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Welcome to your no B.S. approach to creating the family of your DREAMS when you’re dealing with Fertility Issues, aka ”Infertility”! Whether you can get pregnant naturally or need medical assistance, Finding Fertility can help you maximise your chances of getting and staying pregnant by using science-backed Holistic Functional Fertility Health Coaching!
Episodes
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
In this mini-episode, Monica shares the audio from a previous Instagram Live about how we sometimes use holistic approaches as a crutch. Similarly, we might expect IVF to just work on its own.
Topics Discussed:
🦩Holistic approaches (reflexology, acupuncture, reiki) as a crutch
🦩 IVF should just work…right?
🦩Doing the work to make your IVF more successful
However, it is really about a combination of doing the work beforehand to set the stage for successful IVF treatment by finding the right mix of what works for your body. Having a Holistic Approach in preparation for IVF can is your chances of success.
Listen to this Finding Fertility Podcast here: IVF Treatment Plus a Holistic Approach
Episode Highlights
- (2:18) Instagram Live audio clip
- (2:45) Holistic approaches (reflexology, acupuncture, reiki) as a crutch
- (4:20) IVF should just work…right?
- (5:15) Doing the work to make your IVF more successful
- (6:06) Finding the right mix of what works for you
- (7:22) A functional medicine approach
Let's Do This Together 💚
Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide :: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: http://bit.ly/FFSpotifyPodcast
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/2Rvi35Y
Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
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Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
HELLO BEAUTIFUL! Welcome back to another episode of Finding Fertility. We're back with another Talk Show - The Fertility Connection discussing Infertility + Instagram + #Hashtags
To Use or Not To Use - that might not be the only topic that needs to be discussed here on IG and within our community. @robynbirkin noticed one night, that the 1.1 million times used hashtag #infertility was "FILLED with pregnancy announcements and photographs of kids" and noted how this could be really hurtful to those mid struggle. What she didn't expect was a very heated and at times hateful debate on whether or not you should use is one specific hashtag when celebrating your epic win.
She went on to edit her post "I love healthy debate - all points of view are valid but please always comment with kindness and respect. It is clearly a much more emotional topic than I thought." This post got brought to my attention a few days before we were set to record the Fertility Connection Talk Show and I have to be honest, my first I thought was WTF. We're really using hateful talk within our community? So we all thought it would be a good idea to have a healthy debate about what got brought to light over the hashtag #infertility
Join Devon @the_fertility_finance_coach from The Fertility Finance Coach
Sarah @fabfertile from Fab Fertile
Robyn @robynbirkin from Robyn Birkin
& me, Monica @findingfertility from Finding Fertility as we discuss - Dealing with Infertility on Social Media | Instagram + Hashtags
So here we go - get ready to become your own HERO!
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
💚 On Tuesdays, I'm bringing back some of the first podcast I recorded. They are raw and not newly edited, so you will hear the podcast being called Infertile Diagnosis. But don't worry, you're still getting top quality content and the support you need 💚
Topics Discussed:
🦩Caffeine
🦩Water
🦩Alcohol
🦩Apple Cider Vinegar
🦩Bone Broth
Hello Beautiful! There’s a lot of different opinions & studies out there about how to increase your chances of Getting Pregnant the facts on caffeine, filter water, alcohol, apple cider vinegar and bone broth and whether you should or shouldn’t when you’re trying to conceive.
Getting a clear-cut answer is not easy because as you know by now, there’s no one way for everyone. But there are a few ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant if used correctly!
Listen to this weeks episode of the Finding Fertility podcast here: How to Increase Chances of Getting Pregnant: 5 Top Tips
During infertility, we’re looking always looking for a way to improve increase chances of getting pregnant. Caffeine, Water, Alcohol, Apple Cider Vinegar & Bone Broth are amongst the top dos and don’ts when it comes to increasing your chances.
Sarah and I lay out the facts about these five different liquids and help you decide whether or not you add them, keep them or get them out of your life during your fertility journey.
Let's Do This Together
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Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide :: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: http://bit.ly/FFSpotifyPodcast
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/2Rvi35Y
Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
How to use Supplements to Improve Egg Quality and Quantity
In this mini-episode of Finding Fertility, Monica shares an audio clip from a previous Instagram Live that demonstrates how food, lifestyle, environment, and toxins influence your genes.
The key is to identify the biggest impact on your fertility—and then use the right supplements as support.
After you listen, make sure you check out the IGTV video! https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2Cu5ashtsd/
Highlights from this episode include:
- Monica’s personal history with supplements
- IGTV visual demonstration : https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2Cu5ashtsd/
- How you can influence your genes
- Foods that cause inflammation
- Lifestyle, environmental factors, and toxins
- What is having the biggest impact on your fertility?
