Lisa Cartier

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• Posted The Truth About Fatigue - How to Enhance Your Fertility to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Looking at your energy levels is something to look at if you are experiencing difficulties getting pregnant.Feeling stressed and tired has become the norm.  We think we should get more tired as we age.  We push the snooze button and still...
• Posted Side Effects and Costs of Fertility Treatments-Optimize Natural Fertility First! to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  IVF should never be the first choice for fertility issues and should only be used once all has been done to address the underlying causes.  Optimizing reproductive health through natural means first is the most beneficial to mom and baby.Technology,...
• Posted Trying to Conceive? Managing Stress Can Help to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  More and more studies suggest that stress and infertility have a connection.  This applies to both men and women.  Learning how to deal with stress may help your chances for conception.It's been proven that prolonged stress can cause many physical changes within the body.  This...
• Posted Are Your Sleep Habits Causing Fertility Issues? to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Did you know there is a link between fertility and sleep deprivation?  Most of us know that getting enough sleep is important for overall health and well-being.  It turns out that sleep is very important when it comes to fertility....
• Posted "Listening to Mothers" - Benefits of Midwifery and Doula Support to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Each year, more than four million women give birth around the world.  This means, no matter what you may be going through, and no matter how alone you might feel in the process, chances are someone else has experienced the...
• Posted Fertility Drugs to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Fertility drugs are the most common treatment for women having trouble reproducing; the drugs are given to promote hormonal release and ovulation regulation.  The drugs are often times taken in conjunction with vitro fertilization as a holistic approach to reproductive issues.One...
• Posted How Can You Increase Your Fertility Naturally? to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  According to U.S. News Health, one in seven American couples struggle with infertility, sometimes for reasons doctors cannot iagnose or explain. Many couples resort to medicines, taken orally or intravenously, to increase the woman's ovulation. Other couples may try Assistive Reproductive...
• Posted Elective C-Sections to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Today, more and more healthy pregnant women are opting for Cesarean delivery over natural births, and many of them are scheduling the all-important procedure to take place before their newborns have reached full-term.  Despite the widely held understanding that a healthy...
• Posted Home Birth Advice to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Despite negative connotations, home births are making a dramatic comeback in the United States.  While it is still not necessarily popular to give birth at home, since 2004 % more American women are choosing to abandon traditional hospital births for...
• Posted Childbirth: Every Detail Counts to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  Childbirth is undoubtedly one of the most challenging, yet rewarding experiences in any woman's life.  But have you ever considered the different factors that can affect the ease and success of this all-so-important life event?  In 2011, the Cochrane Collaboration, an international group of...
• Posted Stressed Out About Getting Pregnant? to Conscious Birth And Fertility By Lisa Cartier
  For so many women around the world, getting pregnant seems like an impossible task.  Conceiving can be a long, frustrating struggle for aspiring mothers, often causing anxiety    and stress.  However, new research published in New York Times by the Journal of...