Fertility Rewire Podcast
64 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsKat Stevens is the host of the Fertility Rewire Podcast, She is a mind and body coach specialising in Fertility.
This show is a place for information and discussion around topics relevant to Fertility, to break through the overwhelm of information and to look specifically at the instrinsic design of fertility and how it often fails to adapt in todays world.
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How does spotting affect fertility?
July 03, 2023 13:57 - 27 minutes - 28 MBHello and welcome to this episode of the Fertility Rewire podcast. Now, it's been a while. Again, I've taken a break. I've actually really, I've got quite a neck injury and I've been wearing a neck brace and have had the same sort of battle with my healthcare that I know you face a lot with your fertility, but you know, I've stuck with it. I've got to the route that I need to be taking now and things are improving massively. So I'm back doing everything that I was before. So you may have ...
Hope, support and saving the environment when trying to get pregnant with Lara Solomon Hoopsy
January 18, 2023 11:37 - 23 minutes - 17.7 MBIt was a great pleasure to chat with Hoopsy Founder Lara Solomon in this episode where we discuss hope, support and saving the environment when trying to get pregnant. Hoopsy provide resources and information to those trying to conceive, as well as an eco friendly pregnancy test, made from99% paper (that doesn’t get wet) and is 99% accurate at a comparable cost to plastic single use tests. Lara talks about her realization about the amount of single use plastic used during her own...
How to deal with the Holidays
December 20, 2022 14:08 - 10 minutes - 9.72 MBIt can be a time of dread and fear cant it? Family gatherings, the questions you know you'll get asked. But what will you reply? Do you smile politely, still keeping this very personal subject to yourself, or do you let them have it: None of your business! Its a time for family, and the sense of loss can be huge, overwhelming even. I want to give a sense of hope this christmas. My wish for you is that you start to understand what could be affecting your fertility, that yo...
Feeling lost when trying to get pregnant
December 09, 2022 00:09 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBFeeling lost is something I hear a lot from my clients and people i speak to about their fertility struggles. The thing about being lost is that we are often looking for the way out, but before we can truly do that we have to know where we are. I discuss how we can do that, how we need trusted sources and once we know where we are we can get help to get to where we need to go, or help to know where we need to be going next. I also announce the launch of the new Conceivable...
Are you motivated to get pregnant?
October 20, 2022 21:30 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBIt’s hard to stick to all the things that you are trying to improve your chances of getting pregnant, especially if you don’t really know why you are doing them or know if they are working. I was recently called out on this a bit with my own business. What was my motivation? Well my motivation was to of course get clients that I can help, and to educate and advocate for couples through my podcast. So why haven't recorded an episode for months? Well I've been poorly, my k...
The stress of Ovulation
July 22, 2022 06:00Its a viscius circle, stress affects ovulation, ovulation affects stress. This is our focus isn't it when trying to get pregnant, we chart, we test, we plan and it can be a hugely stressful time. Particularly the longer you have been trying, or if you don't have a regular ovulation. In this episode I dig a little deeper, discuss the ovulation tigers, the What If's you may have and what you are doing to determine when you are ovulating. Transcript In this episode, I'm going to talk ab...
The stress of monitoring ovulation
July 22, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBIt's a viscous circle: stress affects ovulation, and as you no doubt no ovulations affects stress. As a result it can also impact other areas of your life. In this episode I discuss the stress of ovulation, why it impacts your fertility and what you can do about it. So there is potentially a lot, you don't know, but there is a lot you can know. So if you want to get more answers, if you want to get the answers or even find the right questions, so you can get the answers, then I can help...
What you needed to know before trying to get pregnant
July 13, 2022 00:08 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBI ask you to imagine you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself at the point you decided to try to start or extend your family. What would have been useful and what do you wish you had been told. I also go into detail about what you should have been told and how my dream is that anyone who is thinking of starting or extending a family should be informed abut. In ancient times the elder women of the village would share key information, would have cultures in place including ...
