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I go live every other Monday on Instagram and YOU have the opportunity to join me live to get my take on your case. I set a timer for 15 minutes, you ask your question/s and I give you my answers. Whether you’re chosen to go live with me or not you’ll learn from these lives twice a month. If you’ve ever thought about coaching with me or my team but weren’t sure if it would be a good fit this would be a great opportunity to test it out! Did this case resonate with you?

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Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that I am not a medical doctor. I have been a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 17 years and I will be speaking from my clinical experience helping thousands of women conceive. The office of Aimee E. Raupp, M.S., L.Ac and Aimee Raupp Wellness & Fertility Centers and all personnel associated with the practice do not use social media to convey medical advice. This video will be posted to Aimee’s channels to educate and inspire others on the fertility journey.

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Aimee:

How are you guys? I'll let people start rolling on. Going to plug my phone in because it needs a charging. Here we go. Hi. Hi everyone. You ready? This is going to be another Fertility Hot Seat. Yes, we had a story of hope this morning. Jillian came live and discussed how she had five miscarriages between the age of 39 and 42 and every single doctor told her it was because all her eggs were bad. Then she did group coaching and the e-course with me and my team and we had her stop trying, we put her on a plan.

We connected her with the right doctors and got her the right tests. Like the statistics show, within 18 months she had a healthy baby in her arms. You guys, if you missed that story of hope this morning, go back and watch it. She also had that healthy baby by the way at the age of 44. Just FYI. No fertility treatments necessary. Support, advocacy, diet, lifestyle, mindset shifts and the right doctors was all she needed.

Just a heads-up too, the group coaching program that she did, there's only a few spots left of those. I think there's only like two spots left to coach with me and I think there is only two or three spots left of the group coaching. If you want in on a program that it worked for Jillian or you want to work one on one with me, those spots are going to be gone by the end of today, I'm certain of it, so hop on it ASAP.

The e-course basic, there's still plenty of spots left, and know that once you're in the e-course, you still have access to everything including the weekly Q&As with me and you can always upgrade. You can add coaching on if you needed to. When we run another ground of group coaching, you can get in on that. Know that once you're in the mix, you're in the mix. I just wanted to talk to you about that because I know a lot of you watched Jillian's story of hope this morning and you watched Jen's last night.

Jen worked one on one private with me. She did the master level. Jillian never worked one on one private with me. She did the group and got my assistance and guidance that way and as you can see, she still had the success. That statistic that I'm seeing, 65% of women who fully dive into this course are having their children in 18 months. Meaning usually it's the baby's in their arms but it might be still in their belly 20 plus weeks pregnant. Yeah. Yeah.

Anyway, we're going to get into our Fertility Hot Seat today and whoever I pick is going to get a promo code discount for the e-course and we will email that to you later or DM it to you. I also want to see activity and everybody chattering and talking. Yeah, let's do this. I'm going to give you guys like another minute or so to start requesting to join me live. This again is a Fertility Hot Seat. I know you're seeing a lot of me, so you're like, “What is Aimee doing right now?”

It's a Fertility Hot Seat where I take one of you on live with me and we do a free 15-minute consult and I will give you advice based on my clinical experience. This is not medical advice, this is advice based on my 20 years of helping women get and stay pregnant. Advice based on writing these books that are above me right here and advice on helping and seeing thousands of women at this point. You name a case, I have seen it, I have helped women figure it out.

Yeah. I'm so excited for this. I love seeing so much of you this week. Well, thank you so much. Join my e-course and you'll see me every single week live in our private community. Let's see, okay, I'm going to give… Okay, so we're going to go with… Looks like [inaudible 00:04:08] requested to join me live, so we'll pull her on. This is so informative and helpful. You guys are great. Let's all take a deep breath and fill purse with protection, love and positivity.

I love that. Thank you. I'll do that. Protection, love and positivity. Let's see, I accepted Liz, but she's not coming on, so you have to make sure you're on a phone. It doesn't work from a computer. Fill ourselves. Is that what you meant? Fill purses. I like purses too. We can fill our purses with protection, love and positivity, why not? Right? Okay. I'm going to do it one more time, Liz. Sending love and light to all of you. Thank you. Sender Sheila.

