Elisa BayerFunctional fertility coach
Elisa BayerFunctional fertility coach
Clear, evidence-based writing about what a standard fertility workup can miss. I look at every question through four biological systems: Hormone Signaling, Nutrient Status, Metabolic Function and Nervous System Regulation. Every claim links to its source.
A normal range is simply where 95% of a population falls. It was never a target for conception. The fertility tests most often misread (thyroid, progesterone, insulin, ferritin and vitamin D), what to ask your provider and the one factor no blood test can measure.
Your hormones behave like a chain of messages. Why the thyroid antibody hardly anyone orders matters, and why the day of your progesterone test changes everything.
The factor I see missed most often, and one of the easiest to correct. Ferritin, vitamin D, folate, B12 and omega-3, and what to ask for.
Stress doesn't simply cause infertility, and "just relax" doesn't help. How the stress system and your cycle are wired together, and why regulation works better than relaxing.
"You're too slim for PCOS" is reassurance, and nobody has actually checked. The insulin pattern behind long cycles, and the one test that usually gets skipped.
Normal hemoglobin, empty stores. Why ferritin reveals iron deficiency long before anemia shows up, and why it so often isn't ordered.
Usually a symptom that points back to how strongly you ovulated. What ASRM actually says about "luteal phase deficiency."
The pill paused your cycle without harming your fertility. What post-pill amenorrhea is, when it resolves by itself and the pattern the pill may have covered up.
Low energy availability can switch off your cycle at any body size, including a completely normal BMI. Why recovery means more food and less training.
"Unexplained" means the standard tests were normal. It doesn't mean there is no cause. What it can hide, what the guidelines say about going straight to IVF and the tests worth asking for first.
AMH estimates how many eggs you have. It can't tell you how good they are, or whether you will conceive this year. What the research shows, and how to read your result calmly.
Day 21 only fits if you ovulate around day 14. How to find your own test day before anyone concludes you didn't ovulate, and why your partner's semen analysis belongs on the same list.
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