My guest today is Sarah Clark, a health and life coach from Canada, who uses functional medicine to find solutions to couples complex fertility struggles. We discuss male fertility and how important it is to have overall optimal health, not just to focus on sperm quality.
Sarah was 28 years old, when she received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. She accepted the diagnosis and had both her children through in vitro fertilization. Years later she realized the root cause of her infertility was a food intolerance.
She is a certified life coach with accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and a health coach with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
She is the author of Fabulously Fertile – Supercharge your Fertility Naturally, Fabulously Fertile Cookbook and Fertility Preparation Program. Her fertility coaching program, which includes functional lab testing, supports couples to make diet and lifestyle changes that dramatically improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby!
On her Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast she shares that with functional medicine and natural fertility solutions we can eventually reverse infertility.
In this episode we talk about:
- Her own fertility journey with premature ovarian failure and how she was rushed into IVF and egg donation.
- The importance of reviewing male fertility when trying to conceive
- Key things that matter with male fertility
- How functional reference ranges can be used to look understand sperm and overall health
- How male fertility can be affected by environmental toxins
- Common health themes that affect male fertility
- Importance of lifestyle factors like sleep, work and exercise
- How men often deal or feel with infertility (male and female factor)
- Emotional support tips for both men and women
- Nutrition and lifestyle improvements such as environmental exposure
- The need to find your “love language” and personal needs
- Recommended supplements and testing for sperm and overall health
- How the Fab Fertile practitioners use functional medicine to help couples get pregnant
Finally, I share what I am working on at the moment and what I will be releasing soon and in the coming months. If you want to be the first to know, then make sure you are on my mailing list: https://endofertilityspecialist.com/endo-fertility-news-mailing-list/
So this is the final episode of Season 2, and there will now be a bit of a break. Season 3 will be out in the New Year.
Mentioned links
- Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race by Shanna Swan
- Defender Shield (5G & EMF Protection) / Lambs (EMF protective underwear)
- Breath: The Lost Art of Sleep James Nestor
- Snore Lab / Sleep Cycle Apps
- Skin Deep Database (EWG.org)
- Series of 4 Podcast Episodes on Male Fertility (Get Pregnant Naturally):
- How To Improve Low Sperm Count, Motility and DNA Fragmentation with Justin Altman
- How to Improve Declining Sperm Counts and Egg Quality with Dr. Shanna Swan
- Why Focusing On The Whole Body Helps To Improve Sperm Quality with Dr Tracy Gapin
- How Stress and Other Factors Negatively Impact Sperm Quality with Dr Deb Matthew
- Sarah’s Fertility Diet Challenge
Connect with Sarah:
- Website: fabfertile.com
- Email: sarah@fabfertile.ca
- Podcast: Get Pregnant Naturally
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sesacoaching/
- Private Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/451444518397946/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabfertile/
Further Endo Fertility resources:
- Join my Endo Fertility community! Find us in the Thrive and Conceive with Endometriosis Facebook Group.
- Follow me on Instagram and Facebook
- Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Optimistic Future
This episode is sponsored by the Endo Fertility Resource Library where you can get your 3 amazing freebies: E-Book:
- 5 Things I Learnt to Drop My Pain & Optimise My Fertility,
- Your Guide to Super Sperm
- 88 Ways I Dropped My Pain and Got Pregnant.
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