When you’ll do anything to get pregnant (but not that)
June 30, 2022 12:28 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBI'm often reminded of the Meatloaf song. I'll do anything for love, but I won't do that. Will we do anything in blind faith and is that wise? What's actually needed is more thorough education of what we can do. And the first step is becoming your own fertility detective, in a controlled and structured way, often with support to interpret your findings. So what can you look into, well if you've heard me talk before, first off luteal phase and sperm, follicular phase, strength of ovula...
Should you be happy with 1 child?
June 23, 2022 21:43 - 15 minutes - 12.6 MBDo you feel you should be happy? Or are you made to feel that by society or specifically the fertility space on special media? I have had a few clients whose Dr has actually suggested that they should be happy with one. But having another child has such a huge emotional difference doesn’t it? It's not about having a child, it's about having a sibling, and guilt can be an overriding emotion in this and lack of community and support. I’m excited to share that I am launching a grou...
Miscarriage: What should we be doing to help?
June 10, 2022 03:30 - 15 minutes - 12.1 MBExperiencing a miscarriage is devastating, and when we do, we are not necessarily treated as we perhaps should be by the medical profession and society really. When faced with someone else’s grief and sadness, as humans we offer platitudes, or try to offer our own experience, perhaps as some sort of support? But it’s not helpful to hear always is it? Something needs to be done, but what? Do we need education about miscarriage, about dealing with someone else grief and how to sup...
There could be more than 1 thing stopping you from getting pregnant
May 26, 2022 22:00 - 16 minutes - 13 MBWhen it comes to not getting pregnant, we want to know why, we want to know the cause. Even if you are given a cause, its important to know that it may not be the only factor affecting things. A blocked fallopian tube or tubes of course is a huge factor in preventing pregnancy but bypassing tis with IVF will not guarantee success because they may indeed be more than 1 thing, there could be multiple factors affecting fertility. 2 partners each with a number of things affecting perha...
Why your Fertility Tests may not be ‘Normal’
May 20, 2022 22:00 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBI discuss why your fertility tests may not be ‘normal’ after all. Have you been told that your results are ‘normal’? That there is nothing to be done? That your fertility issues are unexplained? What we have to realise first of all is that our medical model deals with ill health, that test results outside of the wide range represent ill health, but that those within it do not necessarily represent healthy. When trying to conceive you want to be at your healthiest surely? In this episod...
Mild and Natural IVF - A woman Centred Approach
May 14, 2022 00:39 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this episode I chatted with Professor Geeta Nargund, an inspiring woman putting women first Medical Director at Creative Fertility about Natural and Mild IVF and getting the same success as conventional IVF with reduced treatment Burden, reduced complications and improved outcomes for babies. Before I started chatting with her, I wanted to let her know that I've been interested in what Create Fertility has been doing for a long time. It makes such a lot of sense to work with the body, to ...
How to survive the 2 week wait
May 06, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this episode I talk about the 2 week wait, which is generally the wait from ovulation to the end of your cycle or from embryo transfer to when you can do a pregnancy test. But before I even get into the general advice for how you can survive this I acknowledge the fact that you are pretty much waiting throughout your whole cycle, so 2 weeks is in itself a misnomer. In fact when you add up how long you've been trying, the wait so far could be months or years I also discuss how the 2 week...
Low Sperm Count
April 08, 2022 04:00 - 17 minutes - 17 MBWell, hello, it's been a while hasn't hit? For those of you that have listened to this podcast from the very beginning, it's been quite a gap. I'm sure for those of us that have caught up later. It may still be a gap and for that, I apologise. What happened was I decided to take a break between season one and season two and that break was going to be about a month or maybe two months. That was April 2021. It was also around tht time that the UK was to some extent re opening. ...
