I spent 1.5 YEARS trying to get pregnant. 💔 And after so many months of negative tests, I started realizing that maybe I needed to stop focusing ONLY on ovulation… …and start paying attention to the environment my body needed for ovulation, implantation, and early pregnancy. So I started focusing on 3 things that completely changed the way I approached my fertility: ✨ PROGESTERONE Progesterone is one of the major hormones involved in the second half of your cycle. After ovulation, it helps prepare and support the uterine lining for potential implantation. If progesterone is low or the luteal phase isn’t adequately supported, implantation and maintaining an early pregnancy can potentially be more difficult. I started using natural progesterone support because I wanted to focus on supporting my body after ovulation rather than simply tracking whether I ovulated. ✨ ANTIOXIDANTS Oxidative stress can affect reproductive health, including egg quality and the cellular environment surrounding reproduction. Antioxidants help the body manage oxidative stress by helping neutralize free radicals. So I significantly increased my antioxidant intake and made it a priority to give my body more of the nutrients it needed to support healthy cells. ✨ THYROID BALANCE THIS ONE was huge for me. Your thyroid and reproductive hormones are closely connected. Thyroid hormones play an important role in menstrual cycles, ovulation, and fertility. When thyroid function is off, it can interfere with cycles and ovulation and can also affect the hormonal environment needed for conception and pregnancy. So instead of ignoring my thyroid, I started actively supporting it and working toward getting it balanced. And after 1.5 years of infertility, I finally got pregnant. 🥹 Was it one single thing? I’ll never be able to say for certain. But I know what I changed. And I wish someone had taught me YEARS earlier that fertility isn’t just about “did you ovulate?” There are so many pieces involved — hormones, thyroid function, nutrition, oxidative stress, egg health, ovulation, the uterine lining, progesterone, and overall health. If you’re struggling to conceive, please don’t take my experience as proof that these things will “fix” infertility. There are MANY causes of infertility, and it’s worth working with your doctor to understand what may be contributing in your specific situation. But if you want to know exactly what I used and what I changed… 👇🏼 COMMENT FERTILITY and I’ll point you in the right direction. Or check out my pinned video + TikTok Shop where I have everything linked. 🤍 Because I went from wondering if I would EVER get the family I dreamed about… to becoming a mom of THREE. 🥹 And I will never forget what that negative pregnancy test season felt like. #infertility #fertilityawareness #progesteroneinoil - @catchingupwithkels