Let's see. I did it one more time, Liz, I accepted. Let's see, it says you're unable to join. How you request to join live is you hit the plus button at the bottom of the screen, you'll see it looks like a little camera with a plus in the center. Liz, you might need to update your Instagram to a different… You might need the newer whatever, the update or it's something with your phone. The only times it never works is there's like an update that needs to happen or you're on a laptop.

You need to be on a phone and you might need to close out, but I'm going to let you try again tomorrow only because I'm on a time crunch. I have to be on a 2:30 call so I don't have a lot of time to play right now. We're going to move to, Hazel, you were the next one in line so we'll bring Hazel on and I have to stick to my 15 minutes today guys because I have a 2:30. Let us see. Okay.

No, it's not working for Hazel either, so I wonder… Can't be me. I mean, I just did one of these, right? Okay. Hazel, I'm going to give you one more try because it's not saying you're unable to join, you're just not accepting it. If that's not you then I'm moving on. We got lots of people in this mix. All right. I'm moving on because again, I'm on a time… Julie, we're going to Julie.

Let's see, whoever gets picked is a meant to be person. Julie declined. Look at you guys. Okay. What's going on, guys? Hazel B is unable to join. Okay. Well, we got lots of people in here. Ada. There's Ada. Hi.

Ada:

Hi.

Aimee:

You were meant to be, like literally you were meant to be because it was like you… And not that I deemed you being number four on the list, but I was just like, “All right, here we go.” Hi.

Ada:

Hi.

Aimee:

How are you? Thank you for joining us. Tell me what's going on.

Ada:

I am 37 years old, just turned 37 and I have been trying for three years. I've been on birth control pretty much since my teen years and when we tried to start having a baby, it was a whole year until I got pregnant, which they say is normal. Give it a year. I got pregnant and had a miscarriage at three months. Ever since then I am seeing a fertility specialist.

Ada:

I've done two medicated cycles on letrozole and trigger. Both times have been successful but unfortunately immediately after I get my positive-

Aimee:

[inaudible 00:08:15].

Ada:

… a day or two I have a chemical and I miscarry, and that has been my story for like the last three years. About four pregnancies that turn into chemicals. I haven't passed pretty much 11 weeks of pregnancy.

Aimee:

That three months loss, did you get genetically tested or no? Do we know?

Ada:

No, because it was our first time and we didn't know. Then I started doing research and here I am today.

Aimee:

Yeah. First of all, I'm sorry. I mean, that sucks and that's a long journey. Did you have a D&C for that loss, that first one?

Ada:

No. No. It naturally passed.

Aimee:

Okay. Has anyone done a hysteroscopy on you at this point or a uterine biopsy?

Ada:

I've gotten a biopsy and had positive for endometritis. They put me on two different regimens. I was on it for probably three months. It didn't clear after those two different regimens, didn't clear, so they sent me for D&C in March. After the D&C that's when everything started working. After the D&C-

Aimee:

That's what problem was, from the miscarriage or for all we know you could have had it, but chances are… And I only say this just maybe so you can have some healing in there too, of chances are that first miscarriage when you miscarried it caused the endometritis, then that prevented future pregnancies or was causing some of the losses, right? Because-

Ada:

Correct. That's what it seems like.

Aimee:

Then since you've had two chemicals… Since the March D&C, you've had how many chemicals?

Ada:

Two in May and in July. This May, this past July. Those were medicated cycles with trigger.

Aimee:

Then between the miscarriage at three months and these medicated cycles, no other pregnancies basically? That's-

Ada:

No, I suspect I might have had one chemical but it wasn't proved. I mean, it was heavy, heavy bleeding so I figured… I started learning my body. So I might have had a couple of chemicals but confirmed, no.

Aimee:

No. Then tell me about your health in general. Any health issues? Any digestive issues, skin issues?

Ada:

Not really, but seeing my RE, he did put me on thyroid medication. I've tested I think at 5.0 which was a little bit high.

Aimee:

Too high.

Ada:

Then he put me on the lowest dose and I was still testing at 2.9 so he just upped it to 50. 50 seems like a good place right now. The last time I tested was about two months ago and it was 1.9.

Aimee:

Okay. What supplements are you on?

Ada:

I'm on the Thera prenatal.

Aimee:

The Theralogix.

Ada:

Yep.

Aimee:

The perinatal one? Yeah. Okay.

Ada:

Vitamin D, CoQ10 and aspirin.

Aimee:

Okay. Are you taking the aspirin all month long or just in the luteal phase?

