Food Freedom and Fertility Podcast

  Best foods to eat in the two week wait?   The two week wait (TWW) is the time between a confirmed ovulation and a positive pregnancy test or your period. It's about 2 weeks long If you are changing your diet to make general healthier choices this would be fine.   This is not a great time to completely switch up your diet and start something new. For example, this is not a good time to go gluten/...

This episode features real-life Labor and Delivery nurse, as well as the host of the MommyLaborNurse podcast and Instagram page, Lisel Teen! Lisel helps shed some light on a lesser-known fertility issue: secondary infertility. This is the title we give to women who already have a child (or more than one!) and are struggling as they try to conceive the second or third time around. This concept can...

Holiday Episode: How to navigate the holiday season- emotionally and nutritionally, when you've been trying to conceive?   Remember to be gentle with yourself and prepare for what's coming. You can rehearse your responses to common pregnancy questions and social situations and have a game plan for whatever might be coming your way. While during COVID, these situations might come up less than in pr...

Today we are joined by Dr. Loree Johnson, a licensed marriage and family therapist who has  more than 25 years of experience coaching clients in her private practice. She helps others overcome the emotional challenges that come with infertility. Dr. Johnson has served on state and national boards, and she is on the board for the Society of Reproductive Medicine. So, needless to say, she is the per...

Today we dive in talking about the most free resource there is to not only improve your chance to conceive, but just improve your health in general...ESPECIALLY if you are having hormone issues. You might've guessed it..sleep! Discussing sleep as a health intervention is so under-appreciated because it's not glamorous and businesses can't make a profit off of marketing it by itself. BUT- it is so...

Dr Carrie Jones Podcast Episode    On today's episode we have Dr. Carrie Jones, a naturopathic doctor and the medical director at Precision Analytical's DUTCH test - AKA the Hormone Doctor herself! She loves to empower women to understand more about their bodies so that they can advocate for themselves. We dive in with Dr. Jones to talk more about what women can do that struggle with estrogen domi...

What if we told you your mindset has a lot to do with your fertility? This might be a shocker for some of you! Today's episode we dive into what a healthy fertility mindset looks like and how that affects your overall fertility journey. You don't want to miss this episode as we connect the physical aspect of becoming pregnant to the mental side of BELIEVING you CAN become pregnant!    Although we...

In this episode, we are honoring pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. Caitlin and Sophia are digging in deep about this topic with OBGYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist Sasha Hackman, MD. While we know this may seem like a downer, this is purely to inform all of you about statistics, where pregnancy loss is most common, and how we can try to stop this from happening. We all realize most peo...

*Trigger Warning* - It's a story about labor and birth!   Here we dive in with Cohost Caitlin Johnson, RDN to hear about the birth of her sweet little girl! Caitlin answers all my questions about her birth prep, the birth itself, and the postpartum period.   Caitlin's prep: She and her husband did a Bradly birth class before her first baby was born so BJ (Caitlin's man) could get all the juicy dee...

Here comes a special one! This episode features fellow dietitian Ayla Brammer, owner of Boston Functional Nutrition and creator of Full Circle Prenatal ! Caitlin and Sophia both use this prenatal for themselves, and recommend it frequently in their private practices.   Ayla shares the roots of her practice and how she came to be the powerhouse dietitian she is now. She also works in pregnancy and...

PCOS is treatable! Here's how to start:   Personal Baseline: What do your labs say? What symptoms are you dealing with? Have you had any imaging done? These are all the first things to start looking at when it comes to PCOS. It's important to note that while Caitlin and Sophia love working with women with PCOS, and we have many years of experience, we are dietitians, not doctors. We don't diagnose...

Who wants to hear all about PCOS and fertility??   Well you came to the right place! In this episode, Caitlin and Sophia dive in to the #1 most common cause of fertility struggles in women: PCOS   So… what is it?   PCOS is an endocrine problem, meaning it is a hormone imbalance. It used to be thought of as a gynecological problem, but as science has advanced we now know PCOS goes beyond female sex...

If you are interested in trying this test for your family, use our FFFpodcast15 code to get 15% off your entire shopping cart from YoSperm.com What is fertility like from your man's perspective? Our guest Eric from Yo Sperm gives his insights into at home sperm testing, in office semen analysis, and the male mind when it comes to fertility testing. This is one of our most valuable and interesting...