Analysing Fertility Hormones at Home
April 16, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 29.5 MBHow fantastic would it be to be able to run laboratory tests to identify your hormone levels and give you accurate data on when you are ovulating? In the US, more testing and more often is available, here in the UK, not so much, and certainly not after initial investigations. Well you can, Sylvia Kang, CEO and co founder of the Mira Fertility tracker explains in this episode how Mira can support you. This marvellous hand held device is basically working to the same technology as labora...
What is ovulation pain might be telling you about your fertility.
March 22, 2021 11:28 - 20 minutes - 20.9 MBWhat is ovulation pain telling you? You may have been told or read that Ovulation pain or mittelschmerz (German for Middle Pain) is normal, maybe even that it is a good sign for fertility. But actually it can be far from that. It can in some case ne an indication of something that may actually be negatively affecting your fertility. It could be a mild cramp, a dull ache, stabbing or even debilitating pain, which may last seconds, minutes or hours. If you are waiting for ovulation pa...
What "should' you do when ttc?
March 05, 2021 06:00 - 13 minutes - 11.1 MBThe word should is one of the most powerful words we hear and what we say to ourselves. It can be a motivator but also a real barrier to change. When searching for what we should do, there is a risk of overwhelm, fear and also resentment. It's a word that can trigger deep held limiting beliefs, and can lead to a 'why should I?' The why "should I?" is so key in terms of our thoughts and emotions and can be one or many of your tigers. You've no doubt heard me talk about tigers before. ...
Looking Deeper at Male Fertility Factors
February 11, 2021 14:06 - 40 minutes - 32.1 MBIt was an absolute pleasure to chat with Professor Sheryl Homa this week on the podcast. Sheryl Homa is an HCPC registered Clinical Scientist with a special interest in male fertility. She obtained her degrees in Biochemistry at Imperial College of Science and Technology and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. She spent a large part of her career as an academic research scientist in the field of oocyte maturation, funded by the National Institutes of Health in the USA. For many years ...
Keeping Track During Assisted Fertility
January 29, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 22 MBGoing through Assisted Fertility, Egg Freezing, IUI, IVF/ICSI in itself is overwhelming. But trying to keep track of results, medications, progress comparison through repeated cycles and the information required for a second opinion or a clinic move can be overwhelming. Are you using spreadsheets, have piles of paper work, but would like to get a sense of greater control and understanding. This is how Ravid Israel felt. After a long fertility journey that involved diagnosis delays, num...
Uterine Lining
January 15, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 23.1 MBWhen it comes to getting pregnant have you consider the uterine lining? The uterus is the nest for your developing baby, so it would make sense to consider it wouldn't it? It’s part of the monitoring process during IVF, so if you are trying to conceive by conventional, non-assisted methods it would make sense wouldn't it? But what should you consider? You will know if you have listened to me before that my views on testing are that you shouldn't have to wait so long, that the propose is...
Is it Something Deeper than Sadness?
December 18, 2020 19:57 - 20 minutes - 20.6 MBWhat you are feeling is real, it can be raw and yes it can be sadness but it can be something so much deeper and its OK that you feel like this. Whats not OK is that its not recognised enough. When you set out on this journey, the journey to parenthood, more often that not it starts with hope, excitement even, but over the time this changes, sometimes overtime, sometimes sooner and the emotions vary. Are you living life in 2 week blocks, or 2x 1 week block and a 2 week block, or other ...
Getting Pregnant Again
November 27, 2020 11:49 - 20 minutes - 21.6 MBThe MIRA webinar "How to reduce TTC stress and boost Fertility" on December 2nd 2020, Registration link can be found by clicking here I work with those trying to conceive their first child and those wanting to extend their family and so in this episode I am discussing Secondary Fertility, or perhaps you have seen it as secondary infertility, thats my first reframe and creation right there! I often find that particularly within this group, couples are looking outside of what aer perhaps c...
What we're doing wrong when trying to get pregnant
November 10, 2020 13:53 - 19 minutes - 20.7 MBAt the start of this episode I let you know about the free reset and balance your hormones event running 16th-19th November 2020 You'll know if you've listened to me before that I have strong view on the reasons why many couples are not getting pregnant, and stronger views on the fact that they are not being informed and educated sufficiently before heading down the assisted fertility route, as a first line. So in this episode I share some of the reasons why couples are not getting pregna...
