by Dr. Rachel Corradetti-Sargeant, ND | Jul 15, 2020 | Fertility Health, Fertility Testing
Taking your basal body temperature (BBT) while trying to conceive is an important step to understanding what is going on with your menstrual cycle hormones. What is basal body temperature? This is the temperature of your body when you are at rest. What happens to... 
by Dr. Camille Krause, ND | May 19, 2020 | Fertility Health, Fertility Testing
So you already have one (or more) kids, and want to grow your family. Secondary infertility is defined as difficulty in conceiving or carrying a child to term, following the birth of a previous child. It can have an incredible emotional toll, no matter how much or how... 
by Dr. Melissa Lee, ND | May 15, 2020 | Fertility Health, Fertility Testing
Cycle monitoring is a process that follows the development of the ovarian follicles. This can be used to determine the health of a menstrual cycle and as a tool in preconception and fertility care. During the COVID-19 pandemic when we may not have access to... 
by Dr. Melissa Lee, ND | Apr 16, 2020 | Egg Health, Fertility Testing, Sperm Health
Your thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped organ that sits at the base of the neck. It is part of the body’s hormone system, called the hypothalamus pituitary axis (HPA Axis), or simplistically the endocrine system. The thyroid makes two main hormones: triiodothyronine... 
by Dr. Camille Krause, ND | Apr 7, 2020 | Fertility Health, Fertility Nutrition, Fertility Testing, Sperm Health
Maybe you were told you may have poor egg or sperm quality. Or maybe you saw one of Conceive Health’s posts about it. But how do you know if your egg or sperm quality need help? The below factors may provide a hint… Do you ovulate LATE in your cycle, after day... 
by Dr. Camille Krause, ND | Mar 24, 2020 | Fertility Health, Fertility Testing, IVF Treatment
As of writing (March 23, 2020) this is what we know. More information comes to light as the global situation evolves, and the team at Conceive Health will continue to share it with you. Currently, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology recommends...