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For over a decade, I’ve worked with hundreds of women – those trying to get pregnant and those that aren’t. I teach women how to optimize their hormones and how to alleviate the most common modern hormone imbalances (such as infertility, PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, and many others).

The women I work with discover how to eat and live in a way that profoundly nourishes their body and their hormones. Ultimately they understand how to live in hormonal flow each and every day.

Whether you’re trying to fix your hormonal chaos, get pregnant, grow a healthy baby, or ultimately just feel happy and content in your body, I’m so glad you’re here.

Ready to learn exactly what to do every day to increase your fertility?

@Sarahjanesandy

𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 + 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢

Some women get it, some don’t.

But those who do, know how brutal it can be.

It’s uncomfortable, it’s painful, and it often progressively gets worse during your pregnancy.

While taking antacids seem to provide immediate, short term relief, acid in your stomach is there for a super beneficial reason—to kill harmful bacteria and viruses and to help absorb food and minerals—so frequently popping antacids can hinder this process.

Here are a few tips and tricks to get you through that dreadful pregnancy heartburn:

〰 consume smaller, more frequent meals.

〰 sip on liquids through the day rather than drinking large amounts with meals. Think coconut water, herbal teas, ginger tea, and lemon water. Adding raw apple cider vinegar to water can be helpful.

〰 avoid overconsumption of sugar + carbs, which elevate blood sugar. Elevated blood sugar levels can cause your esophageal sphincter to relax, allowing stomach acid to more easily enter your esophagus.

〰 eat potent, fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, and kefir. They are brimming with enzymes and good bacteria which support healthy digestion. These are especially important to include when eating a high protein meal or before bed. Drink the juices from the jar anytime you're experiencing heartburn.

〰 eliminate trigger and irritating foods like sugary foods, spice, chocolate, coffee / caffeine, citrus, dairy, gluten, onions, tomatoes, citrus, mustard, fizzy drinks, and spicy / rich / fried foods. This will vary by mama!

〰 for quick relief, add baking soda to a small amount of water and drink.

〰 supplement with Digestzymes (link in bio). Take 2 capsules with every meal. These contain HCL which helps boost our own reserve and is extremely helpful for indigestion or heartburn.

〰 consider your posture! As babe grows, mama has less and less room in her torso, which is problematic for mamas who slouch or sit for too long. Expanding and straightening your posture can create a little more wiggle room for babe and internal organs.

How did you survive pregnancy heartburn?

#sarahjanesandy #pregnancy #heartburnrelief

𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎?

I love gettin' into the details of timing sex to get pregnant ... or to not get pregnant, depending on where you're at in life.

So, planning sex ... mood killer, amiright?

But when you’re actively TTC, or actively trying not to get pregnant, timing can be everything.

Ideally, you’re tracking your cycles. If you’re not, get on it! An average cycle is 28-30 days with Day 1 being the first day of your period. Your cycle is split into two parts—the follicular phase (first day of bleeding until ovulation), and the luteal phase (from ovulation until your next bleed).

It's important to learn how to accurately track ovulation. The idea that every woman ovulates on cycle day 14 is just not true! And the app on your phone has NO IDEA when you’re actually ovulating, it’s simply using an algorithm based on your past cycles to guess when you might ovulate.

So learning how to observe ovulation signs such as the change in cervical fluid, a shift in basal body temperature, and enhanced sexual desire are all good cues to watch out for.

For those of you that don’t “feel” the time of ovulation, ovulation predictor kit tests that detect the change in hormones near ovulation are the answer! They are inexpensive and extremely easy to use.

Ohhh, here comes the fun part if you're actively trying to conceive.

S E X Y T I M E.

I recommend having sex every day that you notice slippery, raw egg-white cervical fluid AND every day you are in your *fertile window* according to OPK pee sticks (this is the 2-3 days before you get a positive LH surge + day of LH surge + day after LH surge). A positive LH peak means you will (hopefully) ovulate and release an egg within the next 12-24 hours so today is your peak fertility day!

It's important to have sperm in the cervix before you ovulate so as soon as the egg is released, there is an abundance of sperm ready and waiting to fertilize!

Your egg only lives for about 12-24 hours, but sperm can live inside you for up to 5 days if they’re healthy.

#sarahjanesandy #TTC #fertility #cycletracking

𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢

1. Food 🍌
Eat real food that you primarily cook yourself (so you actually know what’s in the food you’re eating). Choose the highest quality you can afford and get your hands on. If your great grandmother would not have recognized what you’re about to put in your mouth, it’s best not to eat it. Simple as that.

2. Sleep 😴
Aim for a minimum of 8-9 hours. Get in bed early. Sleep in complete darkness. Get off the devices before bed, and keep all electronic gadgets out of the bedroom.

3. Movement🏃‍♀️
Move your body every day. Leading an inactive lifestyle with little to no exercise creates a situation of stagnation of blood flow to our uterus and other reproductive organs. The main artery that supplies blood to our legs also supplies blood to our uterus, ovaries, testes and vagina. If we sit around a lot, especially if we have a desk job, the blood flow to these areas may be minimized, therefore compromising egg & sperm quality.

4. Sun & Warmth 🌞
Getting outside in the sunshine optimizes our serotonin levels (aka our happy hormone) which is helpful to offset the stress that often comes along when TTC. Being outside in the sunshine also increases our vitamin D levels. Studies show a significant correlation between vitamin D levels and fertility: low levels of vitamin D negatively impact fertility.

#sarahjanesandy #fertility #ttc

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Acupuncture

Childbirth educators

Chiropractors

Doulas: birth & postpartum

Fitness

Functional Medicine Medical Doctors

Herbal medicine

Homebirth midwives

Lactation consultants

Massage therapy: fertility, prenatal, & postpartum

Maya abdominal therapist

Mental health

Physical therapist: pregnancy & postpartum

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Changing Women’s Lives

Ready to learn exactly what to do every day to increase your fertility?

@Sarahjanesandy

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