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Our Fertility Blog
Explore expert tips, research, and real guidance from the naturopathic doctors at Conceive Health — all focused on supporting your fertility journey, naturally.
How to Improve Your Egg Health for Better Fertility
In an interview with Dr. Tracy Malone, she discussed how to improve egg health for better fertility – including what chemicals, pesticides, and toxins to avoid. Dr. Tracy Malone ND: Eggs start to develop about 100 days prior to ovulation. That 100 days, it’s the environment in which the egg matures that can really impact […]
Your Biological Age & Why it Affects Fertility
In an interview with Dr. Tracy Malone, she discussed how and why age (biological and chronological) affects fertility levels. Dr. Tracy Malone ND: When a woman turns 35, it’s thought that her fertility really starts to take a sharp decline, which in all sense and purposes is absolutely true, from a biological standpoint. After the […]
Can the Birth Control Pill Impact Fertility?
In an interview with Dr. Tracy Malone, she discussed whether the birth control pill can impact fertility or contribute to infertility or menstrual disorders. Dr. Tracy Malone ND: One of the most common scenarios that I see come in is a woman in her adolescence or young 20s has either irregular menstrual cycles or very […]
What Happens During Your 1st Fertility Acupuncture Appointment
Are you booked for your first fertility acupuncture treatment, or thinking about booking fertility acupuncture with Conceive Health? You probably have a lot of questions, or might be unsure about what to expect (especially during COVID-19 times). Well, you’ve come to the right place! This article outlines everything you need to know and what happens […]
Healing After Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss
Having a miscarriage can be devastating, especially if your journey to get to that point has been particularly long or difficult. It’s important to give yourself time to grieve, but also a chance for the body to heal before trying to conceive again. This means healing both physically and emotionally. How Long to Wait After […]
High Estrogen? What it Means for Your Fertility
Estrogen has a bad reputation when it comes to women’s health. We hear a lot about how too much estrogen can put our hormones out of balance, but the truth is that it’s a bit of a Goldilocks hormone. We need just the right amount at different times of our monthly cycle — and even […]
The Essential Guide to Fertility Tracking Apps
The abundance of fertility tracking apps is pretty incredible these days. Imagine even just a decade ago, we didn’t have the same level of access to applications like this, meaning the average woman wasn’t able to get in touch with her cycle as easily as you can these days. In fact, most women have completely […]
How Genetics Can Impact Your Fertility
We’re starting to see more DNA testing kits hit the market. Each one tests a unique set of genes and is able to present ways in which your personal health can be affected by the variants of those genes. All too often I hear patients say “I want to know if I have the gene […]
Does Vaping Affect Sperm & Male Fertility?
What effect does vaping have on male infertility, if any? This is a newer question being asked, with research hurrying to catch up with a global trend. We know that smoking (cigarettes) affects male fertility, largely due to 4000+ chemicals in the cigarette themselves. But what about just nicotine alone? What about the other products […]
How Hormone Imbalances Affect Your Fertility
Many women understand that feeling of something being off. Some of us may ignore the signs, thinking that our painful periods are normal, or there’s nothing to be done about cyclical acne. But both of these and more are signs and symptoms of hormonal imbalance. Although they might seem benign, for someone who is trying […]
Can You Get Enough Vitamin D From the Sun?
Vitamin D, our “sunshine” vitamin is so much more than a nutrient. Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with receptors located in almost every tissue in the body. Although many of us associate vitamin D with bone health or preventing seasonal affective disorder (SAD), this special hormone plays a significant role in our immune system, […]
How to Take Your Temperature for Fertility
Taking your basal body temperature (BBT) while trying to conceive is an important step to understanding what is going on with your menstrual cycle hormones. What is basal body temperature? This is the temperature of your body when you are at rest. What happens to basal body temperature throughout the menstrual cycle? Your basal body […]