Send us a text Meet Emily. Emily, along with her husband and their son Ronan, resides in a small Oregon town in the Pacific Northwest. She is a kindergarten teacher and family photographer who finds immense joy in the great outdoors and sipping on iced matcha. In the ten years of their relationship, their journey has been marked by profound emotional challenges and the heartache of fertility struggles. These trials have ignited Emily's passion for embracing non-toxic lifestyles, holistic well-be...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Send us a text Dr. Marc Sklar — a.k.a The Fertility Expert — is a natural fertility specialist helping couples get pregnant for 20 years. He’s mission is to help you feel hopeful and confident about your fertility journey again. In addition to his Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Dr. Sklar trained at the Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute. He is the creator of Fertility TV , MarcSklar.com and ReproductiveWellness.com , and a Fellow of the American Board of Oriental R...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 72
Send us a text Meet Jessie. Jessie Reid is a Global Clairvoyant, Channel and Intuitive Development expert. Her expertise is to connect and communicate with Spirit to bring through guidance along your highest path, although she is even more passionate about helping you to utilise your own intuitive gifts - So you can have your Spirit Guides on speed dial too! In this episode, Jessie shares her experience with ectopic pregnancy and how she uses her spiritual wisdom to prepare for her preconception...
Oct 24, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 71
Send us a text Evelyn is a university-educated nutritionist and wellbeing specialist with 10 years of experience, specialising in fertility nutrition. Originally from Ireland, she has been living in Australia for 8 years. With an MSc in human nutrition and a background in health promotion and psychology, Evelyn prioritises integrity in her work. Her passion lies in helping couples who are struggling or trying to conceive to optimise their fertility through personalised nutrition and lifestyle pl...
Oct 10, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Send us a text Meet Skye. She’s a 30 year old photographer who takes beautiful photos of other mums for a living. She describes her 4 year old son as the light of her life, but has had difficulty conceiving Baby Number 2 due to PCOS and irregular periods. Connect with Skye on Instagram Support the show Read the accompanying blog post HERE DM Rachel on Instagram: @fertilityco Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you! FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window Maximise your chances ...
Sep 26, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 69
Send us a text Sarina Coventry is a clinical Nutritionist & Evidence Based EFT Tapping Practitioner who seeks to teach women how they can work with their body rather than against it. She works with women experiencing hormonal imbalances, reproductive disorders or fertility challenges and educates them on why their health symptoms may be occurring as well as how they can support themselves. Additionally, she incorporates EFT Tapping to provide nervous system support and emotional regulation t...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 68
Send us a text Meet Ali. She’s 27 years old and a dance teacher who has been running my own studio for the past 7. She says she’s absolutely blessed to have a job/career that she loves. She lives with her husband on the northern beaches of Sydney with their two dogs Larry and Lulu - their fur babies! – and they spend lots of time out walking, at the beach and with their families. ________________ Full show notes with all links and resources can be found HERE : DM Rachel on Instagram: @fertilityc...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Send us a text I spend a lot (a lot) of time talking about cervical mucus and basal body temperature as the fertile signs that can tell you the most about your fertility and ovulation. Did you know there is another sign that can also give you incredible insight into your fertile window? It’s one that I swear by whenever I’m a little confused about what might be happening in my cycle. It’s the position of your cervix, which changes significantly throughout your cycle and can really help you to tr...
Aug 22, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Send us a text Accidents can happen. You can do everything right and be so careful but sometimes the condom breaks, or he doesn’t make it out in time. No method of contraception is 100% fool-proof (you have to remember to take the pill every day for it to be effective!) So let’s talk about your options for emergency contraception if you’re currently using a method of birth control. Here’s What We’re Talking About: Understanding your cycle enables you to know if emergency contraception is truly n...
Aug 15, 2023•16 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Send us a text Mel Kovacevic, founder of The Seed Cycle is a Functional Nutrition and EFT Practitioner. With her expertise in functional nutrition, intuitive eating practices, and EFT Tapping, Mel has helped her clients overcome limiting beliefs and heal their relationship with food and their bodies. Her current focus is on helping women restore hormone health using food as medicine, a subject about which she is deeply passionate. Mel's dedication to empowering women to reach their full potentia...
