Our gift to you: free information! You’ll find plenty of useful, current, well researched, relevant material here to support your health, fertility, pregnancy, parenting and general well being journey. Make yourself a cuppa and delve in.
If you have undergone IVF treatments, you will know just how important creating a quality embryo is to achieving a pregnancy. It is estimated that over 90% of genetically normal embryos will result in a live birth.
An exciting opportunity is available now for an experienced Fertility Naturopath to join our team at Fertile Ground Health Group. To be eligible for this position you already have passion, interest and experience in…
Postnatal supplements can assist with milk supply and post birth recovery. It will often contain Iron to replenish stores lost during delivery, Vitamin B, D, choline, zinc and Magnesium.
Of course, these are not your usual fluffy sugar-filled muffins like you might have grabbed en-route to work from your favourite coffee shop once or twice…
These are a hearty, guaranteed to fill you up with goodness kind of muffin.
Your health team will help you identify and understand any challenges you face and what you can do to overcome them or improve your potential. Learning how to be and stay healthy, how to optimise your fertility and…
We believe bodies and minds thrive when given the right ingredients. Take the opportunity to book your free 10 minute introduction consults with our naturopaths, nutritionists, midwife, counsellors and coaches.
There are several methods to determine your ovulation and fertile window. You can track the length of your cycle, know your secretions, test your urine to detect when you may be approaching ovulation, and chart your temperature. Let’s explore these in more detail.
The transition to motherhood can also be known as Matrescence. Discover what Matrescence is and the key aspects of postpartum care that enable this time to be an incredibly nourishing and joyous time.
Rinse your quinoa (or buy it pre-washed from the bulk section at your local health food store). This gets rid of saponins that make it slightly bitter and hard to digest. The most effective way is to put it in a pot with lots of water and swish it around with your hand until
Can you enhance your client / practitioner relationship by identifying barriers to connection and understanding, contributors to overwork and burnout, or encounters that hinder your enjoyment of the…
Women only have a small window in each reproductive cycle to conceive so it is important to get the timing right. While you can feel like you have been trying for months and months, if you are not focusing your efforts on this optimal window of time…
Katy Woods joins our team as a Movement & Embodied Dance Coach. Her passion is helping people cultivate a deeper connection to their bodies. This is useful when…
Rhea Dempsey (renowned counsellor, best selling author and childbirth educator) is offering a wonderful free event to all practitioners about…
It’s important to explore your support options support during the two week wait, as this is the time between ovulation or transfer of an embryo, to when you discover the outcome of your pregnancy test. It can be a time of great anguish, as you…
How do you offer support after a pregnancy ends or a baby dies? “Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing” – Naomi Shihab Nye
Read these incredible stories of survival from solo parents amidst the NSW floods. “Last thing I got from the garage was a tarp, kid’s floaties, saw, rope, secateurs… water up to my belly button…”
“As flood waters continued to rise around us and I sobbed goodbyes to loved ones down the phone and imagined watching my toddler drown in my arms.” Los De Groot
Change seems to have been knocking pretty loudly on the doors to our souls for the last few years. And as human beings we love familiarity and resist change. So how do we find a smooth path forwards amidst the intensity…
Are you eagerly anticipating the start of the silly season (and holidays!), or dreading the craziness which inevitably emerges when you mix families/ food/ alcohol and the (second) weirdest year on record?!
The 3 things I want to share with you are perfect for helping to bring you back to your centre, to nourish, to unwind, to prepare for the next phase of the beautiful unknowns of life. I hope these things help to allow a sense of serenity to descend, giving a…
Often it’s the unassuming, simple, wholefoods that actually have incredible ‘super’ qualities that we can take advantage of daily. Consider blueberries, salmon and green leafy veggies just to name a few. To be super, food does not necessarily need to be exotic. For example…
Massage during pregnancy can lead to a more relaxed mother, a happier, healthier pregnancy and possibly an easier childbirth experience. Massage is also beneficial for the recovery of your body after your baby’s birth.
The combination of the peanut butter, protein powder and raspberries are delicious and such a great healthy snack to grab throughout the day to keep your energy levels from dropping (the protein is great for stabilising blood sugar levels).
Performing the recommended type and amount of physical activity during pregnancy achieves health benefits for mother and baby including reduced risk of of pre-eclampsia, pregnancy induced hypertension, a reduction in instrumental delivery and…
We have yet another exciting launch to share with you – Charmaine and Gina’s Be Fertile guided meditations for fertility, IVF, pregnancy, breastfeeding and sleep tracks have just become available on Spotify!
You may be struggling with a new identity of needing IVF, or you may have made many attempts with IVF and feel drained emotionally, mentally, and physically. Addressing the grief of what has and or is happening is fundamental to the work we do together…
Did you know the first baby in Australia conceived using IVF was only born in 1980?1 The IVF process has developed quickly in the past 40 years, and has helped many individuals and couples successfully bring babies into this world…
MA’s love letters arrive each month brimming with an array of life enhancing freebies and information. This month you have the opportunity to collect beautiful newborn baby apparel – for free! You are also invited to start using our shared Holistic Health Library.
In a world where sperm quality is on the decline due to today’s way of living and environmental factors, reproduction can be complex. So if IUI assists to find the best quality sperm prior to insemination, what if the quality of sperm is poor to begin with?
You could say that egg freezing is conducted as a fertility insurance policy. For some, you hope you never have to use it. For others it’s absolutely the insurance policy you need. If or when you do need to use it, you want that insurance policy to be as good as possible.
When it comes to being proactive at improving your health for fertility, the internet, books, people around us, and social media are all full of their own interpretation of what is “good” and what you “should” be doing. Today will simplify some of that information so you can…
The optimal preconception window for both egg and sperm quality is approximately 3-4 months. This means that given 3-4 months…
These monthly MA love letters contain links to a variety of life enhancing freebies that our fabulous practitioners are constantly creating to help everyone cope during COVID and…
In the same way that we are all our own unique individuals, no two fertility journeys nor pregnancies are the same.
A fertility massage appointment will give you time out for you. Time to reconnect with your whole self, your heart and your womb. Time to release and let go. Time to honour what is…
Chances are, if you are human, you have experienced some form of food craving. Surveys suggest that up to 90% of women…
Thinking about a good time to have a baby may be considered good family planning, but what happens when reproductive….
Autumn is the driest season. What can you do to support yourself during this transitional time and the impacts that this shift has on your system…….
This zucchini and chilli pepita salad is a simple dish that I love for shoulder seasons. It’s still got a lot of freshness about it but the grilled zucchini is easier to digest…
Weight loss improves just about every aspect of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Whilst it is often more difficult to lose weight when you have PCOS, even modest weight…..
It can be quite overwhelming for any individual or couple to decide if their family plan includes children, let alone go one step further and reach out for support…..
“Just as the acorn contains the mighty oak tree, the Self has everything it needs to fulfil its destiny. When the inner conditions are right…
