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Endo Fertility

Dr. Lizzie Alexander, PhD

Welcome to the Endo Fertility Podcast! I"m Dr Lizzie Alexander, PhD, and I"ve experienced firsthand the challenges of endometriosis while trying to conceive. This podcast is designed to support you on your journey, combining my personal experiences with chronic pain and fatigue, gut issues, surgeries, and fertility treatments, alongside insights from expert guests and inspiring stories from clients. Each episode offers a blend of professional knowledge and real-life wisdom, covering topics from

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All Episodes

42:37

EF#26: What my gut has taught me with Lizzie Alexander

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2021/04/14

This is quite a personal episode. It is perhaps not as succinct as some of my previous more educational episodes. I wanted to share this insight, as it has changed the way I am going about optimising my fertility and managing my Endo compared to the first time around. In this episode some of the things I talk about include: The difference between functional and integrative medicine My garden analogy with the gut microbiome and health Endometriosis being a whole-body disease Irritable Bowel

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54:46

EF#25: Using Heart Rate Monitors to manage Pelvic...

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2021/04/07

My guest today is Dr. Jessica Drummond, the CEO of The Integrative Women’s Health Institute (IWHI) in the US, and author of Outsmart Endometriosis. Jessica explained the importance of a calm nervous system in managing pain signals, before we got stuck into how Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and resting heart rate are great tools that can be used to understand your overall health, stress levels, sleep quality and quantity, and fitness – all of which can be used in an approach to reduce pelvic pain from

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EF#24: How Stress Exacerbates Estrogen Dominance and...

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2021/03/31

Nicole Jardim joins me to dig deep into stress and how it impacts our body, hormones, period, Endometriosis and ultimately our fertility. Stress comes in many forms, from internal to external, actual and perceived. We are made to incredibly deal with stress, but our world today is more stressful than ever. Nicole explains exactly what is happening with our hormones and also some the basic things we need to do to reduce this impact. In this episode I talk about: Nicole’s experience with nightmare

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EF#23: Influence of Genetics on Endo and Fertility...

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2021/03/24

My guest today is Angela Heap, a leading fertility nutritionist and expert in the UK. Angela and I discuss genetics, fertility and Endometriosis. It was a real education into the ‘hardware and software’ of our bodies, a Angela describes it! We discussed how our surrounding environment and exposure to toxins can change our genetics, or trigger various conditions and diseases, including Endometriosis. Angela discusses this subject in “plain English” so we can all understand the potential genetic

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35:26

EF#22: Fertility management strategies for...

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2021/03/17

As a continuation from Episode 22, and as part of improving people’s understanding of Endo during Endometriosis Awareness Month, I wanted to present the advantages and disadvantages of surgery – the considered gold standard treatment for Endometriosis when considering it from a fertility perspective. I then go onto to talk through the actions used in a functional approach to support the body to enable it to heal by itself. In this episode I talk about: Surgical intervention Excision and ablation

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EF#21: How Endometriosis Affects Fertility with...

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2021/03/10

For the first episode in Season 2, and as its Endometriosis Awareness Month, I wanted to talk to you all about how your fertility can be affected by Endometriosis. This is not to scare you, but to present you with what is known and understood, so that you can then understand why certain actions to improve your health and fertility are recommended. Medical knowledge of Endometriosis is still underway and continually evolving with new science – this is why in allopathic medicine there is no known

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EF#20: Five Functional Tests for Endo Fertility with...

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2020/11/25

It’s the last episode of the season!! This episode is all about how functional testing can be used to delve deeper into what is happening in the body. Integrative nutrition and lifestyle techniques can then be applied in a specific and focused manner that is unique to the individual, i.e. you! There is a lot you can tell from your symptoms, these will certainly give a picture of what is going on, but there are a variety of tests that a functional practitioner can use to understand where the

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EF#19: Endometriosis, Food-Grown Supplements and the...

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2020/11/18

An amazing episode with Lorna Driver-Davies, Head of Nutrition from Wild Nutrition. This is the last interview of the season and boy is it good! We covered so much from nutrition, supplements and then a deep dive into the immune system for women with Endometriosis, and how this affects fertility. I came across Wild Nutrition about 3 years ago for my personal use and absolutely love so many of their products. I then met Lorna through my clinical work as I recommend many of Wild Nutrition products, in

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EF#18: Powering Up Your Progesterone with Lizzie...

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2020/11/11

This week’s episode follows on from Episode 17 on estrogen, in that I am covering progesterone. There is so much to know and share with you, from how our menstrual cycle works, how this influences our progesterone levels and what you need to monitor to understand if you have low progesterone There are several reasons why progesterone might be low and understanding these root causes makes it so much easier to resolve the issue than reaching for a sticky plaster that will not help in the long term. I

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41:22

EF#17: Stop Feeding Your Endo & Optimise Your Womb...

