A couple of years ago one of my followers reached out and said to me:

Dr. Kelsey, I finally got into the fertility clinic but all my tests came back “fine”. Now they’re telling me IVF is my only option and I just feel like something isn’t right.

This boiled my blood… why?

Because this particular client actually had no problem getting pregnant, she had had 3 miscarriages in the 13 months she’d been trying.

IVF wasn’t going to solve that problem.

IVF wasn’t and is never a guarantee.

And yet… we hear this recommendation coming from fertility clinics all the time based on age, length of time trying, and maybe AMH.

Very rarely is it based on the actual fertility needs of the patient.

3 months after working together, she was pregnant, stayed pregnant, and welcomed her little boy safely into their family.

Without IVF. Because that’s not what she needed. She needed to figure out why her body wasn’t capable of holding the pregnancy. And she needed someone to help her on their fierce as fuck mission to grow her family in a way that felt empowering and supportive to her.

Here’s the kicker: her decision to not jump into IVF right away wasn’t a financial one. They were fortunate enough to make it work if they needed to… but she wanted to know she’d done absolutely everything within her power BEFORE take that step. 

She wanted to feel confident moving forward in that direction… and in that moment of hearing “everything is fine” she really didn’t feel confident anymore.

If your gut is telling you there’s something more here.

There’s a piece of my fertility journey that I haven’t uncovered yet.

You’re absolutely correct. Your gut will never steer you wrong. You’ve maybe just been looking in the wrong place for the answer.

Here’s the good news… you don’t need to go this alone anymore.

You don’t need to leave every doctor’s appointment wondering if this is the best they can do. 

It’s possible to actually get off the conveyor belt your doctor put you on and finally uncover the root problem of your fertility concerns.

The fertility experience can, and should, make you feel like the badass superwoman that you are.

Your body is strong and capable of making a baby. You just need someone arm in and arm with you to get you there.

Path to Parenthood is a 4 part series walking you through 4 top fertility myths that I see in the community and offering you the research-backed answers to help you build out the next phase of your journey.