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The Birth Control to IVF Pipeline for Women with Period Loss · Nourished Fertility

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  Welcome back to the Nursing Women Podcast.
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  It's Victoria Myers here, your host, period recovery specialist
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  and registered dietician.
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  And today's episode might make some of you mad, but if you have a period
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  loss and your doctor has told you IVF is your only option to conceive, I
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  think it's time to get a new doctor.
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  Or new support in your journey, because everyone I talked to about
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  their period loss, especially those who are actively trying to conceive,
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  it is the exact same journey.
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  Let me know if this resonates for you.
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  You have been taking birth control for years and years and years.
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  probably.
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  You started it back in high school or early in college, likely when your
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  period went missing or regular or, Hey, you were just needed birth control.
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  I know that was certainly true in my case, you were told time and time again, like
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  birth control is going to regulate your period, just take it to get a period.
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  But now you know that like that wasn't a period, it was a withdrawal
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  bleed and that that's a bandaid.
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  Like if your period is missing or irregular, like
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  that's not going to fix it.
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  That's not a root cause approach.
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  And maybe for you, you got off of it years before actually trying to
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  conceive, or you could very well right now be getting off of it.
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  Now that you are trying to get pregnant, but you're running into
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  some difficulties, aren't you?
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  Because whether you got off birth control, you know, three, six months
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  ago or two to three years ago, you have not gotten your period back post pill.
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  What this means for you is now that you're actively trying to conceive is that time
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  to intercourse, OPKs, they don't work for you because you're not ovulating.
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  You don't have a period, therefore you're not ovulating.
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  You then make your way to a fertility treatment center after no real
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  help or answers as to why your period is missing from your OBGYN.
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  They're just like, I don't know, you can take birth control to regulate
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  it or, you know, since you are trying to conceive, now you should go see
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  a reproductive in endocrinologist.
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  Through that process of finding an RE and going to a fertility treatment, you
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  realize that with such low hormones, because again, you're not ovulating,
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  you don't have a cycle, treatments like IUI and injectables are going to
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  have a really low success rate for you.
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  So then IVF is given to you as your answer to pregnancy.
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  But before we even consider IVF.
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  Or, heck, maybe you have already done multiple rounds of IDF
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  and it hasn't worked for you.
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  I would beg to say.
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  Let's ask the question of why your period is missing in the first place.
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  Why is this happening?
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  What is the root cause here?
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  So that we can avoid expensive and invasive treatments, avoid
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  wasting time, energy, and money.
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  Gosh, the emotional drain of such an extensive process like IVF.
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  And like I always say here on the show, we can be so grateful that
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  it exists for people who need it.
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  But if you have period loss, Calls from your eating and your exercise habits
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  from the stress your body is under.
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  I would argue it is not necessary.
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  Instead, what we could do is focus on the true root cause of your period loss, which
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  will address next, restore your fertility naturally so that you can get pregnant.
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  naturally.
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  It doesn't have to be the birth control to IVF pipeline that women with
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  period loss get time and time again.
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  So let's understand why you're having period loss and understand specifically
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  hypothalamic amenorrhea or H.
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  A. and why it affects fertility.
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  Hypothalamic amenorrhea, we all call it H. A. Because that's a mouthful,
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  occurs when the hypothalamus, the brain's hormone control center, reduces
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  gonogoitropin releasing hormone, or GnRH, It reduces production of this
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  hormone due to stress and energy deficits, too much stress on the body,
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  not enough rest, not enough nourishment.
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  This leads to low FSH and low LH, follicle stimulating
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  hormone and luteinizing hormone.
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  This leads to then no follicle growth.
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  and no ovulation.
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  This also is why we have a low estrogen and low progesterone.
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  This disrupts the HPO or the hypothalamus pituitary ovary
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  communication without ovulation.
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  The thing I harp on time and time again.
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  Pregnancy isn't possible naturally, which is why doctors may suggest
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  IVF as a shortcut to bypass the body's natural ovulation process.
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  So doctors often recommend IVF for HA since the body isn't ovulating naturally.
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  IVF allows doctors to stimulate the ovaries, retrieve eggs,
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  fertilize them in a lab, and transfer an embryo into the uterus.
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  And since, unfortunately so, many doctors assume women with HA won't
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  regain natural cycles easily, they default to this medical intervention
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  instead of addressing the root cause.
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  However, However, However, However, if we can address the root cause,
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  your relationship with food and exercise IVF is not needed in order
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  to get pregnant in most cases.
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  So let's talk about that because if this is you, the truth is, is you can
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  get your period back so you can get pregnant by teaching your body that it's
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  safe enough to ovulate and cycle again.
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  The key to making this happen is that
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  it's time to face your under eating and over exercising.
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  And listen, I get it.
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  I've been there.
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  I've done it.
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  So has everyone on my team.
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  We've all faced the same fears, the same struggles, the same doubts.
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  We've all experienced peer loss.
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  I know how terrifying it feels.
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  So here's the thing.
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  Do you know what's scarier than that?
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  It's staying stuck forever in a cycle of disordered eating.
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  So if you're ready to make change and finally get your period back so you
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  can get pregnant naturally, instead of spending thousands and thousands
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  of dollars on IVF, you can get a personalized fertility plan and get
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  pregnant in the next six months.
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  It's about truly understanding your body, honoring what it needs,
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  giving yourself permission to heal, and tackling these real reasons
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  why your hormones are out of sync.
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  Specifically, That means addressing under eating.
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  Even if you think you're eating enough, you will be amazed at how quickly we can
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  identify those gaps that you for months and years haven't been able to see.
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  This means to re evaluating your over exercising because yes, A
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  healthy thing can be too much.
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  It means managing stress.
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  It means supporting your hormones so that they can come back online.
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  And guess what?
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  You don't have to figure this out on your own.
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  We are here to support you and walk you through every step,
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  helping you uncover the root of the problem and take real actionable
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  steps to reclaim your fertility.
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  If at the end of this episode you were ready to give your body the chance to heal
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  and finally get to that place where your period and your baby making dreams can
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  thrive, let's work together to get your period and your fertility back on track.
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  Here are three ways we can make that happen.
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  The first is download our free training that you can watch right here right now.
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  Restore your fertility in 90 days or less will tell you exactly what you need
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  to do to get your Period back therefore restore your fertility without giving up
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  all exercise or focusing on weight gain We also have tailored period comeback
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  plans Which will focus on two key areas to help you get your period back
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  and give you an exact customized game plan for how to restore your fertility
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  focused on movement and nourishment And finally, you can work with us in
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  our premier program, our exclusive high touch one on one program called
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  premier period recovery for fertility.
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  This is something you need to apply and be approved in order to join because
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  we only take on clients that we are so confident that we can support and clients
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  like yourself who are actively ready.
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  To get their periods back, restore their fertility and get pregnant in 2025.
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  All those links, the training, the plans and a premier program
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  are included in a show notes.
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  Thank you so much for listening to today's episode until next week.
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  Love to each of you.