57. Natural Fertility Treatments, Understanding Hormone Imbalance & Seed Cycling with Dr. Melissa Vandermissen [Parenting in a Pandemic, Vol. 7]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Melissa Vandermissen is a Functional Medicine Chiropractic Physician, as well as a wife and mom. She operates a 100% virtual natural fertility clinic and works with women throughout the world. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Melissa utilizes specialized functional testing to find the root cause to infertility and hormone imbalance, and uses only natural treatments to instill balance. She works either 1:1 or through group programs with her clients, and has been able to help many couples go on to conceive naturally. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode we dive into what is functional medicine, what are common root causes of infertility, natural treatments we can implement at home, how we can use seed cycling to help hormone regulation and what is postpartum depletion.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether or not you are TTC, her tips can help women with stress and hormone regulation.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Follow Dr. Melissa at</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://thedrmelissa.com">https://thedrmelissa.com</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram:</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/drmelissavandermissen">@drmelissavandermissen</a></li> </ul> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Note: This episode is from the <a href="http://parentingpandemicseries.com/">“Pregnancy and Parenting in a Pandemic Series”</a> which was a 17 expert Facebook Live series geared to helping parents navigate “all the things” during the pandemic. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I thought I’d bring a couple of those episodes out of the archives and play them for you this week on the podcast in honor of the 2021 National Infertility Awareness Week. This episode was originally filmed in