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2020/11/04

This week’s episode is all about estrogen, whilst next weeks it will be about progesterone. There is so much to say about estrogen in relation to Endometriosis and then how this affects your fertility, and so this is what I cover. It is an overview in many respects – hopefully not too technical and sciency, but importantly I talk about symptoms of high and low estrogen and then give you actions that you can take away and get on with to either decrease or increase your estrogen depending on what your

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EF#16: Ruby’s Endo Healing Journey, Weight Loss & TTC

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2020/10/28

This week’s episode is an interview with Ruby Ben from Ruby Ben Health in Texas, the USA. Ruby tells us about how she finally found out she had Endometriosis when she and her husband were trying to get pregnant. She explains how finally working out she needed to look at her body as a whole, listen to what it needed, feeding it foods that didn’t use lots of energy to digest them, so she had the energy to heal her body. She also shares her fertility journey, how she wants to get pregnant naturally and

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EF#15: Adenomyosis vs Endometriosis – a Natural...

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2020/10/21

This week’s episode is all about Adenomyosis (Adeno), often called the sister to Endometriosis. I had a great interview with Sara Lopez, who has Adeno, and who is also an Adenomyosis Coach. According to one study, that Sara mentions in the interview, 91% of women with Endometriosis have Adenomyosis, they just may never know. In this episode we talk about the symptoms, differences from Endo, how to get it diagnosed, how you can manage it with a holistic approach, how it might fertility and more. Sara

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EF#14: Symptoms, Root Causes and Fertility Effects of...

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2020/10/14

In Episode 13, Ashley Looft, from Whole Happy Healthy Life, shared with us her experience with Histamine Intolerance (HIT). This episode follows on from that, to dive deep into what the symptoms are, to what the potential root causes are and what you can do to help your body heal. The things you don’t want to miss: Symptoms of Histamine Intolerance What histamines are Why high levels of histamines are a problem “The cup of water” analogy to the cumulative build-up of histamines Why you might get a

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50:37

EF#13: Histamine Intolerance, Pelvic Floor Therapy...

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2020/10/07

Today’s episode is with the lovely Ashley Looft from the US, who has gone to some incredible lengths to work out why she had horrendous painful periods, poor health and numerous miscarriages. She explains how she found out she has PCOS and Endometriosis and then what she did to become pain-free. I love to hear true healing success stories that inspire you that it is possible to live pain-free. There is a lot in the media at the moment about women taking a long time to get diagnoses, how they

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EF#12: Nine Ways to Increase Your Stomach Acid Levels

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2020/09/30

Following on from Episode 10, I continue to talk about stomach acid, explaining the causes of low stomach acid, how to test your acid levels, and nine things you can do to naturally to increase the amount of acid you have. So, here are the things I talk about in Part 1 of this subject: What causes low stomach acid? Helicobacter pylori How to test you have low stomach acid at home Nine ways you can increase your stomach acid Plus, how low stomach acid has currently caused a sore or ulcer in my

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EF#11: Against the Odds - Mind-Body Awareness for...

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2020/09/23

Today’s episode will inspire you yet again! I chat to Natalie Masson, a woman like you and I who struggled to get pregnant, and against the odds of being 45, with low AMH and high FSH and much more, managed to get pregnant naturally and now has a beautiful family she has always wished for. Natalie doesn’t have Endometriosis, but she does have an awful lot to share from her experience and is why she then went on to focus on helping women with their fertility struggles. Dr Natalie Masson, PhD is a

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EF#10: Five Reasons Why Stomach Acid Is So Important...

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2020/09/16

In today’s episode, I talk deep dive into an issue that is very personal to me and my healing journey, stomach acid. It might seem like an odd topic and rather specific but it is a critical one. Particularly, if you want to ensure you are able to absorb your nutrients adequately enough so you have the necessary nutrient stores in your body so you can get pregnant. So, here are the things I talk about in Part 1 of this subject: Symptoms of low or high stomach acid Biology of the stomach Explanation

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59:29

EF#9: Healing the Gut & CNS Reduces Endo Pain and...

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2020/09/09

Today’s guest is an amazing woman, and I feel honoured to have had the pleasure to chat with her. Dr Jessica Drummond DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC is the founder and CEO of The Integrative Women’s Health Institute (IWHI) and the author of Outsmart Endometriosis. I have learnt a huge amount from Jessica as I have been attending the Institute for a variety of specialities from functional nutrition to optimal fertility as I further my education. She is incredibly knowledgeable on the subject of women’s

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EF#8: Jump Off the TTC Emotional Rollercoaster

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2020/09/02

In today’s episode I talk briefly about the monthly emotional rollercoaster women end up riding when trying to get pregnant. Over time this can end up pushing you into a downward spiral. It is so important to be aware of our mental health when you are trying to get pregnant not just your physical wellbeing. So, here are some of the things I talk about are: Different emotional stages during your monthly cycle Getting nutrient tests done Learn to measure your fertility Mindset changes Endo Fertility

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49:34

EF#7: Using the mind’s visualisation capabilities to...

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2020/08/26

In today’s podcast episode I interview a woman who’s voice I have listened to many many nights during my fertility journey, so as you can imagine it was a great honour to interview her and hear her voice for real! My guest is Joanne Verkuilen, the creator and mastermind behind Circle and Bloom, which provides guided visualisation and meditation programs for fertility and much more. We really enjoyed recording this episode and our conversation covered everything from PCOS, Endometriosis, infertility,

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