Endo Fertility

In today’s episode I talk about nutrition. This is a huge topic, but I wanted to introduce the general nutrition principles related to 1) improving your Endometriosis symptoms and 2) optimising your body so you are ready to get pregnant and then sustain a healthy pregnancy. There are a lot of similarities between these two objectives, but also there can be some conflicting ways of approaching nutrition, meaning that many women with Endometriosis can follow the ‘Endo-diet’ to reduce inflammation but

Your gut health is literally one of the most important systems in your body, especially combined with the actions of the liver. In this episode, we talk about the “gut-liver axis” as my guest Christine Garvin refers to it. This relationship is so important for the balance of our hormones, which has a strong effect on the symptoms of Endometriosis and the ability of the reproductive system to work optimally. The digestive system has until the last few decades been relatively understudied - research

So today I wanted to share with you information about stress and how this affects your delicately balanced hormones, which are so important for fertility. I also go into how this can affect your endometriosis, and even how your endometriosis affects your stress response. Stress is something that I have experienced many many times in my life for a variety of reasons. I have had chronic fatigue in my 20’s and now, unfortunately, have low cortisol and DHEA, what is now called “HPA axis dysfunction” and

Too many women are told their bodies are broken because they are struggling to get pregnant, that their eggs are too old, their Endometriosis is or could be stopping them getting pregnant, and they should go straight for IVF, when the truth is their bodies are not broken. What does broken even mean?! Have you been told negative things like this, has this made you feel disempowered? Well you should know that there are things you can do to help your fertility. Yes certainly Endometriosis does make

You might not know it but there is hope after you Endometriosis diagnosis and there are other options beside hormone treatments and surgeries to manage your pain. Were you diagnosed early in your menstrual life and had enough of your endless surgeries? Or has it taken forever to get a diagnosis and only because you are now struggling with getting pregnant? In this episode, my first guest is Melissa Turner, a stage 4 Endo warrior, who explains how she dealt with her Endometriosis after a diagnosis at

In this debut episode, I wanted to share a bit about myself and my personal journey with Endometriosis, which took 25 years to get a diagnosis, my struggle to get pregnant, and how I finally became pregnant and gave birth at 39 to our miracle baby. There is too much to tell in one episode, but I give you the basics, and other bits will come out during future episodes I am sure. I wanted to tell you my story, as I want you to understand why I understand how you are feeling, the frustration, fear,