Healing Our Infertility Naturally
Growing our family had been a desire of ours from the time we got married. When things finally felt right we decided to pursue our dream of having little ones, and got pregnant fairly quickly with our Ellie girl. Leading up to her birth I had been consistently adjusted and was so thankful for how Chiropractic care had prepared my body for a healthy conception / pregnancy / and birth. Many people express the dreaded pregnancy symptoms, however, I was blessed to avoid many of those things and feel great from start to finish. Consistent care allowed me to not only have a smooth and healthy pregnancy, but it also set me up for a successful birth. We welcomed our Sweet Ellie and she started consistent chiropractic care just 4 hours after joining us earthside.
Fast forward to being ready to grow our family for a second time. We thought that things would follow a similar pattern from the first time around, but 6 months of trying to conceive slowly and painfully turned into 4 long years of trying to solve our mystery of not being able to conceive a second time. During this time of testing, research (into holistic options), and trial and error we were left feeling so defeated and discouraged. I had been diagnosed with PCOS, told that my progesterone was too low to carry a pregnancy and that I was suffering from adrenal fatigue. We had lived through a lot of stress and it was taking a major toll on our health.
I have always been a doer and thought I was invincible. I pushed myself to my limits and never stopped to take a break. We as a couple had been through a lot in a short amount of time yet we did not want to acknowledge what it was doing to our health. Within a little over a year of time we opened a business, COVID hit, we found out we were pregnant, celebrated a year in business and then shortly after Ellie was born. I went back to work full time two weeks postpartum and never looked back. Needless to say I couldn’t do it all, I did need a break, and my poor health was proof of that.
I wanted so badly to have another baby at a time that my body was struggling just to function. One of the providers I was working with said to me “your body is not going to sustain a pregnancy when it is barely sustaining itself.” That was a wake up call that something had to change if we wanted any hope of growing our family. So, in 2024 Dr. Ethan and I agreed that we would devote our time and resources to improving our health.
First on the list of working towards a healthier us was getting adjusted on a consistent and regular basis (practicing what we preach). After all, a healthy, well functioning nervous system is the foundation for all other steps taken towards a healthier lifestyle. Our nervous systems had been in fight or flight for years and we needed to work towards activating rest and digest in order to improve our health.
We committed ourselves to healing our hormones, eating whole foods, and taking supplements that supported our bodies. We completed a total adrenal reset, and cut a lot of processed foods and toxic products from our daily lives. Not only did we start to feel better but we also noticed that our blood work reflected positive changes that were slowly moving us in the right direction to healing our health concerns. It took work, it took commitment from both of us and it took patience, because as we know our health did not tank in a day, and it wasn't going to get better after one day of positive changes.
Fast forward to February of 2025 (over a year after committing to our health) we found out we were expecting our second child. We had gotten to reap the benefits of our hard work and experience all the positive changes that came from supporting our health, however this was the ultimate goal and finally finding out we were pregnant was the best gift we could have been given.
Although we had reached our desired goal that we had been working so hard for for over a year, supporting our health didn’t stop there. Just like we don’t stop a healthy diet when we achieve a desired weight loss, or stop going to the gym when we start to see our muscle definition, we knew it was equally important to stay consistent with Chiropractic Care, healthy wholefood diet, and support our body with proper supplements. Because of this, I had a beautiful, healthy pregnancy. I felt great with minimum discomfort throughout and I know I owe that to chiropractic care and the work that Dr. Ethan and I put in leading up to pregnancy and birth.
Not only did I have a wonderful pregnancy but after consistency with care as well as taking care of myself throughout pregnancy, I was able to have the birth that I had desired. Our sweet Quinn was born in the comfort of our home after just three and a half hours of labor. We were overjoyed to finally welcome another daughter.
I know that our story is not one size fits all. And I know that there are many others out there with a deep desire to grow their family. For some, their story is more complex, and positive health changes will not always lead to pregnancy. However, I feel it is important to share another perspective. We live in a culture that overmedicates and is not always looking for root cause solutions. No matter what your health goals are, we want to be a place that encourages people that their body is capable of healing. It isn’t necessarily the easy route, and it takes time, but true healing is always worth it. Throughout our journey of trying to conceive we were given a lot of discouraging news but we believed in our body’s ability to heal and did what it took in order to do just that.
- Dr. Ethan and Hannah