Food Freedom and Fertility Podcast

How to cook a spaghetti squash, and here is a link to the buffalo spaghetti squash recipe. We love celebrating with all of our listeners and patients! Our favorite moments are when we get pics of hard-won positive pregnancy tests and/or pics of newborns!  Send us your success pics at hello@foodfreedomferitility.com or tag us on instagram @foodfreedomfertility and we will do a happy dance for you.  Seeds can bind up the leftover bits of old, used hormones and help your body keep new, fresh hormones

Watch out, listeners! Today we are talking about digestion, intestines, poop, and gas! Yes friends, that’s right! This episode focuses on the gut. To be more specific, we are talking about healing your gut after using oral contraceptives aka “The Pill”. In reality, all forms of birth control that involve hormones can cause a whole bunch of problems in your digestive system. But, for the sake of conversation we talk a lot about “birth control”, meaning hormonal contraceptives.    Birth control

Lisa is an expert in the fertility awareness method (hereby referred to as FAM) and she authored a book called “The Fifth Vital Sign”.    Lisa discovered FAM right after highschool when she struggled with her own menstrual irregularities. She quickly discovered that the pill wasn’t solving her problem, it was simply deferring it. Then she discovered FAM!    Ladies, she was also one of us who believed the lie that you can get pregnant every day of the month, and that you can get pregnant every time

Link to the C4 Foundation to donate and help special operation families reconnect.   Here we talk about how to support your hormone systems as they come back online after being altered by hormonal birth control methods. Both Caitlin and Sophia took hormonal birth control pills in their early teen years in an attempt to try and treat period cramps and acne. Neither of us were ever told any of the side effects or possible nutrient deficiencies that can occur when these medications are taken.   Neither

We start this episode off by talking about how pain isn’t normal. If you have painful periods, pain during sex, or pelvic pain of any kind, go find a specialist! Because girl, you’re worth it :)   The specialist I saw in San Diego works for SheFit, and she is the best. If you’ve got some issues and you’re in the San Diego area, check out www.shefitpt.com   Here Caitlin shares her struggles with PCOS, IUD’s, timed intercourse, delayed ovulation, and the joy of finally conceiving.    Caitlin was told

Egg Quality   In this episode we talk about ovulation and ejaculation… a lot. Blush if you must, but this episode will teach you all about eating right to protect and preserve the precious eggs that can someday become healthy babies! We want to encourage and empower you to make the right choices for your life and your fertility.    Egg quality is the answer to the question: “Do the eggs you have contain the right kind of genetic material to make a happy healthy baby?”   It takes at 90-120 days to

It’s the first episode, friends! Here we meet Caitlin Johnson, RDN and Sophia Pavia, RDN. Hear a little of their history, where they went to school, why they love women's health, and a little bit about one of us peeing our pants on a first date! We dive right in and discuss juicy matters such as: IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome) Cervical mucus and other bodily fluids Check out their websites at www.pcosfertilitynutrition.com and www.sophiathedietitian.com.