Your fertility is yours. It has always been yours. And it’s time to take it back.
You’ve just started trying for a baby or maybe it hasn’t happened yet for you after trying for a few months. So where do you go from here?
Step 1: Figure out if you are ovulating
Step 2: Know when you are ovulating
Step 3: Make use of you fertile window
That may seem really easy and straight forward – which is is – BUT if you haven’t actively looked at this yet, from now on you are going to increase your chances of falling pregnant faster significantly when you do!
With my course Your Fertile Window, you can learn to do exactly that as well as find out if your cycles are healthy enough to fall pregnant.
Ready to do more?
Did you know in many traditional communities couples are fed a high density diet for several months before they start to try for a baby? What I see around me instead, is that women may start taking extra folic acid (btw you’re going to want FOLATE rather than folic acid!), the couple wastes a few months trying and missing their window, then discover they’ve been missing their fertile window, only to then realize her cycle is off. Maybe, finally after a year of heartache their doctor is finally willing to run some tests only to find out that her hormones are dropping, his sperm is low in count and quality, or actually “nothing is wrong” but there are 0 solutions apart from pushing them into very non-natural invasive fertility treatment.
Depressing right. But this doesn’t have to be you (any longer).
What if you prepared? What if you looked at your health and fertility before starting, or at least at the beginning, instead of winging it and losing precious time?
What if you tackled the 5 most important issues from the start so that your bodies are as fertile as possible?
1. Effects from plastics
2. Heavy metal toxicity
3. Contraceptives use (long term, short term, 2nd or 3rd generation it all has impact)
4. Nutrient deficiency
5. Not knowing when you are actually fertile in your cycle
Cue “Prep for Baby”! 10 weeks to help you prepare for a faster conception with a healthier baby.
Prep for Baby contains ALL the basic elements I think a couple should have covered to make their trying to conceive journey shorter and give the pregnancy and their baby the best start possible.
That means that YES, this program is ALSO for those that have been trying for a while, because if you haven’t covered the basics I have identified as essential to prepare for a pregnancy, it’s time to go back there: to the basics.
Click the button below to read more and to sign up!
Last year a study was published, that 1 in 6 adults struggles with infertility globally.
Recently in the Netherlands, that has meant 1 in 4 couples are actively trying for a baby without success.
On my desk right now is an article cleverly - but painfully - titled: Spermageddon.
I can see how common the heartbreak of infertility is in the fact that I can barely hold a regular day-to-day conversation where the mentioning of my work doesn`t prompt my conversation partner to share their own losses, medical experiences, or about how their child, sister, or best friend going through it.
The butcher. The mover. The notary. The realtor. The neighbor. The guy that comes over to fix the window. The lady at the checkout. The teacher.
The pharmacist. The flight attendant. The delivery guy. The day care owner.
And yet
you have to try for at least a year until any doctor will even consider running the most basic fertility tests for you.
What
is
up
with
that?
It is exactly why being able to chart your cycle accurately and understand its patterns to pick up on hormone imbalance or inflammation can easily save you a year of trying.
A year less of dropping egg quality, a year further from menopause, a year less of loss and grief.
Because when you see signs of:
🔎 Low progesterone --> you can start working on that
🔎 A sluggish thyroid --> you can start working on that
🔎 Estrogen dominance --> you can start working on that
🔎 PCOS --> you can start working on that
🔎 Inflammation --> you can start working on that
🔎 ...
You get the picture 😊
By the time "they" will finally "let" you have a simple hormone panel run, you will have already gotten on top of these issues, and likely already have held your positive test. I mean, in a year`s time, you could have already had a full pregnancy, delivered and be nursing your baby.
A lot can happen in a year. Not if you`re only waiting.
Stop trying "things", hoping "something will stick", when in 5 weeks from now you can know exactly what you`re up against and what needs healing to boost your fertility.
Let`s demistify your charts together on Clues in Your Charts LIVE. DM me or comment the word "clues" for more info.
Last year a study was published, that 1 in 6 adults struggles with infertility globally.
Recently in the Netherlands, that has meant 1 in 4 couples are actively trying for a baby without success.
On my desk right now is an article cleverly - but painfully - titled: Spermageddon.
I can see how common the heartbreak of infertility is in the fact that I can barely hold a regular day-to-day conversation where the mentioning of my work doesn`t prompt my conversation partner to share their own losses, medical experiences, or about how their child, sister, or best friend going through it.
The butcher. The mover. The notary. The realtor. The neighbor. The guy that comes over to fix the window. The lady at the checkout. The teacher.
The pharmacist. The flight attendant. The delivery guy. The day care owner.
