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Foods for Your Hormones: Improve Fertility Health

Foods for Your Hormones: Improve Fertility Health

Our diet can impact our health more than we know. Especially while we are trying to conceive, certain foods can improve or hinder our hormone balance, thus our fertility. It can also help the developing egg to be healthy and give us more energy. Even 

Sperm Health and Male Factor Fertility

Sperm Health and Male Factor Fertility

Sperm health is a valuable piece of the puzzle for conceiving a child. It takes you and your spouse to be in good fertility health. Both you and your partner need to be aware of what goes into your individual fertility health and take steps 

Environmental Toxins: How do they affect fertility?

Environmental Toxins: How do they affect fertility?

Environmental toxins are not something many people talk about when they think about their health. When I had my first miscarriage and experienced several months of not having another pregnancy test, I started diving deep to try and figure out what was causing it. I 

Stress and Fertility Health

Stress and Fertility Health

Stress and anxiety can take a huge toll on our bodies. We know this to be true, but often don’t realize it until we feel like we are crazy or out of control. We may have a racing heart, high blood pressure, insomnia, issues with 

Conception Process: Back to Basics

Conception Process: Back to Basics

Many people spend a fair amount of time and energy actively trying not to get pregnant. If a school teaches any sort of sex education these days, it is generally regarding abstinence or utilizing condoms and pills to prevent pregnancy. Do you understand and know 

Fertility Awareness: Why is it Important?

Fertility Awareness: Why is it Important?

Fertility Awareness may seem like a new topic to many. I honestly didn’t come across it until I was struggling with conceiving a child. It can be confusing when you are first starting out or trying to research. Many people lump different tracking ways into 

The Birth of Our Son

The Birth of Our Son

If you missed the beginning of my story, you can read more about it here, here, and here.  The Sunday finally came to check in to the hospital to begin the induction of our son. My husband and I went to dinner before heading over to get 

The Pain of Mother’s Day

The Pain of Mother’s Day

For many women, Mother’s Day is dreaded. Not because she doesn’t love her own mother or does not want to celebrate her. But because she aches to be a mother herself. The pain of realizing another Mother’s Day is approaching and she still is not 

Pregnancy after Loss and Infertility: My Story

Pregnancy after Loss and Infertility: My Story

If you missed the beginning of my story, you can read more about it here and here.  After all we had gone through to get to the pregnancy of our son, our story doesn’t end there. Dealing with loss and infertility can mess with your 

My Infertility Story

My Infertility Story

**Warning: This post may contain triggers for some people on their infertility journey. Please know it is not my intention to cause harm to anyone. I am simply sharing our story and what we went through. ** If you want to read about my struggles