Ada:

I've been taking at luteal phase, a few days… Yeah. Yeah. Luteal phase. Yeah.

Aimee:

Did you take it with those chemicals?

Ada:

Yes.

Aimee:

Okay. Has anyone done a miscarriage panel on you? Do you know what that is?

Ada:

No, I don't know.

Aimee:

Okay. That's what I want you to talk to your doctor about, a miscarriage panel. I think I have a Google Doc for that with the test listed on it. I was going to say when we're done here, DM my team DM us and just say, “Can you send me the miscarriage panel information?” There's a list of all the tests. It's basically like clotting factors.

Aimee:

You might have something more going… It could just be like… Just, but could have been the endometritis that caused you to maybe not get pregnant for that long and then potentially that first loss and then it could have been the thyroid for those other two losses. You could be fixed at this point. Do you know what I mean?

Ada:

Right.

Aimee:

In that sense of like… I still think just for your own peace of mind and your own heart going into anything else, that getting further testing might just make you feel better. So it's either your RE, you just bring it up like, “Hey, did you do a miscarriage panel on me? Can we do one? Here are the tests that I want.” If they say no, you can ask for a referral to a hematologist and they will do it.

Aimee:

Whether or not this is true, what you say is, “There's a history of clotting factor disorders in my family and I want to rule them out for me.” Then they will get you the testing done. That's advice from physicians that are patients of mine that they think every woman should be getting these tests done and a lot of them don't, so it's a good workaround.

Ada:

Okay. Is that the same as the reoccurring panel?

Aimee:

Yeah. Yeah. The recurrent pregnancy loss panel. Have you already had it?

Ada:

Yes. Yes. Because you did mention blood clotting factors and I remember is the IgA, he did the basic and everything came back well according to-

Aimee:

Then I would maybe push and make… Still get the list from us on the back end and go and look and make sure that they did everything on that list. If they didn't, then you say, “I still want these tested.” Or you say, “Can you refer me to a hematologist because I want to dig deeper into this?”

Aimee:

Typically when you say that, they'll just do the test for you because they don't want to push you out of their practice in that sense. I would do that to make sure there's nothing else going on that can cause these losses, even though they're chemicals which are super early losses, but still it's something of concern. The other thing I would do is make sure you get on fish oil. I know the TheraNatal has some in there. Oh, go ahead. You're on that too? Okay.

Ada:

Yes. I'm on DHA, I can't remember the name brand. I think it starts with an A, but I-

Aimee:

[inaudible 00:14:45]. Okay.

Ada:

Yes, I am on those.

Aimee:

Make sure you're taking close to 3000 milligrams. Most of the time the dosing is like 1500 so usually I'm doubling my girls. Do 3000 there and your vitamin D levels are in a healthy range?

Ada:

Say that again?

Aimee:

Your vitamin D levels were healthy when they were tested? Yeah. Okay.

Ada:

Yeah, last time I was tested I guess it was… I live in Florida so it was in the summer and it came out to 90. It was really high.

Aimee:

Okay. That's fine.

Ada:

It was good.

Aimee:

Yeah. You might not even need that extra D to be honest because the TheraNatal has the D in there too. The other thing I'd add in, and you may have heard me talk about it, is Wobenzym, W-O-B-E-N-Z-Y-M. Have you added that in or heard me talk about it?

Ada:

I heard you actually yesterday so I was researching yesterday.

Aimee:

I would take it. They're proteolytic enzymes but there is a small study showing women with recurrent pregnancy loss that it's helping them. I think because it's such a powerful anti-inflammatory. Then the other thing is if you haven't already, I would do The Egg Quality Diet or at minimum just go right into phase three of… You know my book, the Egg Quality Diet and follow that because it's such an anti-inflammatory diet.

Aimee:

It's one of two things. There is a clotting factor issue or it's an inflammatory issue that's potentially impacting this ability to get and to stay pregnant. I think you're getting pregnant just fine. Sounds like your reserve and all your numbers are fine, you're responding well to the meds, all that. I would worry if you get pushed to IVF that the same thing's going to happen again. Instead of going and spending money on IVF, I wouldn't do that.

Aimee:

I would put the brakes on and just say, “Okay. I'm going to take three months and I'm going to overhaul my diet and my lifestyle.” Do you know what I mean? Then come back at this and try again if you will. Or continue to try naturally at home or do timed intercourse at home with Clomid or letrozole or something like that. Don't rush to IVF. The other thing too is Thorne makes this supplement called Undecyn, U-N-D-E-C-Y-N and they're immunomodulators.

