Using the Fertile Heart Ovum tools to support you through pregnancy, birth and motherhood. Congratulations, you’re pregnant! I still remember quite vividly the fist time I heard those words! Pregnancy for everyone, but especially when you’ve been on a scenic road to motherhood, can be such a thrill that you feel you have reached your [...]
The meaning of holistic in the world of reproductive health. Below is a description of a number of holistic fertility treatments. An important note: Engaging advisers—whether they’re fertility doctors, or practitioners of fertility acupuncture or therapists—can be eminently useful as long as we don’t see them as anything more than our esteemed consultants. When we leave our [...]
One of the latest more confusing acronyms linked to infertility is AMH, which stands for antimullerian hormone. I have summarized my view of the low AMH diagnosis and my take on the current accepted treatment protocols prescribed by reproductive endocrinologists and fertility specialists in a separate document titled Does a Low AMH Indicate Infertility: Getting [...]
Choosing your path when fertility doctors offer conflicting opinions on the Femara infertility connection, Femara as a fertility drug of choice for anovulation, unexplained infertility and PCOS treatment. By Julia Indichova. As many of my clients report, an increasing number of fertility doctors are now prescribing Femara instead of Clomid for infertility related difficulties, ovulation [...]
Does a high FSH level signal the onset of menopause? by Julia Indichova It was an FSH level of 42, at age 42, that according to fertility specialists placed me among the irreversibly infertile. Which is why I’ve engaged with the subject of FSH levels such as: The link between FSH levels and menopause, so [...]
One woman’s high FSH fertility story. At the age of 31 and about to embark on my third round of Clomid (I had been trying to conceive for approximately 15 months at that point), I happened to do a routine FSH and E2 reading on Day 3 of my cycle. The test came back with [...]
Decoding reasons for miscarriages and moving toward a full term pregnancy: The Fertile Heart™ Approach. Similarly to every other infertility diagnosis, the answer to what causes miscarriages is hardly ever a simple, clearly determined single cause-effect relationship. The Heather’s Gift e-book is a great example of the many case histories of women I worked with [...]
A holistic approach to decoding recurrent miscarriage causes, understanding causes for early miscarriages, and making conceiving after a miscarriage possible. Having witnessed the journeys of women in my practice, a miscarriage is a heartbreaking event. What I’ve also witnessed is that decoding recurrent miscarriage causes without a more holistic view of pregnancy is a no [...]
“Another IVF health hazard, unknown to patients but widely discussed amongst fertility experts, has been dragged from the shadows. According to British specialists, the powerful drugs used to stimulate egg production can actually make women less fertile and keep them from getting pregnant. The doyen of British IVF, Lord Robert Winston, told the Sunday Telegraph: [...]
When in vitro fertilization fails, seek an alternate route (or at least take a break). By Julia Indichova. It was Leslie Zarra’s sixth failed in vitro. Still, she wasn’t ready to quit. When she came to the Fertile Heart™ workshop, she was a patient of three different fertility specialists, preparing for another round of IVF. [...]
5 Failed IVF’s, 4 Cancelled IVF’s, 6 Failed IUI’s & a Fertile Heart Baby: A Story of Hope
by Gen G. I have not been on the Fertile Heart website for many months, but felt compelled to share my story of hope. I came to Julia’s website www.fertileheart.com just over a year ago with 6 failed IUIs, 5 failed IVF cycles, and 4 more cancelled IVF attempts. I had been trying to have a [...]
Alkalize for Fertility and Health Basic Guidelines for Tilting the Scale toward an Alkaline, Conception Friendly Holy Human Loaf Can our pH levels, in other words our acid-alkaline balance affect conception, implantation, egg and sperm quality and just about every organ function involved in getting pregnant? The answer is a resounding yes. If your cervical [...]
Now that I’m a Mom: The Next Stage of the Pilgrimage
by Mandy Queally “The moment a child is born the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother never. A mother is something absolutely new.” -Rajneesh I became a mother at 4:23 in the morning on November 11th, 2011. I have been a mother now for a total of [...]
Your Most Fertile Days: Timing is Everything
Identifying Ideal Baby Making Days of Your Menstrual Cycle; A Refresher on the Most Common Signs, Symptoms of Ovulation By Julia Indichova If getting pregnant is the destination, knowing your most fertile day is without a doubt an eminently useful piece of information. In a recent Fertile Heart workshop several women had questions about identifying the most [...]
"Two years ago today I took Julia’s workshop through the Learning Annex. It was Saint Patrick;s day and my friend Alice and I went. We sat in the first row and I was so moved and inspired by Julia and her experience that I decided to join her Fertile Heart Circle Meetings in New York city. I now have a son Alejandro who is 2 months old today. I know my meeting Julia and her work was a huge contribution to my getting pregnant naturally at age 43 and giving birth 3 days before my 44th birthday. I strongly encourage anyone interested in getting pregnant or “giving birth” to whatever that may be to take Julia’s workshop. I am forwarding Julia’s information to the women in my life." —Kathy I., New Jersey
Fertile Heart Chef’s Favorite Brown Rice Pudding:
In macrobiotic literature, overcooked short grain brown rice is a hormone balancing agent. This favorite of our family, is a delicious way to take advantage of this grain’s medicinal properties. Almond milk is alkalizing and a good source of protein. So curl up with a good book, and luxuriate! This is an easy easy recipe. [...]
Fertile Soups for Your Fertile Heart
To give our bodies the best possible chance of healing and fixing what’s broken, we want to make sure that the tough job of digestion is completed before we go to bed.
There are many types of lentils: brown, red, french(green), regular. I prefer French Green, I have only seen these in health food stores, so they might be hard to get. They are smaller and firmer and maintain there shape. You should experiment with different types of lentils. The cooking method is the same, except the [...]
You can really clean house with this soup. Almost anything goes. As with the other vegetable only soups, onions are the most important ingredient. I’ve found that since I started adding potatoes my girls are much happier. It makes them not notice the kale, chard and other good stuff. I have to agree. I staggered [...]
This one is a variation on the vegetable soup except it’s a little more like a potato stew. I wanted to make my usual recipe however I was short on onions. Now after I have told you how important onions are I suppose I should have put my shoes on and went running to the [...]
