Overcoming Two Years of Infertility Through Root Cause Functional Medicine Protocols

Molly (00:00) I actually found Dr. Nashat on Instagram. I've been following her for a long time, and it was just kind of everything that she was saying, like there's always a root cause for infertility, there's a reason that you're not getting pregnant. It just really aligned, I would say, like, with our values. a fertility perspective, We were trying to get pregnant for two and a half years before getting pregant, and we went through, you know, quite a few different doctors. We did go to a fertility clinic, did a lot of testing. The recommendations were then, IUI and the fertility clinic route. It just didn't really sit well with us. It just didn't seem like there was an obvious reason why that would work, and so we were kind of I would say the other thing that was major for us was learning how high the success rate was. As we were thinking about, like, IUI or these other options, the success rate is pretty low compared to the really high success rate for the program. So I think that was probably the seller where we were like, "Well, if we're going to try something... let's start with this. Let's see how it goes." It was a very rough first month. That level of elimination diet is certainly not easy to do. That was a challenge, just in that kind of mindset switch, but the good news is - and Dr. Nashat said it repeatedly - is it's for a short term. It's with a goal in mind. It's just to get you to that end goal of being pregnant. And then along the way, you'll start to, kind of, feel different, ideally. I know for me, you know, doing some of those lifestyle changes, you know, it got easier as you went along. Somebody else is going to tell me exactly what to do that is an expert - like, the most expert that I've found, even from all of the doctors that we've gone to. They know exactly what to do. I don't have to think about it. I felt a lot of relief even before we started the program. Now I feel like I know - kind of like a baseline - what to do because it's so educational, and they teach you so Especially the preparation. Like, I think we learned a lot about the preconception, like why it's so important to prepare, and how that will affect our future baby. And so I feel like for the next one, I know what to do because I think protocol with the program is the reason that we got pregnant. All of the things that you're going to try, and all of the money that you're going to spend, unfortunately. this is the highest success rate of anything. And it's not going to hurt you, it's only going to help. You're only setting yourself up for success. You're only going to be in a healthier place; helping your future baby. If you are headed towards IVF or IUI, this is a similar cost to one of those procedures. So instead of doing the chemical and hormone treatment, maybe try I'd say, you're setting yourself up for success, for sure. I feel like I want to shout it from a rooftop to everybody I know.