Dr. Veronica Tilden
Focus on Vibrant Health
Rita loves salt. She would rather eat something salty than any other flavor, even choosing salty over sweet. But she feels guilty, having been told that she should choose low salt foods. She wants to do whatever she can to support her health, as she wants desperately to get pregnant. The salt you should avoid […]
Colleen always knew she wanted children, but she didn’t find the right man until she was older. They waited a couple of years before trying to get pregnant, and by then she was 35 years old. She still thought she had plenty of time, hearing so many stories of older women having children these days. […]
Tina is determined to get pregnant, and pictures herself holding her beautiful baby in her arms. She knows that understanding her own fertility by watching for her signs of ovulation will help to achieve this. She has enjoyed keeping track of these signs on an ovulation calendar every month, and saves them to learn from. […]
Who would have believed she would enjoy the taste of fermented cod liver oil? Certainly not Carrie herself. But that is just how she feels now. She started taking it on the recommendation that it would help her get pregnant, supplying some of the most important prenatal vitamins in the form of whole food natural […]
Tiffany is very frustrated by not being able to get pregnant. After charting her cycles for several months, and understanding what it all means, she realized that the time between ovulation and the start of her menstrual cycle was abnormally short. She found out this situation is called a luteal phase defect. She did not […]
Tom and Sarah have been trying to conceive for over a year. Sarah finally asked her gynecologist for help, and to both of their surprise they learned that the problem might be Tom’s. When he had a thorough exam by his primary care doctor, Tom found out he has a varicocele (VAR-ih-koe-seel). He hadn’t even […]
What is a fun, easy, inexpensive fertility monitor? Judy wants to get pregnant, and is learning about her signs of ovulation. A friend told her about using a ferning microscope, so she decided to try it. It sounded kind of yucky at first, but it is really quite beautiful. She had learned that her cervical […]
Sophia and Patrick are smart, and want to do everything they can to maximize their health before and during pregnancy. They want a healthy, happy baby and want the pregnancy to go well. They also want to get pregnant easily. So they have decided not just to believe the hype of the prenatal vitamin company […]
Joan wants to get pregnant easily, have a healthy pregnancy, and a happy, healthy baby. She wants to know what the critical factors are that help make this possible. She knows on some level that nutrition is important. But which nutrients are critical, and what are the best ways to get those nutrients? Why is Vitamin A One of […]