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- 0:00Katie: In this episode, you'll discover the hidden hormone patterns you haven't had tested yet that explain why you're struggling to get or stay pregnant.
- 0:10Welcome to the Finally Get Pregnant Naturally podcast, the podcast helping women identify the real reasons you haven't conceived or stayed pregnant so you and your partner can finally grow the family of your dreams.
- 0:24I'm your host, Dr.
- 0:25Katie Wood.
- 0:26Let's dive in, shall we?
- 0:29Katie: Welcome to day five of the Fall Fertility Reset Challenge.
- 0:33Katie: If there's one thread running through this whole week, it's this: your standard fertility workup keeps measuring a single point in time when your fertility is actually about the pattern, how things move and change across your whole cycle.
- 0:50Katie: Because here's what usually happens.
- 0:52Katie: You get your hormones checked on one day, often cycle day three, a tube of blood, a single moment in time.
- 1:01Katie: The results come back and everything is sitting in the normal range and you're told that your hormones are, quote-unquote, "fine," which, full transparency, I run cycle day three hormone labs as well, but I treat it as a single
- 1:15Katie: piece of the puzzle, not the end-all be-all, everything looks normal, okay?
- 1:21Katie: Because a snapshot cannot show you behavior or patterns, and your hormones are all about behavior, how they rise and fall, how they're being metabolized, whether they're doing the right things at the right times across your entire cycle.
- 1:39Katie: The test I use here is called the Dutch test, and instead of one blood draw on one day of your cycle, it maps your hormones across the whole cycle through dried urine, so you finally see the pattern, not
- 1:53Katie: just the snapshot.
- 1:55Katie: So I want you to think about what a one-day blood draw simply cannot see.
- 2:01Katie: It can't show you your cortisol curve, how your stress hormone moves across the day, and whether it's quietly stealing from the very hormones you need for fertility.
- 2:12Katie: It can't show you how you're metabolizing your estrogen, not just how much you have, but which pathways your estrogen is being metabolized down, some of which matter a great deal for your health and your cycle.
- 2:29Katie: And it can't show you how your progesterone is actually behaving in that critical second half of your cycle, your luteal phase, the window that has to hold in order to sustain a pregnancy.
- 2:43Katie: That's the difference between a photo and the full story.
- 2:49Katie: Two women can have the exact same normal cycle day three numbers, but be living in a completely different hormonal reality, and only one of those is the environment a pregnancy actually needs to take and hold.
- 3:06Katie: And this brings me to one of my, recent client success stories actually.
- 3:12Katie: When we were looking at her hormones, we did a cycle day three lab draw, and everything was in normal range.
- 3:19Katie: It actually looked beautiful.
- 3:21Katie: It looked pristine.
- 3:23Katie: But obviously she still wasn't getting pregnant, that's why she had come to me.
- 3:27Katie: And when we looked at her Dutch test, it revealed a completely different picture of how her fertility hormones were actually behaving in her body.
- 3:39Katie: We were able to address that specific for her body's needs to really, really support her estrogen levels.
- 3:47Katie: Well, she just got her big fat positive recently, and we are so excited to be able to support her in her pregnancy.
- 3:57Katie: So, you know, even for a holistic practitioner like me, that's why I say yes, we look at cycle day three hormones, but that is never the only thing that we're looking at.
- 4:09Katie: Because if it was, I would be thinking, "Oh my gosh, everything looks perfect on your cycle day three."
- 4:16Katie: But then when we're looking at the Dutch test, the bigger picture here of how her hormones are behaving, we were able to get a more zoomed in view of what we needed to do to be able to support
- 4:32Katie: her body for optimal fertility outcomes.
- 4:36Katie: So if you've ever had your hormones checked and you were told that they were fine, or honestly maybe they weren't fine, and you're still not pregnant, I want you to know it's the pattern underneath it all that tells
- 4:49Katie: a completely different story, and you don't want to miss that picture.
- 4:53Katie: Because if you've been told your hormones are normal or you know they could be better, But you don't know exactly what your hormonal pattern is, here's the truth.
- 5:03Katie: Every cycle you keep guessing is another month the real pattern goes unseen and unaddressed.
- 5:12Katie: That's why Decode Your Fertility was made for you.
- 5:16Katie: It's my fertility root cause testing framework that goes past the one-day snapshot to show how your hormones are actually behaving across your whole cycle, so you can finally see what your body specifically needs to get and stay pregnant.
- 5:33Katie: Click the link in the show notes to claim your spot on the wait list right now.
- 5:37Katie: You're going to get early access and limited time pricing.
- 5:41Katie: I'll see you tomorrow on day six, and this one might sting a little because we're going to talk about the expensive supplements and the, quote-unquote, "healthy foods" you swear by because what if some of the very things you
- 5:55Katie: are doing right are quietly working against your fertility?
- 6:01Are you ready to finally discover why you haven't been able to get or stay pregnant?
- 6:06The Ultimate Fertility Blueprint is a quick, insightful quiz designed to reveal your overall capacity to conceive and help you discover potential root causes and areas to address to improve your fertility so you can finally get and stay pregnant.
- 6:24You'll find the link in the show notes.
- 6:26As a quick reminder and disclaimer, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice.
- 6:34Always consult your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any new supplement or protocol, especially if you're actively trying to conceive or undergoing treatment.