Aimee:

It's basically like essential fatty acids that help with the uterine microbiome. If I see cases of stubborn endometritis, even though it's technically gone and it's been treated, I would add that into the case. It says something, take like nine pills a day. I don't think you need that high of a dose. I would just do like three. It's not a very expensive supplement, but I would add in that, I would add in-

Ada:

How do you spell that again?

Aimee:

U-N, Undecyn, D-E-C-Y-N. It was called SF722. They just revamped the formulation and now it's called Undecyn. I don't really know why. They added a couple things that are going to help with… It's all about the uterine microbiome. If there's a history of endometritis, not endometriosis, just for the listeners here, endometritis which I know you know the difference because you lived through it, but that it will help to restore the uterine microbiome.

Aimee:

That plus the digestive enzymes, the Wobenzym, can really make a difference in a case like this. Then I would also just as much as you can follow the dietary protocol that I have laid out, or at the minimum you're gluten, dairy, soy-free and really low on added sugar. Those are the things I would do. Just almost like for you to be like, “Okay. I'm going to do this for like three months and give this a shot.”

Aimee:

Because you are getting pregnant, you're responding well but it's like there's something going on and… You're not polycystic, right? No one has said that there's any polycystic [inaudible 00:18:28]-

Ada:

No. No.

Aimee:

As far as overall… Go ahead.

Ada:

My RE thinks… He's pointing towards endometriosis so that's where I'm at in the process now of getting screening and getting all the work done to schedule me in for surgery.

Aimee:

That's what I was saying. It's either the clotting factor or an inflammatory disorder, which endometriosis is the most common inflammatory disorder, which can impact the quality of the eggs and also the uterine lining where… or the uterine cavity I would say where it's not as receptive. Do you have painful periods or heavy periods?

Ada:

Since I've been a teen they were really, really, really painful and as an adult it kind of… I do still go through pain but not like I used to where I used to call out of work and just be in the tub for hours. I mean, it was really painful but now it's way better.

Aimee:

Okay. That's another reason to dive into the dietary and then also look through the lifestyle modifications. We're going to give you a promo code towards the Yes, You Can Get Pregnant E-Course. If you take advantage of that, you're going to have your bases covered, everything's in there and it's laid out for you and you'll get access to my Fertility Reboot where we do the diet together and all that stuff.

Aimee:

You don't have to join and you could be a self-starter and dive into my books. The material's there, but it's all about reducing inflammation and regulating the immune system if it is endometriosis. Either way though, even if it's not, I mean, to diagnose endo, you either need a pelvic MRI or you need a laparoscopic surgery. They can do the Receptiva on you, which gives you an idea. I think one endo doc that I'm pretty close with and respects says it's about 80% accurate.

Aimee:

Either way, the treatment is still the same. We have to strongly reduce inflammation in your body and then things will start working better. Because you already have a lot of the moving parts working, you're getting pregnant, egg and sperm are fertilizing, you've gotten pregnant a couple times so it's like it's now just the staying pregnant.

Aimee:

I feel like… And I just think for you too, the sense of urgency I'm sure is there and three years is a long time but I wouldn't rush to IVF because I don't think you need it. I would explore the natural alternatives, of course get the testing done to collect all the data and the information and then come up with a plan from there.

Ada:

Okay. Okay. Definitely a relief because I did schedule an IVF consultation coming up in November. I'm still going to have it as a backup.

Aimee:

Yeah. Have it. I'm not against it at all for you and I have a lot of women that still want to do it even if I say they don't, but from a financial preservation perspective, but also I worry too that you'll go through IVF and then are you going to have a miscarriage after you work so hard to get that embryo? There's something more that needs to be looked at and figured out. That's how I would focus it.

Aimee:

Now, you could still go and if you wanted if insurance covered or whatever, it's not a burden at all for you and you want to go do it, do a round, get some embryos but don't transfer them yet until you get all the information. Right?

Ada:

Makes sense. Makes sense.

Aimee:

Yeah. Yeah.

Ada:

Perfect.

Aimee:

Because it's like… It's shitty no matter how you slice it to have a miscarriage and to have multiple, it's even shittier but to then go through IVF and work so hard for those embryos and then to lose an embryo and not having… That part is like… Even the endometritis, that should have been one of the first things they looked for. I wish they did it the other way around.

