Trying to Conceive? This Fertility Case Study Is for You | Ep 409

If you feel like you’ve done EVERYTHING to support your fertility journey, cleaned up your diet, worked on your gut health, taken all the supplements, tracked alllll the things and you’re still not pregnant… this episode will speak to you.

Erin and TFN Practitioner Nicole Antes are walking through a fertility case study for a client who came to them after trying to conceive for a year with a 16+ supplement routine that wasn’t necessarily supporting her body in the way it needed.

Together, they get into the downstream effects of overly aggressive gut protocols, hyper-fixation, nervous system regulation, and how easy it can be for TTC to feel like a full-time job. There were some subtle shifts that helped this client finally move the needle and get a positive pregnancy test!

In this episode:

• The role of methylation, mitochondrial health, and antioxidant support in egg quality and embryo development
• Why herbal antimicrobials can sometimes “kill the good guys” after aggressive gut protocols
• How Dad’s health influences a healthy fertility journey, and how sperm quality can shift within 3-6 months
• Why taking a month off from tracking could be the most supportive nervous system shift
• The surprising thing this client did before finally getting a positive pregnancy test

Resources mentioned:

Real Food For Fertility by Lily Nichols and Lisa Hendrickson-Jack (see Chapter 9!)

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