Ep38 – The Secondary Infertility Series Part 1

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 “The Secondary Infertility Series Part 1”, the first of a short series exploring secondary infertility. Secondary infertility relates to having a successful first pregnancy but struggling to conceive a second time. In today’s episode, we will be looking predominantly at the causes.

00:00: Introduction

02:43: Part one sets the foundations, ready for what you can do in part two

04:12: Secondary infertility is not taken seriously enough in the UK

10:17: Pregnancy can be a considerable strain both physiologically and psychologically

12:05: Podcast episode 18 – The Fire that is Stopping you from Getting Pregnant

13:49: Pregnancy can cause the appearance of chronic inflammatory autoimmune conditions or make existing conditions worse

15:28: Gestational diabetes can leave residual effects on the body

16:19: Five-day sugar reset challenge

17:06: Hormonal changes post-birth are phenomenally huge!

19:50: Nutritional depletion can play a role

24:25: Mental ill-health in post-birth women can contribute to postnatal depletion

26:00: What are your symptoms? Part 2 information.