This package is designed to cover the fertility foundations for couples looking to conceive naturally or use assisted reproductive technologies (such as IUI or IVF).
Seeing a nutritionist to support your fertility journey can improve fertility outcomes, including optimising your fertile window, improving your pregnancy experience, provide direction on high quality, important supplements for you and your partner and more!
If you are considering or already using ART, working with a nutritionist can further improve outcomes by optimising nutrients essential for conception, eating to support ART, managing side effects of ART and optional further testing to assess other areas that may be impacting successful conception.
This package will ensure you are set up with all the foundations so you feel confident as a couple heading into conception and a healthy pregnancy.
what's included?
what's included?
The price includes 3 consultations with Alana, 1:1 or ideally as a couple. She will cover the foundations tailored to you, such as
Fertility foods and dietary strategies
Tailored supplement advice
Comprehensive pathology interpretation
Ordering or interpreting functional testing, such as Vaginal Microbiome Profile or Semen Analysis.
Optimising the menstrual cycle to pinpoint ovulation and the optimal conception window
Optimising sperm parameters and egg quality for not only improved conception rates but improved health of your baby
Investigating symptoms such as gut issues (IBS, bloating, reflux etc), hormonal imbalances (irregular, absent or painful heavy periods, skin issues), vaginal symptoms (pelvic pain, recurrent UTIs or BV, thrush, irritation or discharge of unknown cause), Endometriosis, PCOS and more!
OPTIONAL TESTING ADD ONS + PRICING
These are optional testing that we can order depending on your personalised case and preferences.
For Comprehensive Blood Pathology markers to ask for from your GP, please reach out to Alana via email.
Feel free to reach out to Alana via email if you have further questions about these tests, or if you would like to order them prior to your intial consultation.
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Alana can provide guidance around markers to request for testing via your GP. Most of these markers can be subsidised through Medicare, meaning there will be no out of pocket cost.
If certain markers are unable to be requested via your GP, we can look at privately ordering these for you. Costs vary depending on markers we are after.
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This is much more comprehensive than a swab or urine specimen run through your GP. I recommend this for all of my fertility clients, as imbalances in our vaginal flora can impact conception and our uterine environment. More research is coming out around the vaginal microbiome and success in ART.
This test costs $202 ($179 +P&H) and must be ordered by Alana via Nutripath Lab.
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I recommend all fertility clients complete a semen analysis for their partner. Optimising these parameters is important to ensure optimised conception rates and the health of your baby.
Your GP can order this test for you, otherwise it can be ordered privately from iScreen for $75.
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MTHFR (short for Methyltetrahydrofolate Reductase) is an enzyme involved in the methylation cycle. This is highly implicated in conception and pregnancy, as this is one of the main cycles involved in DNA replication. If there are mutations in this gene, it can impact fertility outcomes.
This can be ordered by Alana via Nutripath Lab for $88.
Phew, that sounds like a lot to get through in 3 months! But with the right guidance, it's amazing what we can get through in this time.
This is the perfect window to prepare yourselves if you are planning to conceive in 2025.
It takes approximately 3-4 months for sperm and eggs to develop to maturity, so the changes you implement now will result in healthier, better quality sperm and eggs and a nourished body to encourage conception.
