My fertility story
Recently I told a friend that I was expecting a baby, and after congratulating me, she joked – “of course, I wouldn’t expect anything else given what you do for a living.” Like my friend, you might think that…
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Male factor: What men need to know about fertility
Here’s an interesting thing. I’ve noticed that the vast majority (in fact, to date, 100%) of my fertility enquiries come from women. Which, to me, seems strange considering it takes a woman and a man to make a baby… …
What is hormone imbalance, and should you be worried?
In this article, we’re going to dive into the topic of hormone imbalance. Specifically, what hormones are, what it means when they’re ‘imbalanced’, what kind of symptoms to look out for, and what you can do about it. Firstly, what…
Cave girl vs modern day woman: What the modern world is really doing to your stress levels
Let’s take ourselves back a few thousand years. Imagine that you’re out foraging in the woods at dusk, when you hear a noise coming from the depths of the forest. A flash of orange through the trees, a pair of…
What I learned from a week in an Ayurvedic clinic
After two crazy, colourful weeks travelling around Rajasthan and Kerala, my partner and I reached the final destination of our three-week India trip – an Ayurvedic clinic on the Keralan coast. When we were planning our trip to Kerala –…
Functional testing for fertility – what, why and how much?
Working with nutritional therapy clients is sometimes a bit like being a detective – picking up clues from their symptoms, health history and food diary, following leads, and analysing evidence. One crucial – and sometimes game-changing – piece of evidence…