When we were diagnosed with ‘unexplained infertility’ after 2 years of negative pregnancy tests, I was devastated.

I already knew a lot about nutrition and felt like I had tried EVERYTHING: I ate healthy and organic, got my exercise, took various supplements and had a good handle on my cycle.

 

We now had to consider whether we wanted treatment, and I was terrified at the thought of artificial hormones, needles, and the emotional rollercoaster that would come with it.

 

My trust in the conventional system could also be very low. The only question they asked me during the assessment process was whether I had a stressful job. There was no guidance available in the form of lifestyle changes we could try, or any talk about diet and nutrition. I was honestly shocked by how superficial their approach was.

I therefore also think it was completely nonsensical that they would offer us the process they had as standard without knowing what the real problem was, since we could not get pregnant.

 

So I decided that I would try a completely new strategy that I had come up with myself. I would give it 3 months, and if I didn’t get pregnant, then we would have to start treatment.

 

I put everything into the new strategy, and was surprised to get a positive test already in the first cycle!

Imagine the wild feeling it was, after 2 long years, without the shadow of a tiny positive line no. 2!

 

It went away on its own after a few days, but I was still overjoyed! Finally, there were signs that it might work out one day! I therefore continued undeterred with my new strategy and in the 2nd cycle there was a juicy gain again! 2 cycles in a row with a positive pregnancy test! Completely crazy!

 

Fortunately, it resulted in a healthy pregnancy and a beautiful and healthy little girl, whom we welcomed into our arms on a beautiful December day in 2013.

 

So it wasn’t baby dust or Chinese herbs that saved me. It was a completely pragmatic approach to how my body works, and the sum total of a lot of background knowledge I had gathered over the years about health and what can stand in the way of the body being able to get pregnant.

 

In the midst of the euphoria that we had finally managed to get pregnant, a huge wonder also emerged!  

Why isn’t more being done in public to help childless couples have a healthy pregnancy before treatment is started? Why don’t they look deeper into lifestyle factors than stress alone? Why don’t they talk about the right nutrition when you want to be pregnant?

Not only to get a positive test, but also to have an uncomplicated pregnancy and a healthy and vigorous child. Folic acid and reducing stress factors alone don’t do it. There is plenty of evidence that other measures increase the chances of pregnancy.

 

So I decided to become the missing piece of the puzzle that I wish I had found on my own fertility journey.

Someone who could see the gaps in my own lifestyle in terms of achieving a healthy pregnancy. Someone who understood the feelings that arise when you have only received negative tests month after month. Someone who could guide me through the jungle of diets and supplements so that I didn’t have to spend 200 hours on Google to find my next lifeline, which ended up being money out the window anyway.

 

Since then, knowledge about natural fertility has been my passion, and I have read everything I could get my hands on on the subject. When it comes to natural fertility, the right knowledge and approach can make a huge difference to the outcome.

 

Therefore, it has become my mission to help as many women as possible get a positive pregnancy test.

 

…And that’s why your fertility has become the most important thing in my life!

Da vi fik diagnosen ’uforklarligt barnløs’ efter 2 år med negative graviditetstests, var jeg knust.

Jeg vidste ellers allerede en hel del om ernæring og følte jeg havde prøvet ALT: Spiste sundt og økologisk, fik min motion, tog diverse kosttilskud og havde godt styr på cyklus.

Vi skulle nu overveje, om vi ville i behandling, og jeg var skrækslagen ved tanken om kunstige hormoner, nåle og den følelsesmæssige rutsjebanetur, der ville følge med.

Min tiltro til det konventionelle system kunne efterhånden også ligge på et meget lille sted. Det eneste spørgsmål de stillede mig i udredningsforløbet var, om jeg havde et stressende job. Der var ingen vejledning at hente i form af livsstilsændringer vi kunne prøve, eller nogen tale om kost og ernæring. Jeg var ærligt talt rystet over, hvor overfladisk deres tilgang var.

Jeg synes derfor også det var totalt useriøst, at de ville tilbyde os den proces, de havde som standard, uden at vide, hvad der reelt var problemet, siden vi ikke kunne blive gravide.

Jeg besluttede derfor, at jeg ville prøve en helt ny strategi, som jeg selv var kommet i tanke om. Jeg ville give det 3 måneder, og lykkedes det ikke at blive gravid, så måtte vi starte behandling.

Jeg satte alt ind på den nye strategi, og stod forundret med en positiv test allerede i første cyklus!

Forestil dig den vilde følelse det var, efter lange 2 år, uden skyggen af en lillebitte positiv streg nr. 2!

Det gik dog i sig selv igen efter et par dage, men jeg var stadig himmelhenrykt! Endeligt var der tegn på, at det nok skulle kunne lykkedes en dag! Jeg fortsatte derfor ufortrødent med min nye strategi og 2. cyklus var der saftsuseme gevinst igen! 2 cyklus i streg med en positiv graviditetstest! Fuldstændigt vanvittigt!

Det blev heldigvis til en sund graviditet og en skøn og rask lille pige, som vi fik i vores arme en smuk decemberdag i 2013.

Det var altså ikke babystøv eller kinesiske urter, der blev min redning. Det var en helt pragmatisk tilgang til hvordan min krop fungerer, og den samlede sum af en masse baggrundsviden jeg havde samlet gennem årene om sundhed, og hvad der kan stå i vejen for at kroppen kan blive gravid.

Midt i lykkerusen over, at det endeligt var lykkedes os at blive gravide, dukkede der også en kæmpe undren op!  

Hvorfor gøres der ikke mere i offentligt regi, for at hjælpe barnløse par til en sund graviditet, inden behandling startes op? Hvorfor kigger de ikke dybere i livsstilsfaktorer end stress alene? Hvorfor taler de ikke om den rigtige ernæring, når man gerne vil være gravid?

Ikke kun for at få en positiv test, men jo også for at få en ukompliceret graviditet og et sundt og raskt barn. Folsyre og reducering af stress-faktorer gør det ikke alene. Der er masser af evidens for, at andre tiltag øger chancerne for en graviditet.

Jeg besluttede derfor at blive den manglende brik i puslespillet, som jeg ville ønske, jeg selv havde mødt på min egen fertilitetsrejse.

Én, som kunne se de huller, der var i min egen livsstil, i forhold til at opnå en sund graviditet. Én som forstod de følelser, der dukker op, når man måned efter måned udelukkende har fået negative tests. Èn, som kunne guide mig igennem junglen af kost og tilskud, så jeg ikke behøvede at bruge 200 timer på google, for at finde min næste redningsplanke, som så alligevel endte med at være penge ud af vinduet.

Siden da har viden om naturlig fertilitet været min passion, og jeg har læst alt hvad jeg kunne få fingrene i om emnet. Når det kommer til naturlig fertilitet, kan den rigtige viden og tilgang nemlig gøre en kæmpe forskel for resultatet.

Derfor er det blevet min mission, at hjælpe så mange kvinder som overhovedet muligt til en positiv graviditetstest.

…Og derfor er din fertilitet blevet det vigtigste i mit liv!