helping with infertility

[amalehuman]

Hi I have some of the past topics with interest about helping with infertility (or subfertility as someone called it). Anyway, I had a client today who is trying to conceive and has been doing for 15 months. It doesn't help that her husband is away with work a lot.

I used lots of the advice already given on the forum about reflexes to use. However, I wondered if anybody could give advice on diet as the client asked me about this. Is there anything specific that she should be thinking about??

Also she had a circular patch of dry skin (on top of a small lump)on each foot on the fallopean reflex. Can anybody give me an insight into this. Is there any meaning to it? Many thanks.

 

[soaps]

Hi Bexx,
I would highly recommend Marilyn Glenville's book, 'Natural Solutions to Infertility' for advice on diet and nutrition - there is a whole host of information in this book. I work with alot of 'subfertile' ladies who have changed their diet accordingly and have had regular reflexology - it usually works!
Jx

 

[Pompal 09.]

Hello there Bex

As Juliet says there are some great books around on pre conception care including factors such as nutrition. Another wonderful author is Zita West, who runs clinics in London. She is very emphatic about women learning to read their cervical secretion to pinpoint their most fertile times, and with your client I would say this is very important as she has limited opportunities for trying with her husband away. Few people have a regular cycle and ovulate on day 14, so it is worth working out her fertile times if she hasn't already done so. A friend of mine recently became pregnant at what she thought was completely the wrong time in her cycle, so you never know....

 

[okeuluuoixcihgejy]

This is something that I would be very interested in learning more about, as I have fertility problems and it would be good to know, I have heard of refelxologists that specialise in this area, but she was completely at the other end of the country to me.

 

[Tiger Lily]

As the others have said there are some great books out there about nutrition for fertility. These are two I recommend to my clients:

[link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0749924691/202-4724103-5967002?v=glance&n=266239&s=gateway&v=glance]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0749924691/202-4724103-5967002?v=glance&n=266239&s=gateway&v=glance[/link]

[link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0749920599/202-4724103-5967002?v=glance&n=266239]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0749920599/202-4724103-5967002?v=glance&n=266239[/link]

The basics of fertility boosting nutrition are:
- try to eat all organic (in order of importance: meat, dairy, fruit and veg)
- eat whole foods - nothing refined or processed
- cut out refined sugar
- stop drinking alcohol and smoking
- eliminate all other toxins from diet/lifestyle, eg. aluminium deoderant
- take high dose fertility blend vitamins and minerals

Alongside this it is a great idea for all would-be mums to chart their cycles by simply taking their temperature first thing every morning and looking for other fertility signs. This is the best book to learn all about this:
[link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0091887585/202-4724103-5967002?v=glance&n=266239]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0091887585/202-4724103-5967002?v=glance&n=266239[/link]

Also I recommend this site to my clients [link=http://www.fertilityfriend.com]www.fertilityfriend.com[/link] as it enables them to chart online free of charge.

I give all my fertility clients an information sheet with all these resources on, and in combination with Reflexology success rates are high! In fact one of my fertility clients is going to be featured in Best magazine within the next couple of weeks featuring her Reflexology story (now expecting her first baby!)

Sarah x