And yet
you have to try for at least a year until any doctor will even consider running the most basic fertility tests for you.
What
is
up
with
that?
It is exactly why being able to chart your cycle accurately and understand its patterns to pick up on hormone imbalance or inflammation can easily save you a year of trying.
A year less of dropping egg quality, a year further from menopause, a year less of loss and grief.
Because when you see signs of:
🔎 Low progesterone --> you can start working on that
🔎 A sluggish thyroid --> you can start working on that
🔎 Estrogen dominance --> you can start working on that
🔎 PCOS --> you can start working on that
🔎 Inflammation --> you can start working on that
🔎 ...
You get the picture 😊
By the time "they" will finally "let" you have a simple hormone panel run, you will have already gotten on top of these issues, and likely already have held your positive test. I mean, in a year`s time, you could have already had a full pregnancy, delivered and be nursing your baby.
A lot can happen in a year. Not if you`re only waiting.
Stop trying "things", hoping "something will stick", when in 5 weeks from now you can know exactly what you`re up against and what needs healing to boost your fertility.
Let`s demistify your charts together on Clues in Your Charts LIVE. DM me or comment the word "clues" for more info.
At the start of summer, I thought I might be hitting early menopause. I`d stopped ovulating and while I`ve always had regular cycles, they now went from long to short to long to even shorter.
While I hoped that maybe the stress of our move caused these weird cycles, after 4 of these and no ovulation I realized it was time to practice what I preach. Especially since not only my charts were a disaster, my at home hormone testing device kept lamenting my all time low FSH, estrogen and LH too!
14 days into yet another uneventful cycle, I grabbed the first homeopathic remedy I would prescribe a patient in the same position.
Now, I do this year in year out, I see miracles ALL the time. Yet, I could not believe my own eyes when the VERY NEXT day, my estrogen levels soared. I continued onto the same remedy, expecting a positive ovulation test soon.
Day 3 of the remedy and estrogen had almost trippled, my ovulation test was positively positive and the temperature spike followed the next day 🤩 after MONTHS of anovulatory cycles.
I knew I wasn`t out of the woods yet, I expected my progesterone to struggle which it did.. so a few days into my luteal phase I switched to another indicated remedy and managed to stretch my luteal phase to 12 days, 14 days, 16... 18... 20....
Ok, this would have been the time for me to take a pregnancy test... of course 😜 but.. we had the kids` birthdays that I wanted to give my undivided attention so I just kept charting
And I charted... and the temp stayed up.. and I charted.. and the temp stayed up.
4 weeks post ovulation I knew full well I was expecting and of course the pregnancy test showed an instant positive.
I thought I might be hitting early menopause but charting and homeopathy lead me to be expecting baby #3 at 38 years old 🥰
Do you also want to "get" your charts so you can get a laser focus on what you need to boost your fertility? Whether that means a few well selected supplements or intensive treatments? Clues in Your Charts LIVE starts November 29 and it will be the last time I`ll run it for another year because well.. now I`ve got maternity leave to plan 🥰
Comment or DM 🔍 for more info.
At the start of summer, I thought I might be hitting early menopause. I`d stopped ovulating and while I`ve always had regular cycles, they now went from long to short to long to even shorter.
While I hoped that maybe the stress of our move caused these weird cycles, after 4 of these and no ovulation I realized it was time to practice what I preach. Especially since not only my charts were a disaster, my at home hormone testing device kept lamenting my all time low FSH, estrogen and LH too!
14 days into yet another uneventful cycle, I grabbed the first homeopathic remedy I would prescribe a patient in the same position.
Now, I do this year in year out, I see miracles ALL the time. Yet, I could not believe my own eyes when the VERY NEXT day, my estrogen levels soared. I continued onto the same remedy, expecting a positive ovulation test soon.
Day 3 of the remedy and estrogen had almost trippled, my ovulation test was positively positive and the temperature spike followed the next day 🤩 after MONTHS of anovulatory cycles.
I knew I wasn`t out of the woods yet, I expected my progesterone to struggle which it did.. so a few days into my luteal phase I switched to another indicated remedy and managed to stretch my luteal phase to 12 days, 14 days, 16... 18... 20....
Ok, this would have been the time for me to take a pregnancy test... of course 😜 but.. we had the kids` birthdays that I wanted to give my undivided attention so I just kept charting
And I charted... and the temp stayed up.. and I charted.. and the temp stayed up.
4 weeks post ovulation I knew full well I was expecting and of course the pregnancy test showed an instant positive.