Again, we know the audio quality on this episode is less than our usual. It should be back to easy listening next week. Thanks for your patience.  We have a MAN on the show! Our first man on the FFF podcast is Sophia's husband, Louie. In this episode he shares the hilarious and honest details of sperm collection! NOTE: The audio on this isn't the best, but we PROMISE you it's worth it for how funn...

Sperm Quality -    Hang with us, the audio quality of this episode isn't our best, but we have great information for you.    We all know that sperm is essential to creating a baby. This episode is all about helping your partner have the healthiest sperm to contribute to the party.    About 13% of the population has fertility struggles. About 30% of the cases of infertility are estimated to be male...

Sophia and Lily jump right in and talk about their inner nerds and how easy it is to fall "down the rabbit hole" when digging in to juicy nutrition research.   First order of business is Folate vs. Folic acid. What's the difference and what's the big deal? Well first off, folic acid is synthetic folate. If you're a nerd like us, you may know that folate comes in many forms in food. Folic acid neve...

Welcome back, listeners! Today we are having a chat with Lily Nichols, a kick-butt registered dietitian nutritionist who wrote Real Food For Gestational Diabetes and Real Food For Pregnancy . Here we learn about Lily's work and research, her history as a dietitian, and get a nice sample of the wisdom and expertise she has to bring to women who are trying to get pregnant.    This episode starts off...

Today we learn about progesterone, pregnanediol and the home-test kit Proov with Dr. Amy Beckley. Amy shares her story about trying to conceive, confronting the medical community, and developing a test that puts power back in women's hands. Amy does medical research and is a PharmD, so she was no dummy when it came to what was going on in her own body. Unfortunately, the doctors she began working...

In this episode we compare and contrast the 3 top of the market ovulation/tracking wearables! The 3 we review today are TempDrop, Ava Bracelet, and Ovusense. Spoiler: Ava is Sophia's favorite and she's an affiliate so you can get a $20 discount by mentioning the name Sophia Pavia at checkout, or by clicking this link:      But before you decide, let's talk about TempDrop.   TempDrop:  Measures tem...

How to cook a spaghetti squash, and here is a link to the buffalo spaghetti squash recipe . We love celebrating with all of our listeners and patients! Our favorite moments are when we get pics of hard-won positive pregnancy tests and/or pics of newborns!  Send us your success pics at hello@foodfreedomferitility.com or tag us on instagram @foodfreedomfertility and we will do a happy dance for you....

Watch out, listeners! Today we are talking about digestion, intestines, poop, and gas! Yes friends, that's right! This episode focuses on the gut. To be more specific, we are talking about healing your gut after using oral contraceptives aka "The Pill". In reality, all forms of birth control that involve hormones can cause a whole bunch of problems in your digestive system. But, for the sake of co...

Lisa is an expert in the fertility awareness method (hereby referred to as FAM) and she authored a book called "The Fifth Vital Sign".    Lisa discovered FAM right after highschool when she struggled with her own menstrual irregularities. She quickly discovered that the pill wasn't solving her problem, it was simply deferring it. Then she discovered FAM!    Ladies, she was also one of us who belie...

Link to the C4 Foundation to donate and help special operation families reconnect.   Here we talk about how to support your hormone systems as they come back online after being altered by hormonal birth control methods. Both Caitlin and Sophia took hormonal birth control pills in their early teen years in an attempt to try and treat period cramps and acne. Neither of us were ever told any of the s...

We start this episode off by talking about how pain isn't normal. If you have painful periods, pain during sex, or pelvic pain of any kind, go find a specialist! Because girl, you're worth it :)   The specialist I saw in San Diego works for SheFit, and she is the best. If you've got some issues and you're in the San Diego area, check out www.shefitpt.com   Here Caitlin shares her struggles with PC...

Egg Quality   In this episode we talk about ovulation and ejaculation… a lot. Blush if you must, but this episode will teach you all about eating right to protect and preserve the precious eggs that can someday become healthy babies! We want to encourage and empower you to make the right choices for your life and your fertility.    Egg quality is the answer to the question: "Do the eggs you have c...