If you’re debating if you should pursue medication as a treatment option but you’re scared of the negative outcomes for you or baby, read this from the Unique Footprints Licensed Psychologist.

What you need to know about your body mass index (BMI) prior to conception to help with fertility and fetal development. Helps improve IVF outcomes.

What you need to know (and what you can do) about the MTHFR genetic mutation on fertility and pregnancy.

The baby actually interacts with the mother’s many communities of microbes from fertilization to birth in the uterus, placenta, and then vaginal canal. A healthy vaginal microbiome seeds your baby’s immune system upon delivery, but that is not all.

You’ve been warned…”the drink tastes terrible” “you won’t get to eat anything”. The comments go on! Well we are here to walk you through the test and what happens if you get a positive results (it will be ok!).

If you hope and plan to get pregnant soon, it is a good idea to get preconception blood work done. It can take at least 3 months to improve egg and sperm health or any abnormal values in your blood work.

Stress during preconception can influence fertility. Stress can come in the form of psychological or psychosocial, with the most damaging effects coming from chronic or traumatic stressors. The physiological signs of stress communicate to the body that now is not the best time to conceive. Therefore, significant and persistent stress lowers the chances for conception. Even if the brain cannot identify specific stressors, generalized anxiety can still be felt in the body.