Hyperprolactinaemia

In theory, hyperprolactinaemia means your body is producing too much prolactin (a hormone produced by the pituarity gland). This occurs naturally when a woman is breastfeeding to produce the breast milk.

This is nature’s concept that while a mother is still breast-feeding, she will be less fertile (to reduce mums chance of having repeated pregnancies in very short intervals). While breastfeeding may limit natural fertility, it is not a contraceptive method.

A woman’s natural fertility, when not breastfeeding, can be affected by the same biochemical mechanisms – hyperprolactinaemia and this indicates that your body’s biochemistry is malfunctioning and reduce your fertility status. This generally comes about due to lifestyle factors such as:

·         Stress

·         Excessive exercise

·         Beer and alcohol

·         High dose oestrogen contraceptive pill

·         An  underactive thyroid

Studies are showing that constant stress can cause the body to produce the same amount of prolactin as when a woman is lactating. It would be important to monitor your stress levels and the causing factors of the stress to assist with the fertility treatment.

The idea behind treatment is to correct the chemicals stimulating the glands to inform the body that it is ready to produce regular menstrual and ovulation cycles and prepare to conceive another embryo. The general consensus on the cause of hyperprolactinaemia is that is biochemically overstimulating the prolactin-secreting glands. From a blood test, an analysis on your hormone levels can assist in making an educated judgement on this and provide guidelines on necessary treatment.

How do you know? It’s important to test your levels of prolactin with a routine blood test. In the mean time some sign and symptoms you may experience include:

·         Light and irregular periods

·         Absent periods

·         Decreased libido

·         Possible headaches

A Naturopath can assist you with correcting your hormone levels and regulating the menstrual cycle to bring about natural fertility. It is vital that you have the blood levels checked to ensure that there is nothing more serious behind the signs and symptoms.

From here, you should expect to see positive change within a few months.

Something so simple could be causing your infertility.

When PMS becomes more than just discomfort.

In a healthy functioning menstrual cycle, a woman should experience limited discomfort prior to bleeding. Symptoms before menstruation is the body's natural way of telling you something is not right.

Debilitating pain, cramping, tender breasts and headaches are the more common symptoms of the possibility of something more serious. Endometriosis, Polycystic ovaries, Fibroids and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease are conditions that can display these symptoms.

If you experience these symptoms, I suggest you keep a note of the symptoms you have and visit your doctor to check it out asap.

PMS is the clue to more serious conditions. From here though, these conditions can then impact your fertility. Infertilty can result from the scarring, hormone imbalance and congestion that these conditions cause. Whilst a Naturopath can't replace scarred tissue for new; a Naturopath can rebalance hormones, reduce pelvic congestion, improve ovulation and uterine wall lining.

A Naturopath's role in infertility treatment is to optimise the body's ability to fall pregnant.

How can a Naturopath assist fertility?

How can a Naturopath assist fertility?

Naturopathy supports a woman with her desire to fall pregnant naturally, using only safe, non,-invasive methods. The aim is to establish good health before conception by correcting any hormonal imbalances, improving nutritional deficiencies and restoring a healthy menstrual cycle. This is known to increase your fertility rate and reduces possible birth defects.

How it works?

This involves taking extensive notes on your health, current and past; medical history, your zinc status, daily diet, iris and nail analysis. With this, a good overview of your health status is established and indications of what may not be functioning properly. From here, a combination of theraputic grade herbal liquids and clinically proven nutritional supplements are utilised to give you the maximum chance of a positive conception and a safe and healthy full term pregnancy.

Why Not?

Naturopathy is very effective at treating infertility, with the bonus of being natural and with limited side effects. Naturopathy works well as a sole treatment but is most effective when used with other natural therapies such as Accupuncture. Naturopathy can be utilised safely with IVF cycles and when taking hormone medications. In fact if you're going to spend the money for a IVF cycle why not maximise your results by combining it with complementary therapies such as Naturopathy and Accupuncture to enhance your chances of positive conception.

Naturopathy is non-invasive, easy to implement and more cost effective than most hormone medications.

With the opportunity to maximise your chances of conception... why not?

Welcome All

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Over the coming days, weeks, months and years I intend to fill this with new information regarding Naturopathy and Infertility. Please feel free to offer any comments and please pass this on to anyone  you may know who is struggling to conceive.