Podcast EP 22
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[00:00:00] Hey sis, are you over 40 and wondering, can I even get pregnant? I wanna be a mom. Am I too old? Is it too late? Do you feel like your biological clock is ticking and you're never going to be a mom? Well, in today's video, we are gonna dig into the doubts, the fears, the statistics, all of it, and see if fertility after 40 is possible.
So if you've been sitting here wondering. Did I miss my chance? Don't worry, I got you. Let's go. Hi, I'm Sophie Byfield and when I decided I was ready to be a mama, I thought it would be so easy. Get off birth control, baby dance, like no one's watching, and poof, I was pregnant. But like many of you, that wasn't my story.
After months of negative tests, endless treatments and more supplements than you can count, I realized that getting pregnant isn't [00:01:00] about fixing one piece of your fertility puzzle. It's about bringing your whole body. Back into balance so it feels safe enough to conceive. And this is where we focus on what really matters.
Healing your whole body so that you can see those two pink lines. Welcome to The Heel to Conceive Podcast a. Over the last couple weeks, I have opened up the doors to the tribe and it has been an absolutely beautiful experience. One of the most common questions I get when I open the doors to the tribe when I go live on TikTok is, can I get pregnant after 40?
Society has told us that after 35 our fertility plummets, and after 40, our chances are next to none. But I'm here to tell you that is not always the case and that every single body is unique and every single fertility journey [00:02:00] is unique and that there's still possibility for you to get pregnant after 40.
Yes, your body changes, your fertility changes, but that does not mean it's not possible for you. Women in their forties conceive all the time. Your kid girl conceived at 39 and delivered at 40. I have many clients inside the tribe and friends and family who have conceived over 40. So is it possible for a woman to get pregnant over 40?
Absolutely. But how do you know if it's possible for you? Well, the first place we start is your A FC and your A MH. So we are born with all of the eggs we are ever going to have, and as we age, the quality or the number of eggs in the basket starts to decline. So your A MH or anti Malian hormone measures, how much is in that reserve or how much is left in that basket in [00:03:00] order to.
Your A FC or Anterial follicle count tells us how many eggs are visible on the ultrasound at the beginning of your cycle. While these two numbers give us a general idea or picture of what's going on with your reproductive system, it does not outline exactly what is going to happen with you and your body.
These numbers can give us insight on what we have to work with. They can give us some insight, but sis, it is not going to predict if you are going to get pregnant. Getting pregnant depends on your egg quality, your overall health, the health of your reproductive system. And let's not forget about the sperm, which is 50% of the equation, sis, instead of feeling like time is against you or you're running outta time, or this is never gonna happen, I want you to feel like there is still an opportunity for me.
Inside the tribe. We say [00:04:00] we keep trying until menopause hits. It's all about shifting your focus to things that you can control. You can control how you eat, your stress management, how you exercise, the supplements you can take. You can control and understand those things. So when we focus on that and we get rid of time as an option or an obstacle, we start to open up to possibilities that this can happen for you.
I had a client who came to me who told me her a MH was too low for her H it was too low. She was devastated when the fertility clinic told her this. Her heart was broken because all she's ever dreamed about is becoming a mom. Once we started digging into her cycle, we learned that she wasn't ovulating.
She was super stressed out from her job. She really wasn't eating great, and her supplements were [00:05:00] complete mess. Once we started healing her body from the inside out, her ovulation started getting stronger. It started coming back. We started getting regular cycles. We were getting into a groove. We were seeing things and making things happen.
When we focused on healing her body from the inside out and mastering her ovulation, things started to change. We stepped back into hope and possibility of bringing that baby hope with the right strategy. She got her body healthy, she got her ovulation back, and she got those two pink lines. Know that your A MH and your A FC are just part of the story.
They will not give you the full picture. And remember, since it only takes one egg and one sperm, if you only focus on your A MH or your A FC, you might [00:06:00] lose hope. If you only focus on the fact that you're over 40, you might give up before you even start trying. One of the mistakes I see women over 40 trying to conceive make one of the mistakes.
Is not focusing or tapping into hope and possibility, but using that energy, using that drive to push you forward towards your baby. That doesn't mean just sitting down and praying and hoping you actually have to do some action too. That's getting your body as healthy as possible. That's cleaning up your diet, that's decreasing your stress, increasing your sleep and cyst.
Let's talk about not taking every supplement under the sun. The sooner you focus on what matters to healing your reproductive system, what matters to healing your body, the sooner you start to increase your chances. So what do you do? What do you focus on? Well, number [00:07:00] one is get your A MH and a FC. But don't let it define you.
It is great to just have the baseline numbers to know how to plan and strategize to move forward. Number two is work on prioritizing your egg quality. Egg quality is going to be everything in this case, so this is a lifestyle, supplements, nutrition, and exercise. Number three, mastering your ovulation matters more than anything in this case.
We need to know if you are dropping an egg without a shadow of a doubt. So this might mean fertility tech for you. It also might mean LH strips. It might mean BBT. It might mean cervical mucus. Understanding exactly what is happening with your cycle is going to be a game changer for you. And number four is really putting in place a strategy.
[00:08:00] That supports all aspects of your reproduction so that you can bring your baby home. Age is a factor assist. Yes. Your reproductive health declines after 35. Yes. We are getting older when we are starting to think about conceiving now. Yes. Maybe we had a child younger and we wanna have a second or a third when we're a little bit older.
I got you sis. Age is a factor and putting our head in the sand and pretending that it's not. Isn't going to help us, but it is not the defining factor in your unique fertility journey. When you approach your fertility with the right knowledge, with the right tools, and focusing on the things that you can control, you can shift things, you can create miracles.
You can bring your baby home. When I started trying to conceive, I was 35. And I didn't get pregnant until I was 39. [00:09:00] And for a lot of that journey I felt like I was running out of time. I felt like I was running out of time. And that added stress and that added pressure kept me on the journey way longer than I needed to be.
Sis I know how overwhelming and defeating and heartbreaking it can feel. When you're trying to bring your baby home and nothing is working, and then add the sprinkle of, oh, I'm over 40, and society is telling me I'm too old to be a mom, and society is telling me that my reproductive system has dropped and that I can't do it.
I am here to tell you that that is not the cake. I am here to tell you that your fertility journey is unique and different and specialized to your body, and I am here to tell you that there is always hope and possibility if you are willing to take control, if you are willing to heal [00:10:00] your body from the inside out.
So let me know in the comments what resonated with you the most. What can you connect to? Have you been told that your A MH is too low and you'll never get pregnant? Have you been told that you're too old to bring your baby home? I want you to scratch all of that and hear me when I say your unique fertility journey is your own.
Let go of the fears, let go of the statistics and control what you can control, and that is building the healthiest reproductive system that is understanding your ovulation, and that is building a lifestyle to bring the healthiest body to your baby. If you'd like to learn more and you really wanna dig into mastering your ovulation, then don't worry, sis, I got you.[00:11:00]
Drop into the description below where you can see the link to the Heel to Conceived tribe, where we really dig into and teach you how to build the healthiest body for baby, how to build the healthiest body for you and how to master your ovulation. Now remember, sis, you got this. And when you don't got this, I got you.
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