Aug 08, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Send us a text To lube, or not to lube? That is the question. And if it's one you've been asking yourself too, then I have the answers for you. There’s a question that has suddenly started to pop up in my DMs and inbox. A lot of you are asking about how to safely use lubricants when trying to conceive, so I thought it was time to answer your questions. If you’re trying to conceive, you want to make sure you’re doing everything possible to maximise your chances. Something that a lot of you are ce...
Aug 01, 2023•11 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Send us a text Meet Abigail. She’s a 26 year old Healthcare Staffing Professional that lives in Georgia, USA. She enjoys literature, nature, animal rescue, and spending time with her beloved pets. Abigail has been married for 1 1/2 years, and together she and her partner have spent the last 14 months trying to conceive their first child. Her recent double diagnoses of Endometriosis and PCOS have turned her world upside down but she says she is finding so much comfort in this new community and is...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 62
Send us a text Feel like you’re doing ALL OF THE THINGS when it comes to tracking your menstrual cycle and ovulation? BUT for some reason, there seems to just be that something missing that means things haven’t *quite* clicked into place yet. When it comes to tracking Basal Body Temperature (BBT), so many women seem to get bogged down in the specifics of daily temperatures and over-analysing the numbers instead of looking at the bigger picture – the overall temperature pattern throughout a cycle...
Jul 18, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Send us a text Get ready to be inspired by my incredible chat with Marissa Nelson. CEO and Founder of Fertility Haven, Marissa is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist and Certified Sexuality Educator. She is also a gifted public speaker who recently delivered her first TEDx talk. Marissa has been a practicing therapist helping individuals and couples for the past decade. Her focus on reproductive mental health stems from her love of therapeutic work and her own exp...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Send us a text It’s no secret that exercise is good for us. But here is the thing not a lot of people are out there saying but I am SURE you are probably feeling or thinking. How the *EFF* do you exercise when trying to conceive or during early pregnancy? And that is keeping people stuck. Because so many women aren’t sure how to do it safely, they err on the side of caution and don’t do anything, which isn’t ideal. Then we have another group of women who are potentially over-doing it, which also...
Jul 04, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Send us a text Meet Danielle. She has worked as a nurse practitioner in the US for 10 years. She struggled with amenorrhea, infertility and was told she had PCOS. Being a medical practitioner, Danielle was incredibly frustrated that she “couldn’t fix herself” and was eventually diagnosed with hypothalamic amenorrhea. She conceived with IUI but tragically her pregnancy ended at 23 weeks. After this traumatic experience of going through labour but not bringing a baby home, she was determined to le...
May 30, 2023•48 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Send us a text I speak with women all the time who have said to me that their doctor won’t investigate potential issues with their fertility until they’ve been trying to conceive for 12 months with no success; that they need to have had more than 1 miscarriage to be referred to a specialist, to just stop stressing, give it time and it will happen! Even women who are experiencing unsuccessful IVF cycles are usually just booked in for the next one. Women are not getting the support and encourageme...
May 23, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Send us a text For most of our lives, we have been told that getting pregnant is easy. It seems ridiculously unfair that we actively avoid getting pregnant for years and years, and then struggle when we are actually ready to conceive. More and more couples are turning to reproductive technology to assist with pregnancy. But this isn’t always necessary for many couples who use it, nor it is necessarily a guarantee of success. People tend to see this as a back-up option, but it’s only effective 25...
May 16, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Send us a text Beth Ryan is a registered midwife, founder of PowerBirth childbirth education courses and Mum. Her instagram page @birthwithbeth_ began in a bid to bridge the knowledge gap between maternity services and expecting parents during the pandemic and has since flourished into a thriving online community and education space. Beth is now host of the podcast 'Growing' and provides her flagship birth preparation course PowerBirth both online and in small group workshops in Melbourne Connec...
May 09, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Send us a text Preparing for a subsequent pregnancy is a whole different ball game compared to first time around. There will be days where you wonder why on earth you want to add another little bundle to your family! How will you ever manage another one? Are you ready? Are they ready for a little brother or sister? How can you spread the love between more than one? I know I swing from “yes absolutely” to “no way” a few times a day! Preparing for baby number two, three and beyond certainly seems ...
