Fertility Services - A Root Cause Approach
Everything I do inside the Fertility Formula and Root Cause Audit - addressed in depth.
The Fertility Formula and Root Cause Audit are how I work with most couples. But it helps to understand what that work actually involves – the individual systems I investigate and address, and why each one matters for conception.
Below you’ll find each area of focus. These aren’t separate programs you choose between. They’re the components of a thorough root cause investigation, worked through in a specific sequence because the order matters as much as the protocol.
If you’re not sure where to start, the answer is almost always the Root Cause Fertility Audit. Four weeks of investigation, a clear roadmap, and an honest conversation about what’s actually going on.
Investigative & clinical services
Fertility Specialist
Root cause investigation for couples navigating unexplained infertility, failed IVF, and recurrent loss. I assess the full biological picture for both partners – the systems most fertility workups never touch – and build a protocol based on what I actually find.
Preconception Planning
Egg cells and sperm both take approximately 90 days to develop. That window is your opportunity to meaningfully influence their quality. I run functional labs for both partners and design a preparation protocol around what the body actually needs – not a generic prenatal checklist.
IVF Planning & Support
IVF bypasses structural barriers. It can’t fix the underlying biology. I work with couples preparing for IVF, currently in a cycle, or investigating why previous cycles didn’t work – addressing the conditions that influence egg quality, fertilization, and implantation.
Egg Quality Optimization
Egg quality reflects the cellular environment the egg developed in – mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, nutrient status, and toxic load. These factors are addressable. I use functional testing to assess each one and build a targeted protocol for the 90-day preconception window.
Sperm Quality Optimization
A normal semen analysis is not the same as optimal sperm health. DNA fragmentation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial efficiency aren’t measured on standard panels — and they significantly affect fertilisation rates and embryo quality. Sperm turns over completely every 74 days. That’s your intervention window.
Natural Hormone Balancing
Hormonal imbalances don’t arise in a vacuum. Something upstream is driving them — liver detoxification capacity, gut health, cortisol rhythm, methylation, or inflammatory load. I use DUTCH hormone testing and functional blood chemistry to find the actual cause, not just the symptom.
Gut Healing for Fertility
Your gut influences your hormones, your immune system, and your ability to absorb the nutrients fertility depends on. Gut dysbiosis and intestinal permeability are rarely assessed in a fertility workup – but they create upstream problems throughout the entire hormonal and immune system.
Pathogen Cleansing for Fertility
Chronic low-grade infections are one of the most underrecognised contributors to unexplained infertility. They sit below the threshold of obvious symptoms but create enough immune activation and inflammation to interfere with implantation, hormone balance, and sperm function. I investigate them specifically.
Detoxification for Fertility
Environmental toxins, heavy metals, and endocrine disruptors are documented contributors to infertility. Conventional fertility care almost never addresses them. I assess toxic burden through functional testing and work through a sequenced detox protocol – drainage first, then clearance – because the order matters enormously.
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Three miscarriages is usually when conventional care starts investigating. I start at the first. Recurrent loss almost always has a root cause – immune dysregulation, chromosomal factors, clotting patterns, hormonal insufficiency, or toxic burden – and it almost always benefits from a thorough functional investigation of both partners.
Fertility Over 40
I conceived naturally at 43. I’m not going to tell you age doesn’t matter – it does. But age alone is not the whole story. Egg quality at 40 is not fixed. The biological environment that egg developed in is addressable. I work specifically with women over 38 navigating fertility challenges, because this population is consistently undertreated and underestimated.
Methylation & MTHFR
MTHFR variants affect roughly 40% of the population and have significant implications for fertility — influencing folate metabolism, homocysteine levels, detoxification capacity, and the epigenetic environment for early embryo development. If you’ve been told you have an MTHFR variant and given no follow-up support, there’s more to address than a methylfolate supplement.
Mold Exposure & Fertility
Mycotoxins from mold exposure interfere with hormone signalling, immune function, and mitochondrial health – all of which directly affect fertility. This connection is almost never discussed in conventional fertility care. If you’ve had known mold exposure, live in a water-damaged building, or have a cluster of unexplained symptoms alongside fertility challenges, this is worth investigating.
Lab Testing Services
Functional Blood Chemistry Testing
‘Normal’ on a standard panel means within the average range of a population that includes sick people. Functional blood chemistry analysis applies tighter, evidence-based ranges developed with health and function in mind. The same blood draw — a very different level of insight.
Toxin Testing
Heavy metals, environmental chemicals, and mycotoxins from mold exposure are not part of any standard fertility workup. If toxic burden is part of what’s interfering with your fertility, you have to look for it specifically. I use targeted functional panels to assess the categories most relevant to reproductive health.
Food Sensitivity Testing
Food sensitivities create a slow, steady inflammatory load that most people don’t connect to their fertility. The reactions are delayed – sometimes by 24-72 hours – and the symptoms are diffuse. Identifying and removing the foods driving immune reactivity is one of the fastest ways to reduce overall inflammatory burden.
Hormone Testing (DUTCH)
The DUTCH panel maps estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and their downstream metabolites across the full day – plus cortisol rhythm and DHEA patterns. It tells you not just what hormones are present, but what your body is doing with them. Far more detail than a day-3 blood panel.
Nutrition Services
Fertility Nutrition
What you eat, how you supplement, and how your body processes nutrients have a direct bearing on egg and sperm quality, hormone balance, and the conditions for implantation. I design personalized nutrition and supplement protocols based on your functional lab findings – not a generic fertility diet.
Functional Nutrition can Help
Beyond fertility, a functional nutrition approach supports a wide range of conditions.
Digestion
Celiac Disease
Constipation
Diarrhea
Detoxification
IBS/IBD
Ulcer
Acid Reflux/Heartburn
Nausea
Blood Sugar
Hypoglycemia
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
Metabolic Syndrome
Cardiovascular
Cholesterol
Blood Pressure
Skin
Acne
Dermatitis
Eczema
Psoriasis
Rosacea
Nervous System
ADD/ADHD
Anxiety
Depression
Migraines
Fibromyalgia
Hormonal
Fertility
Pre- and Post-Natal
Reproductive disorders
Libido
Menopausal Symptoms
PCOS
Amenorrhea
Allergies
Food Allergies
Environmental Allergies
Sinus Infections
Asthma
Arthritis
Energy
Fatigue
Adrenal Fatigue
Thyroid
Insomnia
Chronic Fatigue
Lyme Disease
Autoimmunity
Hashimotos
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Multiple Sclerosis
Constitutional
Anti-aging
Weight Control
Athletic Endurance
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