Want to get pregnant sooner? 6 rules to break!

Hey, my friend!

I know you want to get pregnant sooner rather than later right? So I’m going to share with you rules I think you need to BREAK if you want to improve your fertility and do just that.

Let’s dive in.

6 Rules To Break If You Want To Get Pregnant Sooner

#1- Counting calories

Let me guess, at some point in your journey, you went to your OB or doctor and told them that you were having trouble getting pregnant. They may have nicely (or not so nicely) told you that you needed to lose weight to improve your chances. It feels like a slap in the face because if you knew how to do that, you would have already done it!

So then we go back to old-school tactics of trying to lose weight like calorie counting and high-intensity workouts to “burn off” the fat. While there is some truth to eating in a calorie deficit to lose weight, it’s not very beneficial for women who are trying to conceive.

I have found with the women I work with, that most are not eating enough! This puts our body under stress, and when it is stressed, it does not prioritize ovulation or pregnancy.

Counting calories is not productive or sustainable for losing weight or a healthy fertility foundation.

#2- High Intensity Cardio

As I mentioned above, we tend to start counting calories and then working out as hard as we can, especially cardio-wise. What if I told you that you didn’t need to high-intensity cardio AT ALL? HIIT exercises tend to create stress in your nervous system and keep your cortisol high. When our cortisol is consistently high we can’t have healthy hormones and therefore can’t get pregnant.

This means if we want to get pregnant sooner, we need to ditch the HIIT training that we tend to hate anyway.

Typically women need more calming forms of movement like walking, pilates, and lifting weights. If you just went for a 20-30 minute walk a day, your body and fertility would thank you for it.

If you are someone who actually does really like the high-intensity workouts, do it during your ovulation phase!

#3- Only having intercourse during your fertile window

This one sounds a little crazy right? While we know scientifically we HAVE to have intercourse during our fertile window to get pregnant, I want you to avoid ONLY having intercourse in your fertile window.

There are a few reasons here. When we are ONLY having intercourse during our fertile window we are taking all the joy out of our journey. We are also creating a lot of stress around “clinicalness” around something God created for us to enjoy with the person we love.

I want you to instead focus on aiming to have intercourse 2-3 times a week. This breaks off the stress by concentrating on your fertile window, allows you to enjoy more “in the moment” situations, and hopefully brings more joy back into your baby-making routine. If we are having intercourse 2-3 times spaced out over a week, we won’t likely miss our fertile window anyway.

#4- Going straight to the fertility clinic

Welcome to one of my favorite soap boxes in the fertility world!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO GET HELP! No matter what your OB tells you. I think the perfect time to start looking for support is 4 months into trying to conceive.

If you do ask your OB for support they will tell you to try for a year and then after a year, they will refer you to a fertility clinic. You’ll go to the fertility clinic, they will test your hormones, maybe give you some insight, OR maybe diagnose you with “unexplained infertility” and then likely suggest IUI or IVF. Keep in mind, this is what they DO so of course it’s what they sell. But it’s so important to realize that you have multiple options before going to a fertility clinic.

#5- Prioritizing supplements

I see so many women put all their faith, energy, and money into supplements hoping they will make the difference.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I think supplements can be helpful, but they can NOT replace your daily lifestyle habits. We need to focus more on nutrition, movement, and nervous system regulation.

Instead of getting bogged down with ALL the options for supplements out there, start with the basics that have been proven to be beneficial for fertility and hormone balance. My favorite is Perelel’s Conception Support pack because it is an easy and affordable way to get in those basic supplements while you focus on healthy fertility habits so you can get pregnant sooner.

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#6- Doing it all alone

The Bible helps us understand that we were not created to do life alone. The easiest way to get depressed and defeated in your fertility journey is to isolate yourself. It’s important to be around fellow believers, people who can encourage us and build us up, and people who are experiencing the same hardships as us so we don’t feel so alone.

If you don’t have that in your life right now, I invite you to join us in the free Facebook community so you can find support, ask questions, and find fellowship!

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