Preparing to conceive

Natural remedies for fertility

Baby steps to getting pregnant easily

Once you’ve decided to start your family or add to your existing one, it’s quite natural to want it to happen tomorrow. In fact most healthy young. couples take anything from 6 months to a year to conceive, and the time it takes increases with age.

For some couples, getting pregnant can take a stressfully long time, sometimes because of an underlying health condition such as PCOS, or sometimes for no obvious reason

The best way of improving your chances of conceiving easily, is to spend about three months getting your system into the best possible shape, optimising egg quality and removing obstacles.

This goes for your partner too, as his sperm is 50% of the answer, and it’s been shown that age has an equal effect on sperm as on a woman’s eggs.

Even if you’re already committed to doing IVF or other ART, working on your health and that of you eggs (and his sperm) can make a big difference to your chance of success

Fertile Ground pre-conception program

Here at Fertile Ground, I offer a 3 month Preparing to Conceive program. The program is entirely personal. It’s based on a discussion of your health history, your current lifestyle, eating habits, stress and anxiety, and on a Chinese diagnosis of your reproductive health.

Whether you come alone to the initial consultation or with your partner, we’ll discuss where you are now, and talk about your hopes and anxieties. We’ll talk about what you eat and what your daily life is like, and decide on the best way forward.

Together we’ll establish a plan of action for lifestyle change, and over the next three months, I’ll support you as you make adjustments.

Using a combination of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, nutritional advice and energy work, I aim to

At each appointment we can talk about how you’re getting on and any further changes you could make.

The internet is awash with advice on how to get pregnant quickly, and for many women this is enough to see them on their way, but most of my patients value the personal assessment, the hand holding and the individual attention that helps them to stay positive, focused and on track.

They also notice the effects pf treatments and energy work on their menstrual cycle, their stress and anxiety levels and any other general health problems they may have been suffering such as insomnia, headaches or digestive problems.

If you’d like to find out if my approach might work for you, please get in touch

90 days of preparation

Prepare for the dificult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small

LaoZi c. 400 BC

The idea of a so-called ‘pre-mester’ is to help you focus on different aspects of getting pregnant and remove any obstacles you might discover.

The truth is, it’s never too soon (or to late) to start optimising your health and fertility.

There are practical, physical, emotional and environmental factors that can get in the way of easy conception. The more of these you can identify and get rid of, the smoother your path to pregnancy will be.

Over the 12 week program we’ll talk about everything ‘you’ and focus on the different aspects of your wellness and lifestyle that may need adjusting to optimise your chances of getting pregnant easily.

Your first appointment

At the initial appointment we will

Over the rest of the program we’ll work out what you need to focus on

The practicalities of getting pregnant

contraception, ovulation kits, fertility awareness methods, when to have ‘nookie’, vaginal lubricants

Here’s a piece fromm Obstetrics and Gynecology about Vaginal Lubricants and conception

Getting your body ready

Weight, exercise, nourishment and eating for fertility, supplements, sleep, general health, things to check with your doctor

Here’s a piee from Frontiers in Public Health about weight and fertility

Fertility and emotions

Stress, anxiety, community and family,, isolation and loneliness, support

Stress and fertility – Minerva endocrinologica

Cleaning up your personal environment

household toxins, allergens & moulds, phones and gadgets

Environmental toxins and infertility – Integrative Medicine

**You’ll find more in-depth articles on my blog about many of these things

Please get in touch if you’d like to know if I can help, or make an appointment. Or book in for a half hour ;nice cup of tea and a chat‘ if you want to talk about your situation and explore your options.