Improving IVF Success
October 30, 2020 08:07 - 29 minutes - 26 MBIVF practices and approaches differ around the world, increasingly as I work with clients from different parts of the globe, this is becoming more evident. It was a great pleasure to chat with Dr Shahin Ghadir, founding partner of Southern California Reproductive Center. Dr. Ghadir is double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He is currently an assistant clinical professor Dr. Shahin Ghadir is a compassionate and caring physician w...
Why You Shouldn't Accept Unexplained Infertility as a Diagnosis
October 09, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 15.4 MBHave you been told that your fertility issues are unexplained? And despite them being unexplained you can access Fertility Treatment? What does unexplained infertility actually mean? Does it mean there is nothing wrong? Well no it really means that based on the limited testing done and the low parameters of what is considered acceptable, there are no obvious indicators of poor or no ovulation, low sperm, and no structural issues in the reproductive organs. I was really surprised and pl...
Fertility Massage Therapy
September 25, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.3 MBHave you heard of Fertility Massage? Ever wondered what it involved? or perhaps you are interested in becoming a therapist? Absolute pleasure to chat with Andrea Clarke on this episode about Fertility Massage/Womb Massage Therapy. We recorded the episode before the start of the COVID lockdown, and so are thoughts are initially about travel and warm destinations! We decided to hold off releasing the episode and as things started to re open we thought it would be a good time to release. ...
Surogacy in Hawaii
September 11, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes - 29.8 MBI'm chatting in todays episode with September Burton from The Hawaii Surrogacy Center. September used to be a surrogacy case manager and now works as a health coach for the centre. We know that there is IVF tourism, and it of course stands to Eason that people would travel for surrogacy. In the UK and Australia, Surrogacy can only be altruistic, so no commercial aspects related to it and her in the uk we have laws to ensure this. I was curious to learn more about surrogacy in the Unit...
Lets talk about Baby Sex
August 14, 2020 05:30 - 27 minutes - 30.4 MBIf you want any more information, or would like to find out how working with me on the Fertility Rewire Method may help you, then you can arrange a free Discovery call Free resources are available including what your bleed can tell you about your fertility and a free visualisation. If you want to keep up to date on information, news, client progress updates, offers and podcast episodes, the best way is to receive my emails . The private facebook group is open for join requests too. ...
Invalidating your Pain through Comparison
July 24, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 23.4 MBI start off by telling you how excited I am very excited to share the new Facebook group Your Fertility Matters. Do you find yourself saying that other people are worse off, there are starving people in the world? Are you downplaying your own pain, because maybe you don't want to be pitied or perhaps that you feel you should be grateful for what you have. Does you not acknowledging your own pain, not comparing, improve the lives of the other people? It's OK not to be OK. I've said th...
Advanced Fertility Acupuncture
July 10, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 25.3 MBFertility Acupuncture is something you may have heard of, but what is Advanced Fertility Acupuncture? About Naava Carmen Naava Carman is a Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncturist and herbalist who has specialised in treating female and male fertility, gynaecology and obstetrics for over 20 years. Her London practice is focused on women who are 38-45 years old with complex, multifaceted fertility issues, such as autoimmune disorders, unexplained infertility, failed IVF, recurrent mis...
Getting Pregnant with PCOS
June 27, 2020 07:47 - 28 minutes - 29 MBI'm going to talk in this episode about polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, a huge subject. but more specifically the factors affecting its cause and management. It is hugely misunderstood and the emotional aspects of both its root and management are too often overlooked. When I work with clients with PCOS, I know that the challenges ahead of us are as with all couples: physical, emotional, also mindset and energetic as well are evident, but I find the emotional root causes and blocks are s...
