Fertility Rewire Podcast Kat Stevens - Coach, podcaster

Hello and welcome to this episode of the Fertility Rewire podcast. Now, it's been a while. Again, I've taken a break.  I've actually really, I've got quite a neck injury and I've been wearing a neck brace and have had the same sort of battle with my healthcare that I know you face a lot with your fertility, but you know, I've stuck with it. I've got to the route that I need to be taking now and things are improving massively.
So I'm back doing everything that I was before. So you may have seen me on TikTok more recently talking quite a lot about spotting and signs of low progesterone. And these videos have created lots of conversations with people getting in touch with me. And we are really starting, I think in the fertility community. 
And when I say that, I mean you guys who are trying to get pregnant really starting to try and understand, I hope, about progesterone and people are starting to see it as a potential reason why they're not falling pregnant. Now it may well be, but like all things, it's a symptom and we need to look for the cause. So if your progesterone is low, then there will be a reason for that. And the reason in itself might not only affect progesterone, but it may affect other aspects of fertility. So a sticking plaster is not necessarily what we need now. So I'm going to explore in this episode with you a little bit more about spotting because I know that you'll be told that spotting is normal potentially. And you know what? For some people it is. But we have this gauge of normal, don't we?
So, if you are spotting, join me by listening into this episode listened, and think what factors might be there. If you need any more support on how to find that out, then please get in touch. You can get in touch by email kat@fertility rewire.com. You can get in touch with me via socials on Instagram and TikTok. It would be great to hear from you and also if you've got any thoughts on the podcast, you know, how are you enjoying it, what more would you like me to do? Is there anything specific you want me to cover? Then please get in touch. But as ever, take care.
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It was a great pleasure to chat with Hoopsy Founder Lara Solomon in this episode where we discuss hope, support and saving the environment when trying to get pregnant.
 
Hoopsy provide resources and information to those trying to conceive, as well as an eco friendly pregnancy test, made from99% paper (that doesn’t get wet) and is 99% accurate at a comparable cost to plastic single use tests.
 
Lara talks about her realization about the amount of single use plastic used during her own IVF treatment and it prompted her to start investigating the possibility of an eco friendly version.
 
We also discussed the upcoming ovulation tests, and an online support community coming in February.
 
If you wanted to get a free sample of the pregnancy test, you can do so via the link below
https://www.hoopsy.co/pregnancy-test-giveaway

It can be a time of dread and fear cant it?
 
Family gatherings, the questions you know you'll get asked.  But what will you reply?  Do you smile politely, still keeping this very personal subject to yourself, or do you let them have it: None of your business!
 
Its a time for family, and the sense of loss can be huge, overwhelming even.
 
I want to give a sense of hope this christmas. My wish for you is that you start to understand what could be affecting your fertility, that you have can put steps into place to enhance your fertility and ease the emotional burden you carry.
 
I've helped 100’s of couples achieve this and I’m sharing my knowledge and proven treatment plan with you in the digital packs.  And for a limited time offer you can access free support from me.
 
You can access the digital pack here

Feeling lost is something I hear a lot from my clients and people i speak to about their fertility struggles.
 
The thing about being lost is that we are often looking for the way out, but before we can truly do that we have to know where we are.
 
I discuss how we can do that, how we need trusted sources and once we know where we are we can get help to get to where we need to go, or help to know where we need to be going next.
 
I also announce the launch of the new Conceivable digital programme 

You can get your hands on that here, and fo a limited time I’m trialing a free support option too (DEC 2022)

It’s hard to stick to all the things that you are trying to improve your chances of getting pregnant, especially if you don’t really know why you are doing them or know if they are working.
 
I was recently called out on this a bit with my own business.  What was my motivation?
Well my motivation was to of course get clients that I can help, and to educate and advocate for couples through my podcast.
 
So why haven't recorded an episode for months?
 
Well I've been poorly, my kids have been poorly, I've had covid, I've had migraines, I have my clients and limited time.
 
Was I feeling  deflated, do I lack motivation?
 
Well actually what I have been lacking, is discipline and I talk about this in this episode regarding your fertility journey?
 
How can you be motivated when you don’t see results?
Are you looking for the big result and not noticing the micro results that are adding up?
 
Do you understand, trust and believe in the actions you are taking, or is this lind faith because someone else has done this?
 
Are your stress/worry levels so high due toall the things you are trying with no results, of having no answers?
 
When you trust in the process or the person advising the process, you can get discipline your actions because you trust them?
 
Well this is how I support my clients, every day.
 
Click here for my free guide 6 things stopping yu getting pregnant

It's a viscous circle: stress affects ovulation, and as you no doubt no ovulations affects stress.  As a result it can also impact other areas of your life.
In this episode I discuss the stress of ovulation, why it impacts your fertility and what you can do about it.
So there is potentially a lot, you don't know, but there is a lot you can know. So if you want to get more answers, if you want to get the answers or even find the right questions, so you can get the answers, then I can help with that.
So if that's something you want to reach out, get in touch, can get me on socials at fertility, rewire or kat@fertilityrewire.com or book an insight call.
TRANSCRIPT
In this episode, I'm going to talk about the stress of ovulation, which if you've been trying to get pregnant, whether that be with your first, second or further children, you may well really identify with this and see this as being an issue.
So my first question for you is, do you know when you ovulate, have you always known when you ovulate, are you still unsure or have you recently found out that it's not at all when you thought it was.
 I often talk about how, what we're taught in school. Isn't actually relevant to what we need to know when it comes to trying to get pregnant. We often have this idea that we all ovulate on day 14 in the holy grail of 28 day cycle. But actually, even if you had a 28 day cycle, it's not guaranteed that you would ovulate on day 14.
I know some people have been informed from a medical professional that they will ovulate 14 days after their period starts. And other people have been told that they will ovulate 14 days before their period starts. None of which is a guarantee, none of which is true for all.
I have worked with some clients over the years where the only issue in their fertility journey was that they weren't completely sure when they were ovulating. Often it's that they were ovulating a lot later than they thought. So it was when working together quite a quick win for many. And sometimes it can be as simple as that, but we know it's not, we know, as I've said many times that there are many, many factors involved. And we also know that we are not looking for further information when we're going through the doctors necessarily.
                                Ovulation signs
So do you know your signs of ovulation? Now, this is something I discussed earlier in the podcast in episode six. So that's worth the listen, if you haven't already listened to that one where I talk about ovulation signs.
 So naturally, when you ovulate, think about us as animals, not as logical overthinking at times, humans, but as animals, your body tells you it's time to reproduce. So your libido will be increased and you will have changing cervical mucus that will change over this fertility window. The type of mucus varies as we get nearer to ovulation, it's very choosy early on as to which sperm it let through. And the nearer to ovulation, as I've talked about in the episode six, it's going to let anything through at this point. So it is important to know what that mucus means and what it demonstrates.
                                Stress and Ovulation
We know that stress, anxiety, worry, fear affects ovulation. It's a very natural process in the body. It's a fantastic process to keep you safe because ultimately the first job of your body is for you to stay alive. It's second job is for you to have sustenance for you to continue. So to stay alive in the moment of danger and then to stay healthy and alive. And it's third job, and this is a hierarchy is procreation. So unless those other two are in place, as I've talked about before, procreation is going to come very, very low down on the list. So at times when your body feels you are in imminent danger in the past, this would be with predators. And I talk about tigers a lot, and Tiger Taming is something I work with my