FFP 277 | The Top 4 Reasons Why You’re Not Conceiving | Lisa | Fertility Friday
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🗓️ 13 September 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode I share the top 4 reasons why you’re not conceiving. Tune in to this special solo episode to discover how you can use fertility awareness techniques to optimize your chances of conception, and an important discussion about sperm quality!
Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook. The first fully customizable paper charting workbook of its kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today!
Today’s episode is sponsored by The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. The Fifth Vital Sign is available for purchase on Amazon. Exciting news!! The audiobookis finally here! Listen to The Fifth Vital Signfor FREE when you sign up for a 30 day free trial with Audible. Click here to download now.
- The importance of having healthy sperm, healthy eggs, healthy cervical mucus and a healthy body in order for conception to occur
- Why women need to remember that fertility issues are not always their fault, but can sometimes fall on their partner
- How you can mess up your chances of conception by relying on rhythm method thinking
- Why it’s so important to get your timing right when trying to conceive
- Why cervical mucus is so important in the conception process
- The vast majority of sperm that men produce are abnormal even from the healthiest men
- How the best days to have sex when trying to conceive are when you have cervical mucus
- How ovulation kits can possibly hurt your chances of conception
- Why your change in temperature does not predict ovulation
- How the pill is a temporary bandaid for menstrual problems and how that can affect your cycle when you get off of it to try and conceive
- The average time it takes for your body to normalize after coming off the pill
- How much sperm is optimal for natural conception
- What makes up an optimal sperm analysis
- Lifestyle changes and nutrient supplements that can improve sperm quality
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Resources mentioned:
- FFP 149 | The Truth About Ovulation Predictor Kits (OPKs) | Lisa | Fertility Friday
- FFP 054 | The MTHFR Gene Mutation and Fertility | Recurrent Miscarriage, Nutrient Deficiencies, and Folic Acid | Diane Keddy
- Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook
- Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program
- The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize your Fertility| Audiobook | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book)| Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- Get The First chapter of The Fifth Vital Sign for FREE | thefifthvitalsignbook.com
Related podcasts & blog posts:
- FFP 254 | 5 Ways Fertility Awareness Will Help You Get Pregnant | Lisa | Fertility Friday
- FFP 242 | Planning for Pregnancy | What You Need To Know! | Lisa | Fertility Friday
- [On-Air Client Session] FFP 222 | Optimizing Sex For Conception With Limited Mucus | Daysi & Lisa
- FFP 207 | Top 10 Ways I’m Preparing For Pregnancy | Lisa | Fertility Friday
- FFP 020 | How to Accurately time Sex to Optimize your chances of getting Pregnant | Why Cervical Mucus is Essential | Dr Kerry Hampton
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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsor:
The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility
This episode is sponsored by my new book The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. Click here to buy now.
Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs
This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook, |
| 0:05.4 | the first beautifully designed, fully customizable paper charting workbook designed with you in mind. |
| 0:11.8 | With three years' worth of charting pages, the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook has you covered. |
| 0:17.3 | If you've been looking for a solid alternative to charting apps, you'll love this |
| 0:21.4 | charting workbook. The FertilityWerness Mastery Charting Workbook is available in both Fahrenheit |
| 0:25.9 | and Celsius editions, and it's available in spiral bound, paperback, and ebook versions. |
| 0:32.0 | Head over to fertility friday.com slash workbook to order your copy today. That's fertility friday.com slash workbook. |
| 0:40.4 | This episode is brought to you by my very first book, The Fifth Vital Sign, Master your cycles, |
| 0:44.7 | and optimize your fertility. With over 1,000 research citations, it is the most comprehensive |
| 0:49.3 | resource on fertility awareness and the menstrual cycle to date. The fifth vital sign is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats on Amazon.com. |
| 0:58.7 | Listen to the Fifth Vital Sign for free when you sign up for a 30-day trial with Audible. |
| 1:03.5 | Visit fertilityfrily.com slash audible for details. |
| 1:07.0 | That's fertility fratryday.com slash audible. |
| 1:09.7 | This is the F Friday podcast episode number |
| 1:12.1 | 277. Welcome to the fertility Friday podcast, your source for information about the fertility |
| 1:24.1 | awareness method and all things fertility. I'm your host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack. I'm the author of the fifth vital sign and the fertility awareness method and all things fertility. I'm your host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack. |
| 1:28.8 | I'm the author of the Fifth Vital Sign and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Journal. |
| 1:33.3 | I'm a certified fertility awareness educator and holistic reproductive health practitioner |
| 1:37.5 | with nearly 20 years of experience teaching women to connect to their fifth vital sign |
| 1:42.1 | through menstrual cycle charting, balancing |
| 1:44.6 | hormonal health, and optimizing the menstrual cycle without hormones. I'm outspoken about |
| 1:50.6 | hormonal birth control and its impact on fertility and overall health because you have the right |
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