Magnesium is so important to fertility for both men and women and yet so many of us don't get enough in our daily diet. It is a major stress and anxiety reducer and improves sleep. For women, it prevents spasms in the fallopian tubes, helps with egg fertilization, implantation, blood flow in the uterus and … Continue reading Delicious Magnesium Rich Smoothie
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Can You Predict Ovulation?
Release of an egg (aka ovulation) 🥚 ➡️ is closely tied to changes in cervical fluid. This means that you can predict ovulation with up to 95% confidence by keeping track of your cervical fluid.See here to learn more about how charting your fertile signs could help you.
What is Hope?
My thoughts about what I believe true hope is through my experience of infertility and baby loss. https://youtu.be/3ag00gfJHXU What does Hope mean to you? I would love to know your thoughts too.
Menopause
The average age of menopause (Menopause = No bleeding for 12 months) is 51 years old.PERI-menopause is the time leading up to and around menopause. It can be up to 10 years long. Nature takes its time to wind down our fertility, just like it takes some time to wind it up in adolescence and … Continue reading Menopause
Discussing Fertility
Have you tried talking to your spouse about your fertility? I don't just mean the journey of trying to conceive but right down to the basics of your fertile signs i.e. mucus or lack of it. Discussing fertility together can help you grow closer. It's a way for him to understand how your body works … Continue reading Discussing Fertility
Five Folate Foods
My top 5 favourite foods to ensure I get lots of Folate in my diet are Broccoli, Avocado, Asparagus, Lentils/beans and Nuts/seeds. Folate (Vitamin B9) is vital for cell division for a growing embryo and helps prevent neural tube defects of the brain such as anencephaly and spina bifida. It can also help improve sperm … Continue reading Five Folate Foods
Investing in your gynae health
Learning to chart your cycles is an investment for life: monitoring your gynecological health and fertility now and beyond the infertility struggles. .
Be happy for this moment
It's an easy phrase to say to be happy in the moment when you are going through the journey of infertility but it really helps to remember this. The days, weeks and months or even years can go by without really living each moment fully. If you are always looking to the future for a … Continue reading Be happy for this moment
Can I be fertile on my period?
"Can I be fertile on my period?" The answer may come as a surprise but the answer is YES.🙅♀️👍 This is not to say you always will be but once in a while you could have an early ovulation and start to have cervical mucus during the last days of your period which means you … Continue reading Can I be fertile on my period?
When do you Ovulate?
Did you know that ovulation only occurs on day 14 in 13.5% of cycles? Wow! This is a shocking revelation. So many of us believe this myth that day 14 is when ovulation will occur when in reality this is rarely the case. Discovering this missing piece of the jigsaw can make a … Continue reading When do you Ovulate?