Are you ready to start a family but hitting roadblocks?
You didn’t expect it to be this hard
You are not alone. Many patients find themselves struggling with fertility when they did not expect it. The frustration, uncertainty, fear, and sadness of struggling to conceive is so hard. Experiencing both hope and disappointment and/or loss is draining.
Along with all those emotions comes the overwhelming and exhausting logistical challenge of navigating timing, assessments, procedures, and/or treatments. Supporting optimal fertility is an area in which the personalized and supportive approach of naturopathic medicine truly shines.
I have experience with many aspects of fertility enhancement, including:
- Infertility
- Egg quality
- Sperm quality
- Sperm count, concentration, motility, morphology
- Pregnancy loss
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Optimizing fertility treatments
My approach to supporting fertility
There is nothing better than helping patients navigate the complex world of fertility. Whether you are simply looking for guidance on natural conception or are anxious, overwhelmed, and exhausted from a long and arduous fertility journey, I am here for you. When possible, I prefer to work with BOTH partners (egg AND sperm) as important contributors to fertility outcomes.
First, we talk through the subjective information which includes fertility history including any treatments and overall medical history and timeline. This subjective information helps me identify barriers to conception and opportunities to support you. In many cases, there are naturopathic therapies (diet, lifestyle, nutritional supplements, herbs, remedies) that can be applied immediately to support fertility.
Second, we review the objective information already available, such as testing you’ve already completed, and/or gather additional objective information via further testing to more definitively rule in or out underlying causes or contributors to give additional direction to treatment.
The third part of my approach is to formulate a personalized treatment plan to support your fertility goals and adjust treatment as necessary depending on outcomes. The end goals are:
- Address health concerns that are impacting fertility
- Establish sustainable and health promoting habits
- Support sperm and/or egg quality
- Safely complement and improve outcomes from other fertility treatments
- Reduce risk of pregnancy loss
Related knowledge, courses, and training:
- Taking Charge of your Fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH
- Explaining Unexplained Infertility
- Research Update in Fertility & Pregnancy Loss
- It Begins with the Egg by Rebecca Fett
- Carrying to Term by Dr. Jordan Robertson, ND
- Select Nutraceuticals to Support Female Fertility
- Enhancing Sperm Health to Optimize Fertility Outcomes
Helpful articles:
- Fertility Awareness Method
- Got Eggs? How to support egg quality
- Just Keep Swimming! How to support sperm quality
Ready to work together?
Book a free 15 minute Meet and Greet consultation to learn more about me, Naturopathic Medicine, and find out if this is a good fit for you.