To lube, or not to lube? That is the question.

And if it's one you've been asking yourself too, then I have the answers for you.

There’s a question that has suddenly started to pop up in my DMs and inbox. A lot of you are asking about how to safely use lubricants when trying to conceive, so I thought it was time to answer your questions. 

 

If you’re trying to conceive, you want to make sure you’re doing everything possible to maximise your chances. Something that a lot of you are certainly starting to consider is the effect that your standard supermarket lubricant could have both on your fertile cervical mucus as well as his sperm.  So, in this episode we’re talking about how to use lubricants effectively when trying to conceive; how to use them, when to use them and some of my recommendations too.

 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

•  Do you need to use lubricant?
• Are lubricants safe when trying to conceive?
• Which lubricants are best when trying to conceive?

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Full show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources can be found HERE:

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Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

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Meet Abigail. 

 

She’s a 26 year old Healthcare Staffing Professional that lives in Georgia, USA. She enjoys literature, nature, animal rescue, and spending time with her beloved pets. 

 

Abigail has been married for 1 1/2 years, and together she and her partner have spent the last 14 months trying to conceive their first child.  Her recent double diagnoses of Endometriosis and PCOS have turned her world upside down but she says she is finding so much comfort in this new community and is working towards finding inner peace during life’s challenges.

Connect with Abigail on Instagram

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This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Mira Fertility.

Mira is the hormone lab that fits in the palm of your hand and measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. With the power of AI, Mira learns about your cycle and gives you personalised and accurate insights about your ovulation and fertility window.

Learn more HERE and use the code FERTILITYCO for $40 off Mira Kits and Bundles!

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

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EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

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The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Feel like you’re doing ALL OF THE THINGS when it comes to tracking your menstrual cycle and ovulation?

BUT for some reason, there seems to just be that something missing that means things haven’t *quite* clicked into place yet.

When it comes to tracking Basal Body Temperature (BBT), so many women seem to get bogged down in the specifics of daily temperatures and over-analysing the numbers instead of looking at the bigger picture – the overall temperature pattern throughout a cycle.

In this episode of the podcast, I’m sharing the 3 temperature shifts you should be tracking every cycle and what they can tell you about ovulation, your next period and it may even reveal to you one of the earliest signs of pregnancy.

  

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• What can your BBT tell you about your fertility?
• What are we actually looking at when tracking our body temperature?
• Your options for recording BBT
• Key Temperature Shift #1 – Confirming Ovulation
• Key Temperature Shift #2 – Predicting Your Period
• Key Temperature Shift #3 – A Sign of Implantation
• Temperature dips
• Why BBT can be unreliable

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Full show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources can be found HERE:

DM Rachel on Instagram:

@fertilityco

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This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Mira Fertility.

Mira is the hormone lab that fits in the palm of your hand and measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. With the power of AI, Mira learns about your cycle and gives you personalised and accurate insights about your ovulation and fertility window.

Learn more

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Get ready to be inspired by my incredible chat with Marissa Nelson. CEO and Founder of Fertility Haven, Marissa is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist and Certified Sexuality Educator. She is also a gifted public speaker who recently delivered her first TEDx talk.


Marissa has been a practicing therapist helping individuals and couples for the past decade. Her focus on reproductive mental health stems from her love of therapeutic work and her own experience with infertility and IVF. For four years prior to conception, she endured the pain and challenges of infertility, suffering in silence. She chose to transform hopelessness into empowerment by speaking on mental health panels at fertility conferences and creating reproductive mental health educational programs and content for leading fertility providers to support all couples during their fertility journey.


Whether you're currently on or preparing for your own fertility journey, providing support to a loved one, this interview with Marissa Nelson will provide you with a wealth of knowledge and inspiration.

Connect with Marissa:
Website
Instagram
Participate in the Persistence Study

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Full show notes with all links and resources can be found HERE:

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@fertilityco

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This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Mira Fertility.

Mira is the hormone lab that fits in the palm of your hand and measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. With the power of AI, Mira learns about your cycle

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

It’s no secret that exercise is good for us.

But here is the thing not a lot of people are out there saying but I am SURE you are probably feeling or thinking.

How the *EFF* do you exercise when trying to conceive or during early pregnancy?

And that is keeping people stuck.

Because so many women aren’t sure how to do it safely, they err on the side of caution and don’t do anything, which isn’t ideal. Then we have another group of women who are potentially over-doing it, which also isn’t ideal.

So in this podcast episode, I’m sharing my fast and furious tips on how to exercise during that preconception window when you might be wondering if, when and how you should be exercising; as well as how to exercise safely during early pregnancy and the first trimester.

 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• Exercise, Body Fat and Hormone Balance
• High Body Fat & Inactivity
• Low Body Fat & Excessive Exercise
• Stress, The Adrenals and Your Fertility
• Adapting Exercise to Honour Your Menstrual Cycle
• Safe Exercise During Pregnancy
• Exercise During the First Trimester

 

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Full show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources can be found HERE:

DM Rachel on Instagram:

@fertilityco

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This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Mira Fertility.

Mira is the hormone lab that fits in the palm of your hand and measures actual fertility hormone concentrations with 99% accuracy. With the power of AI, Mira learns about your cycle and gives you personalised and accurate insights about your ovulation and fertility window.