May 02, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Send us a text Meet Jess. She's a post-partum doula from Melbourne, providing much-needed support for new mums. She’s a mum of one but has been struggling to conceive baby #2 for over 2 years. Despite her struggles to conceive, she loves working with new mums and their babies and says this gives her hope! She’s passionate about holistic health and supporting her body to optimise her natural fertility and she shares about how she and her partner explored all possible conservative options before s...
Apr 25, 2023•56 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Send us a text Ever heard the advice that low AMH levels mean you'll never get pregnant naturally? Well, I have some thoughts... (drumroll please) Quality over quantity. Always. And why do I believe this, even though others may have a different opinion or take on things? That AMH levels are everything when it comes to your fertility? It's because while AMH levels are a pretty reliable indicator of your ovarian reserve (how many eggs remaining in your ovaries with "reproductive potential")… AMH l...
Apr 18, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Send us a text Ok, so I know this is a BIG call, but there is one thing I ALWAYS stand by when it comes to prenatal supplements. It COMPLETELY changed the way I thought about pre-conception care and early pregnancy. And I think it will for you too. One size doesn't fit all. Sounds obvious, right? In this episode of the podcast I’m sharing what most people get wrong about prenatal supplements. We’ll talk about whether they are always necessary, when to take them and whether they’ll actually help ...
Apr 11, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Send us a text You’ve finally figured out fertile mucus. You finally feel like you can identify your fertile window. You finally have the timing right. But you’re still not getting pregnant. Once you’ve figured out the basics of charting and understanding your cycle, the next step is to look back at your completed chart and figure out if your cycle was actually fertile. And without a fertile cycle, well, it's going to be tricky getting pregnant. There are THREE key reasons why your cycle may not...
Apr 04, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Send us a text Meet Anna - She’s a mum of 2 (and now probably 3 as this episode drops) from Iowa and she’s my VERY FIRST guest on the Fertility Files! Tune in as she shares her experiences with pregnancy, birth control, loss and motherhood and why she would do it all over again! WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORY? If you’re keen to be a guest on the podcast and share your fertility journey in your own words, then please contact me! These episodes can’t happen without you! Click here to apply! ____________...
Mar 28, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Send us a text What if I told you that there are 3 simple things you can do to help confirm ovulation day? And what if I told you that you don’t even have to do all of them every day? Would you want to know what they were? I thought so… which is EXACTLY why I am giving them to you in this week’s podcast episode. Here’s what we’re talking about: Menstruation – If your period doesn’t arrive 10-17 days after ovulation day, either you’re pregnant, or ovulation hasn’t happened yet. Cervical Mucus - A...
Mar 21, 2023•18 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Send us a text Ok! I am calling it. It is time we all stop using the word infertility to describe fertility struggles. I work with and speak with so many women who have been trying to conceive with zero success. But these women are not necessarily “infertile”. In this podcast episode, I want to make something really clear. While 1 in 6 couples may struggle to conceive, 1 in 6 couples are NOT infertile. Don’t let the label of “infertile” stick unless you have definitive proof! So this is what I r...
Mar 14, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 47
Send us a text Have you ever found yourself saying these things? I can’t see egg-white mucus. I can’t see any mucus. I just don’t have enough mucus to actually track my cycle this way. I get it. I promise. So many women (myself included when I was getting started) just can’t get their head around the fact that a TINY sensation is enough to tell them when they’re fertile! And these roadblocks? Are VERY real when it comes to identifying ovulation day so that you are confident enough to stop relyin...
Mar 07, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Send us a text More often than not when we think about fertility, we immediately start thinking about women. Yes, we are the ones who have menstrual cycles and get pregnant and grow babies, but if it wasn’t for male sperm pregnancy would never be possible. And if a couple is struggling to conceive, it’s about an even 50-50 split about whether it is a male or female cause. In this episode, we’re talking about what makes up an individual sperm cell; how the male reproductive system works to maximi...
Nov 16, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send us a text We all know that ovulation occurs about halfway through your menstrual cycle. Definitely not always on day 14 as we have been led to believe, but somewhere around the middle. Right? But what if your cycle is 40 days long? Or 50 or 60? Well, if your cycle is irregular or on the longer side, there’s a good chance your body has attempted to ovulate once or twice before it actually released an egg. And sometimes, it’s just all too hard and it gives up and decides to try again next mon...
Nov 09, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 44
