Ep31 – Three Tools People with PCOS Can Use to Improve Their Fertility

Hello, I’m Katy Bradbury, a qualified Nutritional Therapist, private Health Visitor and qualified nurse. I have worked within Women’s Health, Maternal and Children’s Health for many years.

Today’s podcast is “Three tools people with PCOS can use to improve their fertility.” A lot of young women get diagnosed with PCOS by generalised symptoms of hormonal imbalance and irregular periods but there needs to be a more personalised approach. Today we will discuss three tools to help if you do have PCOS to improve your fertility.

00:00: Introduction & my whereabouts

02:28: September was PCOS awareness month

03:48: Deep dive teaching session on PCOS

05:49: It’s really worth looking under the bonnet to get to the bottom of things

07:05: I would really appreciate if you could rate my podcast

08:28: The Rotterdam criteria for PCOS

08:52: Typical approach is contraceptive pill

10:19: Metformin for PCOS

11:05: Sometime you are offered spironolactone for PCOS

13:30: Tool one: Blood glucose monitoring

18:25: Checking blood markers

22:33: Tool two: Improving your sleep