In this episode, host Lexy interviews Natasha, a specialist in women's reproductive health. Natasha shares her background in functional medicine and dietetics and her passion for supporting women on their fertility journeys. The conversation also touches on topics like coming off contraception, PCOS, and endometriosis. Tune in to learn more about women's reproductive health and the importance of self-care.
Golden Nuggets From This Episode:
✨"If you struggle to receive, if someone's giving you a gift, allow yourself to receive it and be really, really grateful for it."
✨"It's really important to focus on yourself first and your health first before considering conception."
✨"It's actually kind of crazy when you think about like how many people don't even think about their own health before having a baby."
✨"I personally know that stress is the cause, like underlying cause almost every disruption in the body."
✨"Maybe we need to regulate our emotional stress a little bit better and give that a little bit more time of day."
✨"If we are pushing and pushing and pushing and pushing every single day of the month, we're going to push so hard that one month, two months, three months down the track."
✨"Your mind definitely has a huge part in it."
✨"I strongly believe in exactly what we're talking into about the placebo and the belief of things is that because they chose to find out which which option that they got, that really played a big, big role into how their body accepted or rejected that foreign object in their body."
✨"Do speak up and you aren't heard or respected or listened to."
✨"Just because it's common doesn't mean it's actually normal for our bodies to have PMS."
✨"Is what happens for a woman is we have typically a 28 day hormonal cycle, give or take."
✨"Our blood sugar is one of the main things that I hop on for."
✨"Thank you so much for believing in yourself enough and really wanting to find the answer, because it's so easy to give up on ourselves until you're just so frustrated."
✨"Your body just knows when you know."
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02:42 Act of kindness
04:21 Contraception and infertility
05:13 Prioritize reproductive health before conception
07:54 Impact of contraception on fertility
11:09 Emotional regulation and fertility
11:46 Holistic approach to fertility
13:23 Translocating bacteria and parasites
16:11 Reducing stress for infertility
19:09 Regulating yourself during your cycle
22:15 Retreat Ad
24:22 Mindset impacts fertility treatment
25:15 Fertility and mindset
26:10 Womb healing and support
30:23 The impact of beliefs
30:37 Beliefs shape our physical health
32:22 Speaking up and finding voice
35:13 PCOS is often misdiagnosed
36:08 High cysts on ovaries after contraception
39:43 Ways to help with PCOS
42:35 Importance of nourishing breakfast
42:39 Women's hormonal cycle duration
45:01 Balance blood sugar for hormonal health
46:02 Becoming who you are
48:56 A snuggled heart story
52:29 A divine message
53:55 Seek multiple opinions for health
54:50 Finding the root cause
