Dr. Veronica Tilden
Focus on Vibrant Health
Robin and George have been health conscious for a long time, and have looked for ways to eat right as part of this commitment. They have often heard from the alternative health sources that dairy products are bad. Now that they are trying to conceive, they are wondering why dairy is pushed so much as […]
By Veronica Tilden, DO Donna wonders how an online ovulation calculator could be helpful for her. She needs to enter her cycle length, and that is all over the place. It might be 28 days one month, then 32 the next month, and 25 another month. Then she might go 3 months without any period […]
Julia is very frustrated with her lack of success with trying to conceive. She has been using an Ovulation Predictor Kit (OPK) every month, the urine LH stick type. She tests positive, and knows this is the time she is most likely to get pregnant. But still nothing in several months. Now what? Yes, you […]
Steve has done 3 sperm tests (semen analyses) as recommended, just to be sure. He can hardly believe it. Can he really have a fertility problem? All three tests indicate that he has a low sperm count. Now he is wondering how to increase sperm count, a subject he never contemplated before. He has always […]
Lisa wants to know, when are her most fertile days? They are the days just before and during ovulation. You can recognize that ovulation is coming by noting the presence of fertile cervical mucus, and testing for a positive LH surge. You will know that ovulation has passed when your basal body temperature rises. These basic three things will help you increase your chances of getting pregnant in this cycle.
Choosing to eat a special fertility diet is critically important. What you eat and the nutrition it provides may be the most important factor of all for your health and fertility. The most important factors are to eat plenty of foods that contain fat-soluble vitamins and minerals, and avoid processed foods and soy products. Eat raw dairy products, organ meats, shellfish and fish, egg yolks, grass-fed animal products and plants from mineral rich soils.
Good nutrition is absolutely important, but it does not necessarily come from prenatal vitamins. Supplements should never be taken to compensate for a poor diet. The nutrients to include in a fertility diet include the fat-soluble vitamins, folic acid and other B vitamins, vitamin C, minerals and the essential fatty acids.
Chris had a vasectomy while in a previous marriage, and now he and Tammy want children. They have decided to proceed with a vasectomy reversal, assuming that it will be successful and they will get the family they dream of. But Chris is wondering what is involved, and is not looking forward to it. Can […]
By Veronica Tilden Denise has figured out that there is way more to an Ovulation Calendar than just putting her dates into the online version and getting back an estimate for her most fertile days. She is having fun writing down all of the little details related to each menstrual cycle and learning about her […]