- Finding the right supplements to support your body's natural state
- How to flush out your toxins and stressors
- How to improve your egg quality
- How to get to a healthy fertile state
Join Monica as she talks all things fertility, genetics, supplements, and much more.
Let's Do This Together 💚
Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide :: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: http://bit.ly/FFSpotifyPodcast
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health: https://bit.ly/2Rvi35Y
Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
💚 On Tuesdays, I'm bringing back some of the first podcast I recorded. They are raw and not newly edited, so you will hear the podcast being called Infertile Diagnosis. But don't worry, you're still getting top quality content and the support you need 💚
Conflicting Advice: What should you avoid when trying to conceive?
Eating whole grain gluten is good for your fertility. Don’t eat gluten at all - it’s bad for your fertility! Your IVF specialist says one thing, your acupuncturist says another who do you listen to? Well if you’ve been following me for a while, you know that there is no one right answer for anyone and that’s why there is so much conflicting advice.
So the question really is what do you do who do you listen to the simple but yet complicated answer is yourself. Following your intuition is one of the best things you can do when trying to conceive. There are so many times I knew what was best, but I didn’t believe in myself and actually the worst-case scenario and fold it in front of my eyes slowly and I had a really pick myself up and do what I knew was best.
There are so many times I knew what was best for myself, but I didn’t believe in myself, and actually, the worst-case scenario unfolded right in front of my eyes. Maybe that’s why I had a trying to conceive journey of nine years!?! If I would’ve listened to myself a little bit more, I would’ve got to the finish line a little bit quicker.
Believe in yourself and believe in your body - take all advice with a grain of salt & don’t be afraid to speak up to anyone - you know your body best when you're trying to conceive! Ask yourself this question before doing anything “Does this fall in line with what I want & believe in?”
Let's Do This Together 💚
Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide :: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: http://bit.ly/FFSpotifyPodcast
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/2Rvi35Y
Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Friday Jun 25, 2021
Friday Jun 25, 2021
“Diet, lifestyle, drugs, and supplements don’t guarantee anything.”
Topics Discussed:
🦩Effects of an overactive immune system.
🦩High natural killer cells.
🦩How immune-suppressing drugs affected me.
🦩How steroids affect our bodies.
Our immune systems are supposed to keep us safe right? But what happens when our immune systems are so overactive that it keeps us from getting pregnant? In this episode, I share my own story of my overactive immune system, how I discovered that’s what my issue was and what I had to do because of it. I also dive into our lifestyle habits, eating habits, and mental habits and how they directly relate to getting pregnant.
“We are all connected.”
It can be hard to see the big picture when we are trying to eat better and maintain a healthy mental state because the payoff is not immediate and can take years. But it is important to remember that the positive changes we are making are benefitting us in a multitude of ways and not just in helping us to conceive. Finally, I talk about steroid use in our bodies and why we have to be extremely cautious with these.
“What I do now before pregnancy could have a big impact when my kid grows up.”
Let's Do This Together
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Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide:: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google Play: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3eHuAKZ
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/FFSeekingHealth Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
💚 On Tuesdays, I'm bringing back some of the first podcast I recorded. They are raw and not newly edited, so you will hear the podcast being called Infertile Diagnosis. But don't worry, you're still getting top quality content and the support you need 💚
Topics discussed:
🦩Meal Planning - pros & cons
🦩Support Systems
🦩The way you look at “change of diet.”
🦩The language you use about cans & can not’s
Hello Beautiful People!
When you start making any significant changes to help increase your fertility, it’s best to set yourself upright. You want to improve your diet & increase your fertility, but you seem to stop and start again and again.
Sarah and I talk about some of the critical things that you can do to help you increase your new fertility diet in this episode of the Finding Fertility podcast: What is the best way to increase fertility? Top Tips when Improving your Diet for Fertility
Let's Do This Together
💚
Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide :: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: http://bit.ly/FFSpotifyPodcast
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/2Rvi35Y
Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
“Don’t let anyone tell you there’s nothing you can do yourself.”
Topics Discussed:
🦩Not taking no for an answer.
🦩Healing yourself.
🦩The immune link to infertility.
🦩Is Your Body Baby Friendly?
This is the book that changed my life: Is Your Body Baby Friendly? How are you miss carriage in idea failure can be explained and treated with immunotherapy by Alan E. Beer, M.D.
