BabyMaking 101

A self explanatory title: How To Get Pregnant Fast! Take a certain supplement? Nope Specific position? Not even close Timing of extracurricular baby dancing? Not quite Tea, tincture, miracle cream... maybe a great lubricant? Not today! This episode discusses both a potential block, as well as, a gate opener; in the way of achieving conception.  Podcast Host Heather even puts on her Hypnotherapist...

Breast tenderness? Nausea? Weird smells? Unusual cravings? Pregnancy?!?!  This episode discusses the rollercoaster of symptoms, timing, ovulation, emotions and what to do with it all. Real talk around keeping your feet grounded and letting your hope soar. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As promised, Pod...

As if miscarriage isn't difficult enough, the idea that it could affect, or effect, a future pregnancy is heartbreaking. Why is this? What can you do about it?  Even if you've never miscarried, this episode has useful information on this journey to conception. How we feel, what we experience, all things truly can affect our body's response to future endeavors.  Podcast Host Heather even delves int...

In the last episode, Podcast Host Heather discussed taking care of yourself, in the right way, while trying to conceive. This episode takes it a step further and gets into why this becomes so difficult when you're trying to get pregnant. Contradicting advice is discussed, personal stories given and more questions to bring to your practitioners in this moving episode of BabyMaking 101. (Heather eve...

Vitamins, supplements, rest, eating well, sleeping deeply, keeping stress down- that's all taking care of yourself.... right? This episode explores what taking care of yourself really looks like when you're trying to conceive and the answer may surprise you. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As promised,...

This powerful episode of BabyMaking 101 discusses whether you could be hurting your pregnancy chances unknowingly. It also offers an actual solution to easing the difficulty of the two week wait! Really! TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As promised, Podcast Host Heather has provided her link to join her...

This is probably one of Host Heather's most emotional episodes to date. No topic is off limits, as she tackles her own grief, miscarriage, infertility, God and more. This episode navigates the impossible words of "everything happens for a reason," "divine timing," "God's plan" and more. Truly, this episode can help you look differently at this experience, but will also be too much for some.  In he...

You asked and Podcast Host Heather answered. In this Q&A session from listeners like you wanting to know answers to their biggest questions, Host Heather doesn't shy away from the tough questions, or the ones that are coming from traumas. BBT and other acronyms, faint lines on pregnancy tests and what they could mean, 100% success rates and so much more are all discussed. If you have your own...

This podcast episode highlights the need for the pursuit of optimal lab results versus numbers that fall within an average, or typical, range. Language matters in this conversation with your fertility team, so be sure to clarify and ask questions of your healthcare practitioners. Encouraging, empowering and always igniting new discussions. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics th...

This episode discusses the sting of finding out someone else has conceived, while your struggle continues. A deep dive into the reasons why pregnancy could be happening more easily for some, than others, is taken and Podcast Host Heather shares personal stories. Heartbreak associated with this experience is discussed, but is not the focus of this episode. Instead this episode talks about solutions...

If the highs and lows of trying to conceive have brought you here, this episode has direction, hope and will have you feeling seen. The episode tackles how to deal with difficult comments, how to view disappointments differently and even gives some encouraging advice. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As...

Sometimes practitioners dish out some very harsh prognoses. This episode reminds listeners of how even your most trusted doctors can make mistakes that can lead you astray. Reassurance and reminders abound in this episode.  TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As promised, Podcast Host Heather has provided h...

If you've been given a low percentage of possibility to conceive, before letting that scare you away from your dream, give this episode a listen. Podcast Host Heather calls these statistics into question, as she looks at the real facts behind these claims. Dr. Stu Fischebein is referenced, for his perspective on high risk labels. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are dif...

Holy Moly can you imagine?! Maybe you can. Maybe you've been through this? Or maybe you're hoping this is the case this month for you? This episode discusses statistics, emotional rollercoasters and how to hop off that ride, what can be happening with pregnancy testing and so much more. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your...

If you've been trying to conceive, the act of intercourse may have become as boring as the word 'intercourse.' This episode discusses how to spice things up and gives strategies to keep your odds high and your interest in your partner from being lost in the schedule. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As p...

If implantation, or chemical pregnancies, have been a struggle for you, then this episode will surely have some valuable information in it that may help. Words like okay, acceptable, or within range, are discussed as podcast Host Heather pushes listeners to seek out 'optimal,' when pursuing improved healthy lab results. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for...

In the words of the artist Drake "I guess you lose some and win some, long as the outcome is income." This episode of the podcast, BabyMaking 101, calls into question what you've been putting into your body and mind. If you've been challenged by trying to conceive you may be thinking that the income is leading to the outcome. If you've noticed this, you're on the right path. This episode will remi...

Baby obsession can be overwhelming. The desire to grow your family can very much take over like a part time job, if you let it. This episode discusses processing some of the hurts that come along with this obsession and how to keep your energy in a better place than longing. How can you transmute this and use your obsession to bring in your dreams?! TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive...

If you're used to people telling you to let what others say roll, this isn't that episode. Podcast Host, Heather, suggests that every word leaving someone's mouth carries impact in your overall health and outcomes. All of the annoying things people say, that seem insensitive, are discussed making this a potentially triggering episode. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that ar...

This episode is so powerful on so many levels. Our mental state can change our physical symptoms, including whether, or not, conception happens. The episode explores how we can take control back and use it to help us achieve our desires. Host Heather, as always, includes personal experiences to help demonstrate the bigger picture. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are di...

Basal body temperature, or BBT, is a tool used in fertility to monitor what's happening within the body. This episode explores BBT, mindset and so much more; to better assist your body in being optimal for conception. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As promised, Podcast Host Heather has provided her lin...

Little words like should, average, about, often, likely, possible, or usually, along with phrases like 'under optimal conditions,' can have you panicked for no reason. This episode of BabyMaking 101 will have you feeling calmer, more connected to what truly matters and hopefully navigating difficult feelings of set backs on your journey of becoming parents with more ease. TRIGGER WARNING: This sho...

This episode is for the days when you may want to give up. The ones when you may be questioning everything and feeling very helpless. A different perspective coming from someone who has been through major loss and fertility struggles. A different way to view God's role and your own! The episode starts with how-to steps that are powerful and simple. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive...

This episode comes with a large trigger warning, but also holds so much encouragement from someone who's been in very similar shoes. Podcast Host Heather gives very personal experiences regarding difficulties with fertility and grief and loss from her own life, to help you through some of the hardest times you may face in your own. This episode covers a lot in a short time and all topics are hard...

Timing ovulation, timing sex, timing of hormone spikes- let's face it, timing is everything in the babymaking business. This episode digs into all things timing and gives useful tips to make the best use of yours. TRIGGER WARNING: This show may discuss sensitive topics that are difficult for some listeners to hear. Use your own discretion. As promised, Podcast Host Heather has provided her link to...