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Getting some R&R at my happy place ❤️🌴🏖

Getting some R&R at my happy place ❤️🌴🏖

There are too many struggles you can encounter if

There are too many struggles you can encounter if you’re having trouble conceiving.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What support do you need right now? Are you feeling overwhelmed or hopeless or fearful?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Trying to figure out which direction you should take? Confused about IVF or natural conception options?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Though I can’t give you advice if you’re not my patient, let me know your thoughts and I’ll see if I can point you in the right direction. 💕

I choose to release the negativity of 2020. Anyon

I choose to release the negativity of 2020. Anyone else with me?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Many of the marketing emails I’ve received over the past week have been focused on how difficult the past year has been. Of course, it has been difficult. We all know it, as we’ve all experienced it in some way or another. So why do we need to keep talking about it?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To continue to talk about it means we are focusing on the past. And focusing on the past means we aren’t moving forward.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I choose to remember the past as a means of improving the things that need changing but mostly choose to stay focused on the present and future to avoid getting stuck.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I choose to release the negative language of things like “2020 sucked” or “2020 was horrible” and instead choose to use new language. David Bowie said, “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I’ve always looked at the future as exciting even if it is unknown and wish for you to do the same.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Don’t let the fear of the past determine where you’re going.❤️

Trying to be perfect in an imperfect world is a he

Trying to be perfect in an imperfect world is a heavy load to carry.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Many of my patients are perfectionists (I suppose I’m attracting them because I’m one myself!).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But we sure do cause ourselves a lot of suffering trying to do things perfectly. I sometimes won’t do things at all because it’s not perfect (like posting on IG more!).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So move imperfectly toward your goal of better health, weight loss or a fertile state. How?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Make the call to get help.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Don’t attend the baby shower if it pains you too much.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Buy that new Spring outfit even if you could be pregnant then.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Treat yourself to a glass of wine or dessert today and do it guilt-free. Just don’t make the same choice tomorrow.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In other words, don’t put your life on hold or deprive yourself too much. This will only make you feel worse.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And move forward SOMEHOW otherwise you're just standing still, and standing still isn't going to get you closer to anything. And if you end up on the wrong path don't worry, you can always change direction.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Anyone else struggle with perfectionist paralysis give me a 🙌 and then promise to change 😀

I get asked this a lot! And the answer is yes AND

I get asked this a lot! And the answer is yes AND no.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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There are so many options these days but the one thing I know for sure is that in most cases you don’t need to spend more than $20 on a good BBT thermometer!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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While the high-priced ones that track things while you sleep or sync automatically to your phone may be great for tracking heart rate or breathing or other things, you just don’t need this information in order to conceive.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What do you need? In my experience working with thousands of women, do this:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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→ Manually take your oral temperature every morning with an inexpensive thermometer⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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→ Track it using a free app with a good graph feature (there are ones I love more than others)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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→Pay attention to your cervical mucus as it changes after your period and watch for the slippery clear stuff⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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→ Watch for your temperature to dip (hopefully) before ovulation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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→ Once you get enough data you should start to see monthly trends that will indicate the best 3 days each month to have sex! For example, if it looks like you ovulate around day 15, then have sex days 11, 13 and 15 or 12, 14 and 16. The goal is to have sperm hanging around waiting, not to predict the exact moment the egg will drop because that’s impossible.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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→ That’s it!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Questions about BBT tracking? Drop a comment 👇

Build your immune system to improve your fertility

Build your immune system to improve your fertility. This acupuncture point, Stomach-36 is probably THE most powerful acupuncture point in the body.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It’s great for indigestion, constipation, fatigue, stress and building your immune function! And if all these things are in check then your fertile state is naturally improved.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you see me in clinic you may catch me self-massaging this point if I’m feeling a little fatigued or trying to help my lunch digest, especially if I ate on the run racing from one patient to another!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Try self-massaging it daily too (you can’t overdo this one and it’s safe to do any part of your cycle). Here’s how:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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• Sit in a chair as pictured⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• Take your fingers and feel just below the bony part of your knee until it hits your shinbone⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• Move your fingers slightly to the right until you fall in a depression⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• Press firmly and if it feels tender you know you’ve found the right spot!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• If you are unsure of the exact location, just gently massage from just below your knee along the upper part of your shinbone. You are sure to hit the spot!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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