I thought I might be hitting early menopause but charting and homeopathy lead me to be expecting baby #3 at 38 years old 🥰
Do you also want to "get" your charts so you can get a laser focus on what you need to boost your fertility? Whether that means a few well selected supplements or intensive treatments? Clues in Your Charts LIVE starts November 29 and it will be the last time I`ll run it for another year because well.. now I`ve got maternity leave to plan 🥰
Comment or DM 🔍 for more info.
Are your charts ideal for falling pregnant?
Yes? Wonderful! Move along, this post isn`t for you 😜 Continue to chart to make sure they stay that way.
If, however, you have no clue what your charts mean, but you can see they don`t seem to look like what they should: let me encourage you.
A) it doesn’t mean you can’t fall pregnant
B) it is better to know this now than after months of trying
C) you can change this!
The next step 👉 put on your detective`s hat and find out what your charts are telling you.
🤔Where are your charts off?
🤔Are you ovulating at all? Late? Early?
🤔Are your temperatures stable or all over the place?
🤔What about spotting? Do you have a healthy 4 day period or is there stuttering before and after?
All the answers you collect, are clues. They are the gold in your charts that show you any hormone (im)balance and tell you what your chances are of getting pregnant soon or not.
On the Clues in Your Charts, I help you make sense of all these clues so that you can put them together and understand what your charts are telling you.
Once you "get" your charts, you will know whether to adjust your expectations or not, if you have time or if your fertile years are running out and you`ll get a laser focus on what you need to boost your fertility. Whether that means a few well selected supplements or intensive 1:1 fertility treatment.
I am only running this program with live sessions once more in the coming year because I will go on maternity leave myself.
So right now is the perfect opportunity because the Clues in Your Charts LIVE Winter starts next week!
Don`t have a (full) chart yet? Not to worry, you definitely won`t be the only one. Not only will you have one at the end of CIYC, you will also understand what it says so that you know what to do next to unlock your fertility naturally.
Starts November 29th. Comment or DM 🕵🏻♀️ for details to sign up ❄️🩵
Are your charts ideal for falling pregnant?
Yes? Wonderful! Move along, this post isn`t for you 😜 Continue to chart to make sure they stay that way.
If, however, you have no clue what your charts mean, but you can see they don`t seem to look like what they should: let me encourage you.
A) it doesn’t mean you can’t fall pregnant
B) it is better to know this now than after months of trying
C) you can change this!
The next step 👉 put on your detective`s hat and find out what your charts are telling you.
🤔Where are your charts off?
🤔Are you ovulating at all? Late? Early?
🤔Are your temperatures stable or all over the place?
🤔What about spotting? Do you have a healthy 4 day period or is there stuttering before and after?
All the answers you collect, are clues. They are the gold in your charts that show you any hormone (im)balance and tell you what your chances are of getting pregnant soon or not.
On the Clues in Your Charts, I help you make sense of all these clues so that you can put them together and understand what your charts are telling you.
Once you "get" your charts, you will know whether to adjust your expectations or not, if you have time or if your fertile years are running out and you`ll get a laser focus on what you need to boost your fertility. Whether that means a few well selected supplements or intensive 1:1 fertility treatment.
I am only running this program with live sessions once more in the coming year because I will go on maternity leave myself.
So right now is the perfect opportunity because the Clues in Your Charts LIVE Winter starts next week!
Don`t have a (full) chart yet? Not to worry, you definitely won`t be the only one. Not only will you have one at the end of CIYC, you will also understand what it says so that you know what to do next to unlock your fertility naturally.
Starts November 29th. Comment or DM 🕵🏻♀️ for details to sign up ❄️🩵
Lately I`ve been receiving so many great comments & questions from you, I thought it might be fun for us to meet on YouTube live today! I`ll be answering messages/comments I`ve received recently, so if you haven`t heard back from me, do tune in! If you can make it to the live session, you`ll be able to ask your questions in the chat as well.
And... I also look forward to sharing some personal news with you 💓.
I know it`s short notice so I`ll make sure to upload the replay in case you can`t make it or you are in a timezone where you are snoozing right now.
I`ll go live at 4pm Amsterdam time today. Find the link in my stories 👆 or head on over to YouTube and search for @fertilityhomeopath to find my channel.
Lately I`ve been receiving so many great comments & questions from you, I thought it might be fun for us to meet on YouTube live today! I`ll be answering messages/comments I`ve received recently, so if you haven`t heard back from me, do tune in! If you can make it to the live session, you`ll be able to ask your questions in the chat as well.
And... I also look forward to sharing some personal news with you 💓.
I know it`s short notice so I`ll make sure to upload the replay in case you can`t make it or you are in a timezone where you are snoozing right now.