Learn more HERE and use the code FERTILITYCO for $40 off Mira Kits

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Meet Danielle. She has worked as a nurse practitioner in the US for 10 years. She struggled with amenorrhea, infertility and was told she had PCOS. Being a medical practitioner, Danielle was incredibly frustrated that she “couldn’t fix herself” and was eventually diagnosed with hypothalamic amenorrhea. She conceived with IUI but tragically her pregnancy ended at 23 weeks. After this traumatic experience of going through labour but not bringing a baby home, she was determined to learn as much as she could to heal herself. She dove into functional medicine and went on to conceive 2 children naturally. 

This experience affected her so greatly, that she changed her job and moved into a more functional and integrative role as a nurse practitioner. Danielle now helps women to optimise their health so that they can have the best outcomes possible.

Connect with Danielle:
Instagram
Website

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Full show notes can be found HERE:

DM Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORY?

If you’re keen to be a guest on the podcast and share your fertility journey in your own words, then please contact me! These episodes can’t happen without you!

Click here to apply!

THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR
This episode of the podcast was sponsored by Tropeaka; a premium, certified organic health brand with hundreds of thousands of happy customers in over 70 countries around the world! Their range of delicious and powerful proteins, vitamins, coffee, superfoods, bars, BCAAs and teas, are gluten-free, da

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

I speak with women all the time who have said to me that their doctor won’t investigate potential issues with their fertility until they’ve been trying to conceive for 12 months with no success; that they need to have had more than 1 miscarriage to be referred to a specialist, to just stop stressing, give it time and it will happen! Even women who are experiencing unsuccessful IVF cycles are usually just booked in for the next one. 

 

Women are not getting the support and encouragement they need to feel in control of their fertility. Sadly, women are not routinely taught about preconception care and daily factors that could be impacting their fertility. 

Many reproductive conditions, many issues with ovulation and your cycle, many of those traditional PMS symptoms associated with having a period that you dread every single month are all related to an imbalance between our hormones. And we can absolutely treat a hormone imbalance. Sometimes a few small changes are enough to have a big impact, sometimes you may need artificial hormones in one form or another to address the issue, sometimes it’s harder to treat, but the key is investigating what has caused the imbalance in order to correct it. 

In this episode we're talking all things hormone balance, the role of our key sex hormones and how to manage potential issues by first looking at your environment and your exposure to potential pollutants and contributors to hormone imbalance that you can address yourself.

 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• Hormone balance and the role of our key sex hormones
• Hormone imbalance, high oestrogen and low progesterone
• When to test for hormone imbalance
• How to manage your hormonal imbalance
• Hormone disruptors and environmental pollutants
• Pesticides and eating organic

 

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Full show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources can be found

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

For most of our lives, we have been told that getting pregnant is easy.

It seems ridiculously unfair that we actively avoid getting pregnant for years and years, and then struggle when we are actually ready to conceive.

More and more couples are turning to reproductive technology to assist with pregnancy. But this isn’t always necessary for many couples who use it, nor it is necessarily a guarantee of success. People tend to see this as a back-up option, but it’s only effective 25% of the time. 

50% of couples who are referred for infertility treatment actually have nothing wrong, just their timing. Many women only need to change their diet and lifestyle habits for success without assistance. 

So, why aren’t we focusing our attention on those simple lifestyle changes that are free and that you can do for yourself right now to maximise your chances of conceiving? 

By truly understanding what’s happening with your body and making some really simple lifestyle changes, this will have an enormous impact on ovulation, your fertility and your chances of conceiving quickly and naturally.

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• Control - Why it’s so important to take the time to understand your menstrual cycle and your natural fertile signs, PLUS my 4 steps to identifying ovulation day in less than 4 minutes
•  Balance - Environmental and lifestyle factors you may never have considered could be impacting your hormone balance and therefore your fertility
• Nourish - The key reasons why nutrition in the preconception stage is so important
• Why you should treat your body like you’re already pregnant

 

Learn more about Conceive With Confidence A 3 part workshop series to help you identify ovulation day, optimise ovulation and improve your chances of conceiving naturally

 

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Full show notes, including a

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Beth Ryan is a registered midwife, founder of PowerBirth childbirth education courses and Mum. Her instagram page @birthwithbeth_ began in a bid to bridge the knowledge gap between maternity services and expecting parents during the pandemic and has since flourished into a thriving online community and education space. Beth is now host of the podcast 'Growing' and provides her flagship birth preparation course PowerBirth both online and in small group workshops in Melbourne

Connect with Beth:
Instagram

Learn more about Power Birth

Listen to the Growing podcast

 

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Full show notes with all links and resources can be found HERE:

DM Rachel on Instagram:

@fertilityco

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Preparing for a subsequent pregnancy is a whole different ball game compared to first time around. 

There will be days where you wonder why on earth you want to add another little bundle to your family! How will you ever manage another one? Are you ready? Are they ready for a little brother or sister? How can you spread the love between more than one?

I know I swing from “yes absolutely” to “no way” a few times a day!

Preparing for baby number two, three and beyond certainly seems to involve a lot more mental gymnastics than first time around, but the physical preparation should be the same. 

But it’s often not.

 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• Why your cycles are not the same after having a baby
• Breastfeeding and the return of fertility
• Post-natal depletion
• Using the four pillars of fertility to prepare yourself to go again – nutrition, exercise & movement, sleep & stress management

 

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Full show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources can be found HERE:

DM Rachel on Instagram:

@fertilityco

Struggling to track your cycle consistently? Tempdrop has completely transformed the way I chart my fertility. It’s simple, stress-free, and perfect for busy women or those with irregular cycles. Plus, you can save 15% on your Tempdrop device - on top of any current promotions! Click the link below to grab yours and start tracking with confidence.

Learn more about Tempdrop HERE

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.