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Jan 5
2 min

Improving Sperm Quality

I had a client who had been trying to conceive for more than 2 years. She found out about 1 year after trying to conceive that her...

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How do I choose the right prenatal vitamin?

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Dec 29, 2020
3 min

How do I choose the right prenatal vitamin?

A prenatal vitamin is crucial prior to conception, as well as during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Optimal nutritional health is...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Dec 8, 2020
5 min

Preparing for Embryo Transfer Checklist

I am continuing to prepare my body for our next embryo transfer, which will be in the next few months. It is exciting and unbelievable...

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First Appointment for Next Embryo Transfer

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Aug 14, 2020
4 min

First Appointment for Next Embryo Transfer

After 5 embryo transfers, negative tests, positive tests, a miscarriage, and an embryo not surviving a thaw, I thought I had experienced...

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Supporting a Healthy Lining and Improving Chances of Implantation

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Aug 4, 2020
3 min

Supporting a Healthy Lining and Improving Chances of Implantation

I know when I was going through IVF and preparing for our embryo transfers, I would do anything I could to increase my chances of that...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Jul 25, 2020
1 min

12 Tops Foods on My Grocery List

I think we often over-complicate nutrition. Our lives are filled with enough stresses, why make living a healthy life and eating...

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PCOS or Diabetes and Controlling Blood Sugars

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

PCOS or Diabetes and Controlling Blood Sugars

Maybe you have PCOS or maybe you have diabetes and you are needing to lower your blood sugars so you can increase your chances of...

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Tips for Getting Through Until Certain Fertility Treatments Resume...

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Mar 23, 2020
4 min

Tips for Getting Through Until Certain Fertility Treatments Resume...

I will be the first to admit that I like to-do lists and checking those boxes. Actually, I would consider that to be my biggest...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Mar 16, 2020
4 min

8 Months Postpartum and Preparing Body

It is crazy to think that Dakota is 8 months now, time really does fly! It is even crazier that Justin and I are thinking of when is the...

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While you are still waiting for that positive pregnancy test

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Oct 17, 2019
2 min

While you are still waiting for that positive pregnancy test

Waiting for that positive pregnancy test, month after month, is just down right HARD. Each month can feel like a century as you look back...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Aug 31, 2019
3 min

1 Year from Miscarriage

July 19th of 2018 marked the day we miscarried our precious little baby that we had so long prayed and hoped for. Exactly one year...

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Eat the Rainbow to Reduce Oxidative Stress

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Aug 18, 2019
2 min

Eat the Rainbow to Reduce Oxidative Stress

Did you know that oxidative stress is one of four fundamental factors of infertility? Oxidative stress is defined as an imbalance...

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Why Nutrition is Important for Fertility

Andrea Kohlmeyer

Aug 4, 2019
2 min

Why Nutrition is Important for Fertility

Food is a necessity to withstand life. And truly, "“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” (Hippocrates). Food powers...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Jul 2, 2019
4 min

Joy in the Mourning

"What we suffer now, is nothing compared to the glory He will reveal later" Romans 8:18 Going through infertility is likely one of the...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Jun 16, 2019
2 min

Fathers Day...and Male Infertility

Today is Father's Day. Father's Day can be a tough day for many--those who have lost their dads, did not have the best father figure,...

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Mother's Day and the Last Beach Vacation

Andrea Kohlmeyer

May 8, 2019
2 min

Mother's Day and the Last Beach Vacation

As I walk along the beach for my daily workout (much better view than a video workout at home!) on our vacation in Fort Walton, FL I am...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Feb 25, 2019
2 min

Changing Thoughts of Envy

This was from my devotion for today in the Bible App from the Relational Reset: Unlearning the Habits that Hold You Back by Dr. Laurel...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Feb 16, 2019
1 min

Good News but Expressing Sorrow

Here I am now 17 weeks pregnant with our baby blessing. I haven't wrote a blog post since our 2 week wait. It was hard to write a post...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Nov 15, 2018
1 min

The 2WW and Trying to Control

The dreaded 2 week wait is almost over for this girl. Since we transferred a 5 day old blastocyst babe, we are able to find out 9 days...

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Andrea Kohlmeyer

Nov 7, 2018
4 min

Frozen Embryo Not Surviving the Thaw

I never thought I would be in this journey, going through infertility treatments. NEVER did I think we would have a miscarriage...that...

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