I`ll go live at 4pm Amsterdam time today. Find the link in my stories 👆 or head on over to YouTube and search for @fertilityhomeopath to find my channel.
The 4 most important things I can say to you when you`ve been told you`ve got elevated TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) are:
1️⃣ Don`t assume you`ve got a thyroid issue right away
2️⃣ Don`t start thyroid drugs based only on that high(er) TSH without investigating more
3️⃣ Get a full thyroid blood panel run
4️⃣ Watch the video I`ve filmed for you in which I share what else might be going on for you besides hypothyroidism. Comment "video" for the link in your DM or head on over to my YouTube channel and find the video "It might not be your thyroid".
PS Clues in Your Charts LIVE starts again November 29th. Sign up by November 22nd to quality for a personal review of your charts as bonus to the program. Comment 🕵🏻♀️ or 🔍 for more information.
The 4 most important things I can say to you when you`ve been told you`ve got elevated TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) are:
1️⃣ Don`t assume you`ve got a thyroid issue right away
2️⃣ Don`t start thyroid drugs based only on that high(er) TSH without investigating more
3️⃣ Get a full thyroid blood panel run
4️⃣ Watch the video I`ve filmed for you in which I share what else might be going on for you besides hypothyroidism. Comment "video" for the link in your DM or head on over to my YouTube channel and find the video "It might not be your thyroid".
PS Clues in Your Charts LIVE starts again November 29th. Sign up by November 22nd to quality for a personal review of your charts as bonus to the program. Comment 🕵🏻♀️ or 🔍 for more information.
"I don`t think you are hypothyroid..." is what I said to a patient at the end of August. As I studies her case, I strongly felt it wasn`t a thyroid issue at all.
Her charts were fine. She didn`t have hypothyroid symptoms. Her thyroid hormones on her blood test were in fact ideal.
Still, she`d been prescribed thyroid medication because of elevated TSH numbers.
Thankfully, she`d already been doing her homework on Fertile Forties and had therefore started both on a trauma protocol (also available as add-on to Prep for Baby because I use prescribe after miscarriages, or surgeries to the uterus for fibroids or a c-section) and she`d been supporting her anterior pituitary gland with tailored remedies.
That was exactly what she needed, and thanks to the program, she`d gotten a head start with that. Now, during her 1:1 treatment, I could also show her why it wasn`t her thyroid but an imbalanced anterior pituitary gland that she was dealing with. Within a month of that appointment she shared that she was pregnant 🎉🤰🙏.
While I am so glad that more women - and men - are screened routinely for an underactive thyroid than when I first started as a fertility homeopath, it absolutely pains me that thyroid medication is prescribed based only on high(er) TSH.
You see, there are several other issues that could cause a higher TSH and an imbalanced anterior pituitary gland - a major gland that produces the hormones for your womb lining and your eggs! - is one of them
If you have been diagnosed with a thyroid problem, and perhaps even started on thyroid medication, then I filmed this week`s video video I filmed for you! Comment below with "video" to get the link to this video directly in your DM.
Let`s not waste your precious time thinking you are sorting your fertility struggles with thyroid medication when there is really something else going on that you can heal and can heal naturally.
"I don`t think you are hypothyroid..." is what I said to a patient at the end of August. As I studies her case, I strongly felt it wasn`t a thyroid issue at all.
Her charts were fine. She didn`t have hypothyroid symptoms. Her thyroid hormones on her blood test were in fact ideal.
Still, she`d been prescribed thyroid medication because of elevated TSH numbers.
Thankfully, she`d already been doing her homework on Fertile Forties and had therefore started both on a trauma protocol (also available as add-on to Prep for Baby because I use prescribe after miscarriages, or surgeries to the uterus for fibroids or a c-section) and she`d been supporting her anterior pituitary gland with tailored remedies.
That was exactly what she needed, and thanks to the program, she`d gotten a head start with that. Now, during her 1:1 treatment, I could also show her why it wasn`t her thyroid but an imbalanced anterior pituitary gland that she was dealing with. Within a month of that appointment she shared that she was pregnant 🎉🤰🙏.
While I am so glad that more women - and men - are screened routinely for an underactive thyroid than when I first started as a fertility homeopath, it absolutely pains me that thyroid medication is prescribed based only on high(er) TSH.
You see, there are several other issues that could cause a higher TSH and an imbalanced anterior pituitary gland - a major gland that produces the hormones for your womb lining and your eggs! - is one of them
If you have been diagnosed with a thyroid problem, and perhaps even started on thyroid medication, then I filmed this week`s video video I filmed for you! Comment below with "video" to get the link to this video directly in your DM.
