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#264 | The 1 Shift That Protects Your Fertility And Helps You Get Pregnant Naturally, So You Can Stop Feeling Like You Have To ‘Keep Pushing Through’ · Finally Get Pregnant Naturally: Holistic Fertility Support To Conceive Naturally and Stay Pregnant After Miscarriage

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Katie: In this episode, you will discover why pushing through as an ambitious, high-achieving woman has driven every success in your life, but actually may be the exact quality that is quietly working against your fertility, and the one shift you
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Katie: can start making today that will change the game for you.
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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 from today's episode: why pushing through looks different in fertility than in any other area of your life, and the cost of just one more round, one more IUI, one more cycle, one more protocol is
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Katie: sometimes just pushing through in a different form, and the one shift that lets you stop pushing and start moving toward real answers without feeling like you're giving up So let's talk about what pushing through even is.
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Katie: You have been pushing through your whole life, and it has worked so far, except when it comes to your fertility.
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Katie: In every other area of your life, effort compounds.
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Katie: You push through the hard quarter, and the numbers turn.
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Katie: You push through the difficult project, and it gets done.
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Katie: You push through the discomfort and come out the other side with results.
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Katie: So when your fertility wasn't going as planned, you did what you've always done.
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Katie: You pushed through.
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Katie: You pushed harder.
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Katie: You pushed through the exhaustion.
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Katie: You pushed through the grief of the cycle that did not work.
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Katie: You pushed through the next supplement, the next protocol, the next specialist.
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Katie: And when that didn't work, you pushed through to one more round, one more IUI, one more cycle, one more intervention built on the same incomplete picture because nobody had ever actually stopped to look at what was underneath it
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Katie: all.
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Katie: And here's the hard truth that nobody in a doctor's office is going to say to you: doing the same thing again and again and hoping this time is different is not a strategy.
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Katie: It is how another year disappears, how another cycle slips through your fingertips.
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Katie: Another few thousand dollars.
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Katie: Another round of letting yourself hope just to watch it crash and burn.
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Katie: One more IUI or IVF built on the same information that has not worked yet.
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Katie: One more round of the exact same approach, praying for a different result.
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Katie: That is not perseverance.
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Katie: That is the loop, and the loop will keep taking your time, your money, your energy, and your heart for as long as you are willing to feed it because nobody ever stopped to ask why it was not working
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Katie: in the first place.
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Katie: So the shift.
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Katie: The shift is not about stopping.
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Katie: It is not surrendering.
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Katie: It is not giving up on the goal.
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Katie: The shift is pausing with intention for the first time to ask yourself, "Do I actually know why we can't get or stay pregnant?"
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Katie: And I mean actually, because there's a lot of confusion in the fertility space.
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Katie: For example Formerly known as PMOS or endometriosis is not the reason.
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Katie: It's the symptom.
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Katie: You have to ask, why do I have irregular cycles?
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Katie: Why do I have heavy, painful periods or whatever it may be for your specific situation?
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Katie: Because if the answer to that question is no, you don't actually know why, if the workup you've been given hasn't revealed your specific root causes, then the bravest, most strategic, most high-achieving thing you can do right now is
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Katie: stop doing the same thing and start doing something different.
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Katie: Not one more round of X, Y, or Z.
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Katie: It's time to initiate a round of investigation, a deep dive that's actually built to find what your doctor's workup was not.
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Katie: So your fertility prescription this week, find a quiet moment today or sometime this week, and I want you to really ask yourself honestly.
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Katie: So, you know, connect with your body before this.
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Katie: Put your hand on your heart, your hand on your womb for a few rounds of breaths, right?
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Katie: Four counts in, hold for four, breathe four counts out, hold for four.
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Katie: Do that as long as you need to, 'cause I want you to connect to your body.
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Katie: I want you to engage your parasympathetic nervous system.
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Katie: This isn't just one more thing to check off your to-do list.
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Katie: This is the thing.
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Katie: So I want you to really, really steward this process and be super intentional about it.
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Katie: And I want you to ask yourself honestly, "Am I pushing through right now, or am I moving forward with new information that can actually change our fertility outcomes?"
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Katie: Because those are not the same thing.
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Katie: One is momentum.
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Katie: One is moving through the motions I actually had a woman I was speaking with in the DMs, and she told me straight up, "I wanna work with you.
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Katie: I know I need to find the root cause of why we haven't been able to get pregnant."
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Katie: And they had already done some IUIs, and they failed.
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Katie: And then when I followed up with her, she told me, "Oh, my doctor said he will let us do a few more rounds of IUI before we go into IVF."
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Katie: So this is what I'm talking about, being on the hamster wheel of just repeating the same thing over and over again without actually any new life-changing information that can actually make a difference.
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Katie: And a lot of times you already know what you need to do.
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Katie: She knows she needs to figure out what's actually underneath it all.
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Katie: But sometime I know it's hard to not hop back on that hamster wheel.
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Katie: So if your honest answer is that you have been pushing through without new information, write down one question that has never actually been answered on your fertility journey, one thing that nobody has looked at, one piece of the
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Katie: picture that is still missing.
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Katie: That question is not a reason to despair.
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Katie: I would honestly get excited, because if you have a question that hasn't been answered yet, then what does that mean?
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Katie: That means you have an opportunity.
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Katie: It is the starting point of a completely different kind of conversation and path forward.
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Katie: You are allowed to stop pushing through.
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Katie: You are allowed to pause.
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Katie: Let this be your permission to pause with intention to find answers first.
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Katie: That is not weakness.
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Katie: That is not you failing.
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Katie: That is not you falling behind, 'cause I find so many women feel the pressure, and like they don't have time to pause.
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Katie: Wrong.
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Katie: If you don't take the time to pause, then you could be costing yourself your baby.
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Katie: Let that sit in.
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Katie: And I'm sorry if that hits hard, but that is the honest truth.
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Katie: Yes, some women will eventually go on to get pregnant, but some will not because they never took that time to pause.
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Katie: So let this be your permission slip to pause with intention to find answers first.
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Katie: Okay?
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Katie: That is the most powerful thing you can do for your fertility right now in this moment.
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Katie: Commit to it.
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Katie: Decide.
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Katie: So if you are listening to this and you're still not pregnant or you can't stay pregnant or you haven't been able to stay pregnant and you've been told everything looks normal or that you're running out of options, it's
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Katie: because your doctor can only give you the conventional range of tests which totally miss out on the underlying causes blocking your fertility.
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Katie: Meaning the longer you go relying on your doctor and traditional lab tests to get answers, the longer your fertility will be stuck and lower your chances become That is exactly why I created Decode Your Fertility, my fertility root
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Katie: cause testing framework that shows you how to go beyond the guesswork and conventional labs to finally find out what your body specifically needs to get pregnant.
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Katie: So click the link in the show notes to claim your spot on the waitlist for early access.
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Katie: So to recap this episode, your fertility prescription this week is to ask yourself, honestly, am I pushing through right now or am I moving forward with new information?
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Katie: Write down one question that has never been answered, and then come join us on Monday, September 22nd for our fall fertility reset because that question deserves a real answer, and this is where you're going to start finding it.
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Katie: Thank you so much for listening to this episode.
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Katie: I hope you have a grounded and beautiful day.
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Katie: I hope you find questions that deserve answers when you sit down and do your fertility prescription.
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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.