Getting Pregnant with PCOS
June 27, 2020 07:47I'm going to talk in this episode about polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, a huge subject. but more specifically the factors affecting its cause and management. It is hugely misunderstood and the emotional aspects of both its root and management are too often overlooked. When I work with clients with PCOS, I know that the challenges ahead of us are as with all couples: physical, emotional, also mindset and energetic as well are evident, but I find the emotional root causes and blocks are s...
The emotional impact of not getting pregnant
June 12, 2020 05:30 - 16 minutes - 18 MBWhen you started trying for a baby, you may have experienced a sense of hope and excitement. As time progresses, these emotions can be accompanied or even pushed aside by emotions such as fear, anger, jealousy, grief. And you know that these feeling that are stress evoking emotions, aren't helpful, which further increases the worry. And we know that if we didn't worry.... These emotions are unwanted and the energy in pushing them away or trying to change then can actually be an increa...
Can you improve Egg Quality?
June 05, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 10.6 MBThis weeks podcast is the audio from one of the sections of my new FREE course, Fertility 101: An owners manual. It's an incredibly comprehensive course and something Ive felt passionate about sharing for a long time now. Its here I worked through some technical challenges and Im so excited to announce its here. In this recording I talk about egg quality, age, the theorised fertility cliff and suggest some measures you can start to look into to address quality. Its a snippet of the co...
How to reduce Miscarriage anxiety
May 22, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 35.1 MBMiscarriage is a devastating blow to many and healing is required on 2 levels, both physical and emotional. worry about another or Miscarriage anxiety is incredibly common. In this episode, I share my own miscarriage story and start to unpick some of the aspects at play emotionally, how your brain has processed the memory, how future tripping can in itself can cause miscarriage anxiety. I look at what you can do on a physical and emotional level and that just as it takes 2 to make a baby...
Does Vitamin D affect Fertility?
May 08, 2020 06:34 - 14 minutes - 14.9 MBVitamin D, the sunshine vitamin has many many important functions in the body, and of particular note is reproduction. You may just associate it with bone Health, but It does so much more. The intake of a mothers Vitamin D affects the reproductive cells in an embryo, and it is especially key when you are trying to get pregnant. It's a test I suggest to all clients and for many it has indeed been deficient. In fact, many of us are deficient in Vitamin D. If you think about it, being indo...
How Progesterone Affects Fertility Today
April 17, 2020 08:30 - 18 minutes - 20.7 MBIt's important to understand how progesterone affects Fertility and why she needs our support. I love all of our wondrous hormones but if I had a favourite it would be progesterone. I want to sing her praises and stop the bad underperforming rap she’s getting. She, is a wonderful calming and supporting influence and without her pregnancy could not occur. Do you know someone, perhaps even yourself, who is calm and supportive, who is often doing other things at the expense of herself? Who...
Can Orgasm Affect Fertility
April 06, 2020 07:18 - 27 minutes - 15.3 MBI’m feeling a bit Dr Ruth here, but Yes, I really do. I’m talking about the female orgasm how orgasm affects fertility and why I prescribe them, here and yes I do prescribe them, well certainly recommend them. And this is one of those episodes where thoughts and feelings may come up based on what I’m saying and these thoughts and feelings may be key. So what I want you to do, which forms part of my coaching process is to just stop for a moment and gather the thoughts and feelings going ...
Are You Future TRipping?
March 20, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 23.1 MBAre you Future Tripping? If so Im going to share what you can do about it. So in this episode, I'm talking about future tripping. I don't know if you've heard of it before, but it's a term that I came across recently. And it is exactly what it says on the tin. Catostrophising I have in my past due to emotional triggers and situations been one to catastrophize not catastrophize everything. but things regarding health of other people, not my own health, but the health of others. And th...
Can you ever be in control when trying to get pregnant?