Aimee:

I wish the hysteroscopy and the endometritis tests were first before you started trying to conceive when you got to the RE. For some reason they're not. Yeah. Tell me what last questions do you have for me right now?

Ada:

In terms of inflammation and eating, I guess I haven't looked at the dietary material that you have. I've been reading a lot about just moving towards keto, maybe carnivore, just meat. In terms of inflammation, which I think that's also one of my issues overall, inflammation, what's your advice with just sticking to just meat per se?

Aimee:

I don't love the just meat. So for fertility. I think AIP, autoimmune paleo is where it's at to be honest, and so look at that. If you're looking at diet trends, there's keto, there's carnivore, there's AIP, it's called autoimmune paleo, which is basically what The Egg Quality Diet is with some of my clinical experience nudged in there and then it's macronutrient balance for fertility.

Aimee:

Women trying to conceive need like 40 to 45% macro fat, 30-ish percent protein, the rest carbs, but carbs from vegetables mainly not necessarily grains because we get so many antioxidants from there. Keto and carnivore… I know there are some doctors that say keto's great for fertility.

Aimee:

I don't see that being the case clinically. It tends to cause a lot of blood sugar issues for women and then we're also just not consuming… We need carbs for healthy progesterone levels for instance and so some women go too low carb and too high fat and that throws them off in another way.

Aimee:

I've been doing this a long time, it's like at least for what I see is that the AIP style eating is the best and no fasting, don't fast. Eat every couple hours, make sure there's protein, veggie, fat with every meal and good quality food. If you're doing your meats, it has to be grass-fed, has to be organic because they come with a high pesticide load too.

Ada:

Okay.

Aimee:

Yeah.

Ada:

Okay.

Aimee:

Too, like I said, we'll give you a coupon code for the e-course and all of that is in there. It's like a college education on what to do for fertility and maybe you don't want all that but I think some women love to consume all that information. We do also do the Fertility Reboot together, which is a 30-day I walk you through hand hold your hand the diet too. That's nice and that'll kick off in October.

Aimee:

You could also go get the book, The Egg Quality Diet, which is what I wrote. Came out last year and it's a hundred-day plan of… literally I lay out your menus, your meal plans, your shopping list, it's like all there in the book so you can just start to finish the hundred days, which is about three months.

Ada:

Okay. Okay. Also, hearing you speak with the supplements, are there any other supplements that you would recommend? Especially with my age 37. I mean, I don't know. I don't want to overdo it. I read so much and it's just-

Aimee:

I know.

Ada:

… so much supplements but I just don't want to overdo it.

Aimee:

I do see liver. I know it's technically not a supplement. It's food, but the organ meats seem to be really helpful from a nutrient-dense perspective. Where liver to me is nature's B-complex and it gives you extra methylfolate and there's good antioxidants in there. You were a client of mine, that's like I would increase the fish oil. I like the TheraNatal. I think that's fine. I would add in the Wobenzym. I like the Undecyn. I would add in liver.

Aimee:

Then if you're worried about egg quality, like you're on the CoQ10, which I think covers the bases. Theralogix makes a really good CoQ10, it's called NeoQ10. That's the one I would switch to. Then there is… If we're worried about endo, I think of things to help with methylation and reducing inflammation. Thorne makes a supplement called Methyl-Guard, but you have to look at the dosing.

Aimee:

I only do one of those a day. I think there's three recommended on the back because it really helps… It's a good anti-inflammatory as well. I'd play around in there.

Ada:

Okay.

Aimee:

You could go on my website too, you'll see all my recommended supplements under Aimee's recommended supplements. It's like a tab and just go there and then you can see all the supplements there too.

Ada:

Okay.

Aimee:

Okay.

Ada:

I'm going to check these out.

Aimee:

I have to hang up on you because I have a 2:30 coaching call, so I'm going to go.

Ada:

Awesome.

Aimee:

This was great talking with you and I-

Ada:

Thank you.

Aimee:

… trust that you were the one who was meant to come on today because we really tried. I like the synchronicity there for you. Then DM us on the back end and we'll give you the coupon code. You can look into the e-course if it's of interest to you and also the clotting factor panel.

Ada:

Will do. Thank you so much.

Aimee:

You're welcome love. Okay, I'll talk to you soon.

Ada:

Bye.

Aimee:

Bye-bye everybody.

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