When I was told that my infertility was just “one of those things” that did not sit well with me and started me on my own journey of researching and beginning to study why I couldn’t get pregnant and work through my own health as well as mental health.
Oftentimes doctors will not take you seriously until you have several miscarriages. This can be extremely frustrating. A doctor wouldn’t allow you to have multiple heart attacks before looking into what is going on, and we shouldn’t accept anything different for our infertility.
"We need to stop believing that our bodies and lady bits are not connected”
We have to ask questions, do our research, and be willing to find someone willing to work with us. I had nurses and doctors tell me that what I wanted to do was impossible.
Clearly, it wasn’t since I ended up getting pregnant, but it just goes to show that we cannot just take what a doctor tells us as fact and we have to be responsible for our own bodies and our own health in order to bring our dreams to reality.
If you're still reaching for your answer to unexplained infertility I highly recommend Is Your Body Baby Friendly? How are you miss carriage in idea failure can be explained and treated with immunotherapy by Alan E. Beer, M.D. over on amazon: https://amzn.to/353mLei
“Your gut health matters.”
Let's Do This Together
💚
Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide:: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google Play: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3eHuAKZ
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/FFSeekingHealth Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
💚 On Tuesdays, I'm bringing back some of the first podcast I recorded. They are raw and not newly edited, so you will hear the podcast being called Infertile Diagnosis. But don't worry, you're still getting top quality content and the support you need 💚
Topics Discussed:
🦩 Pineapple Core
🦩Pomegranate Juice
🦩Keeping Your Feet Warm
🦩Fertility Supplements
🦩McDonald's French Fries
You better believe I tried any and every superstition & myth related to IVF & infertility during my journey. Why not - they weren't going to do my body any harm - RIGHT?
And back in my early years of infertility, I was willing to do ANYTHING to get a BFP.
But hindsight is a bitch and knowing what I know now, none of these infertility superstitions/myths would have work for me - Sarah either. 5 Infertility, IVF & Fertility Treatments Superstitions & Myths Debunked
One - they were way too narrow minded. Only focusing on "implantation" - I know now there's a LOT more to get & maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
Two - They may not have individually "hurting" my chances. But with all the other shit going on in my body, they were adding to the inflammation and chaos going on, which was making me infertile.
Does that mean you shouldn't do them? Well, here's the thing - many of these IVF & infertility superstitions - myths can be doing you more harm than helping. We break down from a whole-body & functional medicine perspective and hopefully help you to rethink these IVF/infertility superstitions/myths.
1:54 McDonald's French Fries - 8:04 YouTube clip I'm on about:
You’ll Never Eat McDonald’s French Fries Again After Watching This
How Nasty are McDonald's Fries?
What you’re really eating when you eat McDonald’s French Fries
9:26 Pineapple Core
14:23 Pomegranate Juice
16:46 Keeping Your Feet Warm
19:18 Taking any & every Supplement
26:00 Top Tips
Let's Do This Together
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Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide :: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: http://bit.ly/FFSpotifyPodcast
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/FFSeekingHealth Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
“The stress of waiting to get to week twelve is insane.”
Topics Discussed:
🦩Deciding on IVF
🦩The difficulties of IVF
🦩Why changing your lifestyle has more benefits than getting pregnant.
🦩Common Misconceptions with IVF
We sometimes think that IVF can be a quick fix to getting pregnant, and while there are circumstances where IVF can be beneficial and can be a route for someone, often it is not an easier path, because it has its own obstacles and difficult things to get through. It can seem easier because initially, we think that we don’t have to change the way we eat and work on our mindset, but often IVF is still unsuccessful.
“IVF is not a quick fix.”
On top of that, it’s important to realize that eating better, working on our mental health, and becoming a healthier version of ourselves is very important in order for us to deal with the stress of our fertility journey and can increase our chances of IVF being successful if that is the route that needs to be taken.
“Infertility is super fickle.
Remember there are no quick fixes and we have to put in the work to better ourselves so that we give ourselves the best chance to create the family of our dreams.
Let's Do This Together
💚
Monica
🦩 Download your FREE PDF guide:: 3 Step Guide to Improving Your Chances of Getting & Staying Pregnant || https://www.findingfertility.co/free3stepguide
🌺 Get Steps Closer to Getting & Staying Pregnant with the Fertility Food Program || https://www.findingfertility.co/FerilityFood
Connect with Monica over on:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG
TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok
🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:
Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE
Google Play: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYGOOGLEPLAY
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3eHuAKZ
🍍Support Finding Fertility & shop for your favourite fertility-friendly products over on:
Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/FFSeekingHealth Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon
🍍
Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.