March 06, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 21.7 MBThe subject of today's podcast is control, or more specifically, a sense of a lack of control of not being in control. Can you really be in control when trying to get pregnant? Do you need to be? This episode is sponsored by the Fertility rewire Self Hypnosis /visualisation pack, one track of which is about control And this affects all aspects of life. But it becomes really, really prevalent for many people when trying to get pregnant because it is beyond your control. Now, as human bei...
Explaining unexplained Fertility with Sarah Clark
February 21, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 20.4 MBCan Unexplained Fertility be explained is a big question many if you are asking and Unexplained Fertility is the 'diagnosis' given to many couples, but is it really unexplained? If you follow what I write and say you'll know that I truly believe if we look beyond the limitations of the standard tests (whose purpose is to signpost you to the relevant fertility treatment), we can find answers. This is something I work with my clients with in my own coaching programmes, what clues is the bo...
How your Brain gives you what it THINKS you need
February 04, 2020 21:18 - 17 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this episode I start to explain how your brain is acting as a filter for information, and is giving you what it thinks you need to support your current thinking, beliefs and to exactly what your current focus is. I explain how and why on journeys, I notice every yellow car that I and my children see. Do we have an obsession with yellow cars, do we particular like yellow cars, well no, we don't, but due to a game played by my children we notice even single one! We have engaged somethi...
Are you being Invincible, Part 2
January 24, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 16 MBIn the second part of the chat I had with Sue, we explore Massive mistakes 6-10, in women who are busting a gut to be invincible. If you haven't caught part 1, mistakes 1-5, then check it out, its Episode 19. Lets continue 6. If you want something doing ....you know the rest This can be related to control, perfectionism and appreciation. Will delegating this to someone else actually take longer and maybe wont be as good as you could have done it yourself and probably in less time?...
Are you trying to be invincible? with Sue Ritchie
January 10, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 24.8 MBAre you trying to be invincible? maybe not on a conscious level, but on a sub conscious one. I chat with Sue Ritchie, a transformational coach, author and speaker who works with women to address long held beliefs that affect their daily lives. Why is this relevant to fertility? Well its relevant. to your mental and emotional health and as I've said throughout all podcasts and part of the Fertility Rewire programme. If you feel in danger, if stress hormones re at play, if survival mode ...
How you Gut Affects Health and fertility
December 13, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes - 32.2 MBIn the second interview with Joanna, we dig deeper into the effects of your gut health on your general health and of course your fertility. We hear a lot about good and bbad bacteria, and the message gets a bit confusing, for example, did you know that taking a probiotic isn't always the best thing to do? I love chatting all things Fertility but as ever this is about taking a step back, looking upstream and actually looking at your overall health. We hear a lot about gut health, how ta...
Inflammation, Health and Fertility
November 29, 2019 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBWhat is inflammation, and how does it affect Health and Fertility specifically? I had great pleasure in discussing this with Joanna Plant, Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner. What does a Functional Medicine practitioner do? Well, they uses advanced clinical testing and personalised nutrition to prevent, diagnose and treat health conditions and illnesses. So rather than suppressing symptoms, which is quite often what you'll get if you go and see a GP, you'll be given so...
Tackling your Fertility Head Trash
November 15, 2019 09:12 - 42 minutes - 31.6 MBSuch a great pleasure to chat with Alexia Leachman about the emotional aspects in Fertility, relationships and life itself which may impact Fertility. As I've discussed many times, the intrinsic fertility design of the body can only work effectively if you feel safe. The negative emotions that we experience feed into a fight or flight response and therefore can reduce or even halt fertility until the danger perceived is passed. Alexia specialises in helping people to overcome their fear...
Overwhelm, the Unexplained, Thoughts and Mindset
November 01, 2019 10:00 - 28 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this episode I share my own experience of overwhelm, how that correlates with experiencing fertility issues. The wealth of information is huge, it can be misleading, conflicting and how do we know where to start. I discuss what unexplained infertility is and actually how it could be explained if only we looked deeper. Your thoughts are key and also your mindset, how can you use these to your advantage? Fertility Rewire Website If you would like to work with me, let's arrange a fr...