Let`s not waste your precious time thinking you are sorting your fertility struggles with thyroid medication when there is really something else going on that you can heal and can heal naturally.
If you`ve ever wondered if you could be too cold to get pregnant 🤰, then here is the answer: YES!
Not only does being cold affect your entire metabolism (aka all your body functions), it also affects your circulation (slows down) which is not something you want for the building of a healthy womb lining or the nourishing of a developing egg.
Even more so, being cold could be a symptom of a much bigger problem: and underfunctioning thyroid. If your thyroid isn`t top notch, that compromises your hormone system and puts you at risk of miscarrying. You can see how this isn`t a problem just in winter but an issue you could be dealing with year round!
So warm up your feet with woolen socks, wear wool/silk layers, warm up that hot water bottle and drink warming teas and soups. But if that doesn`t cut it, make sure to check your charts for hypothyroidism signs as I teach you on the Clues in Your Charts. I`m excited to let you know after the huge succes this summer, I`m doing a live round of this program this winter too! You`ll receive immediate access too the DIY modules when you sign up so can start right away getting some insight into what your chart is telling you. Comment 🕵🏻♀️ or 🔎 or 🔍 to receive more information.
👀 Watch this space, tomorrow I`ve got an alle new YouTube video for you to share with you what issue could LOOK like a thyroid issue but is actually something else (in other words, thyroid medication wont help and could even harm in this case!).
What about you, are you always the chilly one 🥶 or the one that`s begging for windows to be cracked? 🥵
If you`ve ever wondered if you could be too cold to get pregnant 🤰, then here is the answer: YES!
Not only does being cold affect your entire metabolism (aka all your body functions), it also affects your circulation (slows down) which is not something you want for the building of a healthy womb lining or the nourishing of a developing egg.
Even more so, being cold could be a symptom of a much bigger problem: and underfunctioning thyroid. If your thyroid isn`t top notch, that compromises your hormone system and puts you at risk of miscarrying. You can see how this isn`t a problem just in winter but an issue you could be dealing with year round!
So warm up your feet with woolen socks, wear wool/silk layers, warm up that hot water bottle and drink warming teas and soups. But if that doesn`t cut it, make sure to check your charts for hypothyroidism signs as I teach you on the Clues in Your Charts. I`m excited to let you know after the huge succes this summer, I`m doing a live round of this program this winter too! You`ll receive immediate access too the DIY modules when you sign up so can start right away getting some insight into what your chart is telling you. Comment 🕵🏻♀️ or 🔎 or 🔍 to receive more information.
👀 Watch this space, tomorrow I`ve got an alle new YouTube video for you to share with you what issue could LOOK like a thyroid issue but is actually something else (in other words, thyroid medication wont help and could even harm in this case!).
What about you, are you always the chilly one 🥶 or the one that`s begging for windows to be cracked? 🥵
Three more days until Summer Baby Boost goes away (after all... September is well here!)
It includes Prep for Baby as well as Clues in your Charts so that you won`t only know if you have low progesterone, but also what is causing that, and how to help your body fix long term (no scotch tape solutions please!).
The bundle also includes:
- Heavy metals & fertility masterclass
- Healing from Miscarriage protocol
- Jumpstarting Ovulation naturally workshop
I`ve just put everything in there that I have that I think you could possibly need for a mega boost to your fertility 😁
Today alone, on a session of Clues in your Charts, a lovely shared how she had only started Prep for Baby last month but was already seeing changes in her body and especially improvement in her blood sugar levels. Since she has been diagnosed with PCOS, managing her blood sugar levels is key to regaining hormone balance.
Do you also want to help your body restore hormone balance? DM "summerbaby" for the link. The Summer Baby boost bundle is available until Monday September 9th.
Three more days until Summer Baby Boost goes away (after all... September is well here!)
It includes Prep for Baby as well as Clues in your Charts so that you won`t only know if you have low progesterone, but also what is causing that, and how to help your body fix long term (no scotch tape solutions please!).
The bundle also includes:
- Heavy metals & fertility masterclass
- Healing from Miscarriage protocol
- Jumpstarting Ovulation naturally workshop
I`ve just put everything in there that I have that I think you could possibly need for a mega boost to your fertility 😁
Today alone, on a session of Clues in your Charts, a lovely shared how she had only started Prep for Baby last month but was already seeing changes in her body and especially improvement in her blood sugar levels. Since she has been diagnosed with PCOS, managing her blood sugar levels is key to regaining hormone balance.
Do you also want to help your body restore hormone balance? DM "summerbaby" for the link. The Summer Baby boost bundle is available until Monday September 9th.