that I am launching a group programme for people trying to extend their families and I’m running a Beat version, which mean ..read more