Sex is ideally spontaneous and fun, and of course toe-curling and delicious! But when a couple starts trying to have a baby it can turn into a chore when the spontaneity is taken out of the equation and sex becomes a goal-oriented event governed by ovulation predictor kits and cervical mucus. To make matters… Read More »
6 reasons why a vegan diet may harm your fertility
Vegan diets are all the rage. Not only is going vegan considered to be one of the healthiest options out there, but if you can stick with it, you can wear it as a badge of honour, as it is arguably the hardest diet to stick with long-term. A vegan diet involves zero animal products.… Read More »
Charting Basics – Using the Fertility Awareness method
So you decided to start charting your menstrual cycles! Congrats! It’s a big step. Deciding to come off the pill in favor of learning the fertility awareness method can be terrifying. It was hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that I wasn’t fertile all the time, but once I started… Read More »
4 Things You Never Knew About Your Menstrual Cycle
I love teaching women about the Fertility Awareness Method, and the most common reaction that I get from the women I work with, and the women who discover my podcast is “why didn’t we learn all of this in junior high school?” quickly followed by “every woman needs to know this stuff!” I’m sure you… Read More »
7 ways to boost your fertility naturally
When I discovered that cholesterol is the precursor to all steroid hormones including the sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, etc) as well as vitamin D it totally changed the way I looked at saturated fat (source, source). I had never considered what hormones were made of before and how important they are for optimal health and… Read More »
