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#250 | This Daily Habit Supports Your Egg Quality More Than Any Fertility Supplement to Increase Your Chances to Get Pregnant This Summer · Finally Get Pregnant Naturally: Holistic Fertility Support To Conceive Naturally and Stay Pregnant After Miscarriage

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  Katie: You can be buying the highest quality supplements, but here is one daily habit that sets the fertility conditions everything else depends on.
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  Welcome 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.
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  I'm your host, Dr.
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  Katie Wood.
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  Let's dive in, shall we?
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  Katie: Three things you'll gain on today's episode: why morning light is the master switch for your entire hormonal day, the direct connection between light exposure and your egg quality, and of course, your weekly fertility prescription, exactly what to do,
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  Katie: when, and why it works even better in the summer.
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  Katie: So let's talk about why morning light is the master hormonal switch.
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  Katie: I wanna start with, in this past Tuesday's episode, number 249, I went deep on melatonin, how it is the primary antioxidant protecting your follicular fluid and developing eggs, and how your summer is quietly suppressing it.
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  Katie: I'll put the link in the show notes so you can give it a listen if you haven't already, but today's episode is the practical companion to it.
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  Katie: Because the most powerful thing you can do to protect your melatonin production starts with what happens within the first 30 minutes of your day.
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  Katie: We have something called Your suprachiasmatic nucleus, the master clock in your brain, sets your entire circadian rhythm based on the first light signal it receives each morning.
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  Katie: So you have your natural morning light hitting your eyes within 30 minutes of waking tells your brain exactly what time it is.
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  Katie: That single signal cascades into your cortisol awakening response, the natural cortisol peak that should rise sharply in the morning and taper across the day, which side note, that is one of the things I review for my one-on-one clients
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  Katie: on their Dutch test, and a lot of times I'm seeing it super depressed, and on the occasion, it's actually way too elevated.
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  Katie: So this sets the timer for when melatonin will rise at night.
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  Katie: It anchors LH pulsatility, which is the hormonal signal that drives ovulation, and it regulates the entire reproductive hormone cascade that depends on a functioning circadian rhythm to fire correctly.
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  Katie: So there is not one supplement on the market that can do that for you.
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  Katie: Not CoQ10, not melatonin itself, not your prenatal.
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  Katie: Morning light is the signal that tells your body what time it is, and your hormones cannot do their jobs properly without that authentic signaling.
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  Katie: When you skip it, when you wake up inside, roll straight into your phone, and you start scrolling, you drink your coffee in the morning in your dim kitchen, and you don't see natural light until you are already in
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  Katie: your car, possibly wearing sunglasses, contacts, or glasses, your circadian clock starts the day without that anchor.
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  Katie: Cortisol does not peak the way it should Melatonin does not rise at the right time.
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  Katie: LH signaling gets blunted, and the eggs developing in your ovaries spend another day in a less protected, less hormonally supported environment.
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  Katie: So here is your fertility prescription.
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  Katie: Every morning this week...
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  Katie: Now, this is one I absolutely want you to do for a minimum of seven days in a row, and you will notice a difference by the end of that week, just in the way you feel, in your mood,
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  Katie: how you are able to be in your day.
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  Katie: Okay?
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  Katie: So every morning this week, within 30 minutes of waking, go outside without sunglasses, no glasses, no contacts, no phone, just you and the morning light for five to ten minutes.
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  Katie: In summer, this is actually easier and more potent than any other time of year because the light is brighter, it rises earlier, and the intensity of natural morning light in summer is significantly higher than indoor lighting at any
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  Katie: hour.
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  Katie: Your master clock gets a strong, clear signal and sets properly, and everything downstream will follow.
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  Katie: I would also recommend taking your shoes off if you can.
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  Katie: Stand on the grass, on the soil, on the earth, because grounding or having direct contact with the earth's surface has been shown to reduce inflammatory markers and support the nervous system shift into a parasympathetic mode.
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  Katie: You are getting morning light and nervous system regulation at the same time, five minutes outside, barefoot if possible.
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  Katie: Phones are not allowed.
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  Katie: And while you're out there, you can add on another layer if you s- feel called to doing it.
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  Katie: But this is what I always like to do.
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  Katie: When I go outside, I'm just making the most of my time.
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  Katie: If you want to turn this five minutes into a full nervous system and lymphatic system reset, try one of these while you're outside One would be diaphragmatic breathing.
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  Katie: So you wanna take slow, deep belly breaths with a longer exhale than inhale.
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  Katie: This directly activates the vagus nerve and shifts your nervous system into a parasympathetic mode right at the start of your day.
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  Katie: Even five slow breaths while standing in the morning light anchors your cortisol awakening response and lowers your baseline stress activation before your day has even started.
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  Katie: Just imagine how nourishing and supportive that must feel.
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  Katie: Or we also have lymphatic jumps.
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  Katie: So this is gonna be gentle, two-footed bouncing on the balls of your feet, heels barely leaving the ground for one to two minutes.
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  Katie: The lymphatic system has no pump of its own, so it relies on movement and muscle contraction to circulate.
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  Katie: This simple practice stimulates lymphatic flow, supports cellular detoxification, and takes less than two minutes.
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  Katie: Pair it with your morning light and grounding, and you have a free five-minute protocol that is doing more for your fertility than most things on your supplement shelf.
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  Katie: You can alternate the two.
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  Katie: Sometimes, honestly, I'll just do 20 squats, 20 jumping jacks, running in place for a minute, whatever feels good to you, okay?
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  Katie: This is your nervous system resets and your egg quality protocol in one.
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  Katie: It is free, it requires no equipment, and it is the most upstream fertility intervention available to you this summer.
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  Katie: So make the most of the rest of these summer months and even into the fall as well So this is the kind of fertility habits that I followed myself before getting pregnant naturally at 36, and this is absolutely
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  Katie: part of the foundational framework inside Fertile as a Mother with my one-on-one clients.
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  Katie: Because the most sophisticated lab results and the most targeted supplements only work as well as the circadian and hormonal foundation underneath them.
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  Katie: If you want that full picture custom tailored and built for your body and situation specifically, I would love to be a part of your fertility support team.
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  Katie: If you're ready to finally have answers and proven steps to guide you to your healthy pregnancy, there is a link in the show notes to book your free fertility strategy session for you and your partner.
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  Katie: So let's recap today's episode.
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  Katie: Your fertility prescription for at least seven days, and I know you're gonna wanna go past that seven days.
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  Katie: There is so much benefit to go past that seven days and just to make this part of your morning routine.
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  Katie: But for now, five minutes outside, no sunglasses, no phone, within 30 minutes of waking.
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  Katie: Every single morning this week, your melatonin, your cortisol, your LH, your egg quality, all of it starts here.
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  Katie: The most powerful fertility habit you have is waiting for you outside your door.
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  Katie: So go get it, girl.
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  Katie: Thank you so much for listening to today's episode.
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  Katie: I hope you have a beautiful and sunny day, and I will see you on our next episode released every Tuesday and Thursday.
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  Are you ready to finally discover why you haven't been able to get or stay pregnant?
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  The 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.
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  You'll find the link in the show notes.
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  As a quick reminder and disclaimer, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice.
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  Always consult your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any new supplement or protocol, especially if you're actively trying to conceive or undergoing treatment.