Counting Eggs and Keeping Your Ovarian Reserve Healthy

Eggs are a symbol of hope, purity, fertility, and new life. To certain Asian cultures, the egg also represents good luck and wealth. And because you may be considering your own egg supply, we want to provide information about counting your eggs. Counting the Eggs in Our Ovarian Basket Women are born with about 2 million...

Meet Insulin and Cortisol and the Role They Play in Fertility

Let’s dive right in. Insulin Insulin does many things for our body, but is the vital hormone in control of our weight balance due to its close relationship with our blood sugar. Unfortunately, when our bodies become used to consuming processed foods, our Insulin develops a resistance. In turn, this causes our blood sugar to be...

Do You Know Your Fertility Hormone Acronyms?

Did you know that besides Estrogen and Progesterone, there are other fertility hormones? Because when you’re trying to start a family, AMH, FSH, LH, and TSH can be as equally as important! Let’s break them down. AMH (Anti-Müllerian Hormone) AMH is an indicator of how many eggs you have left, as well as their...

Two Main Fertility Players: Estrogen and Progesterone

Welcome back! By now, you should understand the basics of “trying.” However, when you experience issues, there could be something more underlying and out of whack with a whole slew of other hormones. So we’ll start with the basics of Estrogen and Progesterone. Estrogen Oh, Estrogen. Commonly blamed for our “mood...

Been “Trying” for Too Long? Understand your Fertility Hormones

When There’s More Going On Let’s get real here for a moment. Dr. Google isn’t exactly your friend when it comes to having a baby. Sure, it can be useful, but you may be at risk for going down an obsessive rabbit hole of misinformation. Sometimes, it’s hard to know what’s scientifically accurate advice and what’s...

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