Fertility blog
Af Malene Poulter
Inexplicably childless? - There is hope!
Malene Poulter, 4. april 2020
JI clearly remember the day we were told by our doctors that ‘nothing was wrong.’ We had been trying to conceive our first child for 2 years and I hadn’t seen the shadow of a positive test in the last 24 months.
Not even a tiny, faint line. At that time, I felt very alone with the sea of emotions I was carrying around – and in the nightmare of a rollercoaster ride that our lives were on.
Today, I know that millions of women around the world are diagnosed with unexplained infertility. – And the emotions we feel when confronted with the ‘positive’ answer, ‘congratulations, there’s nothing wrong with you’, are very much the same: Hopelessness, despair, heartbreak and confusion. The only option to make our dream a reality is immediately one of two unreliable routes; IUI or IVF. Neither of them has any guarantee that the journey will end with a positive pregnancy test.
But that day I had a nagging feeling that even though something was clearly wrong, the doctors just weren’t skilled enough to figure out what it was. Instead of a clear answer and a new strategy, we could now go through IUI or IVF with no idea whether we actually had a real chance if we wanted to continue in the conventional system.
Besides, I felt like it would be crazy to put artificial hormones in my body, after spending almost 3 years eating only organic green vegetables and meat, going on a low-carb diet, drinking detox juices, and mixing evening primrose oil into my morning smoothie. Every cell in my body was just in complete disagreement with the future that seemed to be hovering over my head like a dark cloud. Had we REALLY tried EVERYTHING else?
I decided that I would do everything I could to find answers and improve our chances of getting pregnant naturally, so I told my husband; Just give me 3 months! If we are not pregnant within 3 cycles, we will proceed by all means; IUI and IVF, injections, hormones and all that comes with it!
As if my life depended on it, I gathered all the knowledge I had absorbed over the years while studying health, nutrition, and fertility. Where was my missing piece of the puzzle? I took a new and more focused look at everything in my life, my habits, my diet, my exercise – and I actually managed to find a possible new strategy in the fight against our unexplained infertility.
It was a fantastic feeling to finally regain faith and hope that it would work out. I had a whole new plan; I simply did EVERYTHING I could to revitalize my uterus and reduce stress in my everyday life. And sure enough; I got pregnant on the first cycle! WHAT!? It was absolutely amazing! Even though the pregnancy quickly went away on its own, I was over the moon. I had my hope back!
Already in the second cycle I got pregnant again and this time it stayed and turned into our beautiful little girl. She has now started school and has two younger brothers who subsequently arrived a few years apart.
I wish with all my heart that all women with unexplained infertility find their solution and way through the maze, like I did! That’s why I will do EVERYTHING I can to help you put your ENTIRE lifestyle and habits under the microscope so you can make the changes you need to get pregnant as soon as possible. Because your life is too short to wait years for the dream that awaits you on the other side.
If you need help finding your way out of YOUR labyrinth, there are many ways to go. One of them is to let me be your guide. I am here to help you find the shortest path and support you in every way.
With best wishes for your journey.
Malene
