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Fertility diet – how to eat for optimal fertility
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel Food is one of the most powerful tools we have to transform our health and our fertility. Food is not just calories or even just nutrition, it is actual information that flags certain genes for expression – so it literally changes the ways our DNA is expressed –…
Fertility cleanse, should you do one?
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel Cleanses are popular and sound like something we should probably do, especially for fertility… but before you go rushing into the next trendy juice fast or buying a package of shakes, listen up. There are important things to know about detoxing and how the liver works, in…
How to support implantation for fertility
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel Whether you’re trying to get pregnant naturally or with IVF or IUI, supporting implantation is important, and often overlooked. Let’s say a healthy egg meets a healthy sperm and manages to become a healthy little embryo, it travels down the fallopian tube, and then about 6-8 days after…
How to support progesterone naturally for fertility
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel This is a question I get asked a lot. Because progesterone is so crucial for both getting and staying pregnant (and is linked to miscarriages), people are often concerned about their progesterone levels. First, let’s talk about signs of low progesterone. And then we’ll talk about what…
Flax and Almond Hormone Balance Porridge
Flax and Almond Hormone-Balance Porridge This recipe is great for hormone balance and fertility because flaxseeds and almonds balance estrogen and testosterone levels. This recipe is from Week 1 of the Becoming Mama Fertility Diet Meal Plan. It’s loaded with antioxidants, can improve blood sugar regulation, and reduce cholesterol. It’s also quick and easy…
Warm Roasted Cauliflower and Mushroom Fertility Salad
This warm and delicious salad is full of nourishment for your fertility. Quinoa is high in protein and folate, iron, zinc, and magnesium – all important nutrients for egg health. Cauliflower is a cruciferous veggie and contains fiber and glucosinolates, shown to support detoxification pathways and the elimination of toxins and balance estrogen and…
Ginger Turmeric Chicken Lettuce Fertility Wraps
This meal is high in protein as well as full of anti-inflammatory properties from the ginger and turmeric, and phytonutrients from the fresh herbs – properties that are beneficial to egg quality, ovarian function, and sperm quality.
Diminished Ovarian Reserve – what you need to know (and do)
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel What is Diminished Ovarian Reserve? Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR) is a decrease in the number and quality of the remaining eggs in the ovaries, or a poor response to ovarian stimulation. It’s usually measured by AMH and FSH levels, and antral follicle count via ultrasound. Often fertility…
7 actionable ways to boost egg quality
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel Can we improve egg quality? One of the most commonly asked questions I get is what we can do to improve the quality of our eggs. We know that a woman is born with all of the eggs she will ever have. And we know that egg health…
Unexplained infertility? Here’s how to fix it.
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel What is unexplained infertility? Unexplained infertility is one of the more frustrating diagnoses for people to hear, and one of the most common I see in my clinic. Unexplained infertility is what they label you with if all your labs and bloodwork check out as “normal”, and they…
This is the #1 tip to improve IVF success
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel Is IVF success guaranteed? A lot of people are under the impression that IVF is a shortcut and guarantee for pregnancy. They think ~ I’ll do IVF, they’ll harvest a bunch of eggs and sperm, create a bunch of embryos, genetically test them, and then transfer a grade…
7 dependable ways to boost sperm quality
Subscribe to the Becoming Mama YouTube Channel How (and why) to improve male fertility? There’s so much info out there for women and their fertility, but what about the men? What can your man do for his fertility? Men are often neglected when it comes to fertility care, but they are contributing half the DNA…