Guest blog by Olivia Wolfe, an independent writer.
Everyone’s fertility journey is different, and as such, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to it. If you’re trying to conceive, becoming familiar with your body will make the process more comfortable, and this is where your doctor can help.
Understanding how your body functions and what you can do to prepare it for pregnancy is a helpful and meaningful practice, and it can make a lot of difference in overcoming infertility. Along with your doctor’s recommendations, you can also consider a more holistic approach to your health that could, in time, empower your fertility journey while making you feel good in your skin.
Holistic Approaches For Boosting Fertility
The holistic approach to health is based on the idea that everything in your body is inextricably connected. Therefore, the only way to address a condition is to look at the person’s whole life, habits, and circumstances and observe their fertility journey as a mirror of it all. Once you know what contributes to difficulties in conceiving, you can look for additional help in nature.
Natural remedies can help you boost anything from the immune system to mental health, which, in turn, can allow you to conceive more easily. It’s important to note that natural remedies shouldn’t replace traditional medicine but rather complement your lifestyle and any treatment you might be undergoing.
Tweaking Your Nutrition
One of the first things you’ll hear, no matter the health condition you’re dealing with, is to look at your eating habits. The same goes if you’re having fertility challenges because the food we have access to makes it hard to eat in a way that’s truly satisfying and good for us.
In fact, many people have forgotten the feeling of a nutritious meal that keeps you satiated while giving your body all it needs. A holistic approach to nutrition encompasses everything related to eating – from the food you choose to your emotional reaction to it. There’s a lot of accent on raw diet and consuming food in its natural form whenever possible, but like with everything in holistic medicine, your unique body and mind will dictate what you should eat and avoid.
Use of Natural Remedies
Nature has much to offer you in terms of healing and boosting your fertility potential as long as you know where to look. There are herbs, flowers, and roots out there that can alleviate pretty much any symptom under the sky, but finding the right information is no easy feat.
Still, there are supplements and remedies that you can use when you’re trying to improve your chances of conceiving. Some of them are:
- Chasteberry
- Maca
- Ashwagandha
- Royal Jelly
- Red Clover
- Milk Thistle
- Shatavari
Here, it’s important to note that the potencies of these plants and supplements can be great, but you should always be careful and only take advice from experienced and trusted individuals.
Finding and Keeping Your Balance
Your body takes cues from your mind, and if you’re constantly wrestling with anxiety and/or mood disorders, finding your balance is easier said than done. Nevertheless, peace of mind is incredibly important for the body to function properly. Constant exposure to stress often results in hormonal imbalances that can significantly impact fertility.
Thankfully, there are many ways to come back to yourself and learn how to cope with stress, and holistic medicine can teach you how to do it in a way that’s permanent and tailored to your needs.
Yoga and meditation are among the most effective approaches to finding peace conducive to conceiving more easily. Some people take a different path and undergo testing for vagus nerve dysfunction because it can be directly connected to how their hormones respond to stress. Exercising, spending time in nature, breathing exercises, and therapy can all give you the tools to manage stress and make your fertility journey successful.
Trying Acupuncture
While there’s a lot of research left to be done on how acupuncture improves fertility, there are also a lot of promising results that confirm its positive effects. Not only does acupuncture help with hormone regulation, but it can also help by reducing stress and softening how we react to it.
Both women and men can benefit from acupuncture. The process can help better balance reproductive hormones for women, and for men, it can improve sperm count. In general, acupuncture can boost your health in different ways, from improving circulation to alleviating pain if you’re dealing with PCOS or endometriosis. This is one of the most frequently used holistic approaches for all the good reasons.
Wrapping up
Adopting a holistic approach to your fertility journey lets you learn more about yourself and deepen your commitment to a healthier life. It allows you to tackle obstacles you might be facing, let go of the need to control the outcome, and embrace the TTC experience in a stress-free and loving way.
Olivia Wolfe is an independent writer with a passion for simplifying complex information related to senior care health. With her background as a nursing intern, she combines her firsthand experience in the healthcare field with her writing skills to deliver valuable insights to her readers.
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