Why am I not getting pregnant?

Answers to a Common Question

This is a question asked by countless women and couples who believe they have done everything possible to conceive a baby. While your fertility may be affected by endometriosis, PCOS, advanced maternal age, hormonal balances or irregular menstrual cycles, there are many other factors that may be impacting your ability to become pregnant.

Environmental factors, lifestyle choices and genetics; some things you have no control over, such as genetics. That said, if you have asked yourself “Why am I not getting pregnant,” you are among tens of thousands of women who have asked themselves the same question. The fact is in many cases, it is possible to empower your own fertility by focusing on your best overall health and well-being.

The reproductive system isn’t a separate system of the body that functions on its own. The entire body, mind and spirit work together as a whole. When your body is weak or disease or other illnesses exist, it impacts the reproductive system. Diseases such as cancer, diabetes and other health issues directly impact your ability to become pregnant. Stress has unfortunately become a part of our everyday lives; smoking, consuming too much alcohol, lack of exercise, not eating a healthy diet, not exercising enough, depression, all of these things affect your ability to realize the dream of having a healthy baby.

In most cases the inability to become pregnant is not directly related to reproductive issues, but overall health. Naturopathic medicine is a practice that focuses on the entire being which encompasses mind, body and spirit. In holistic medicine the body is considered a whole, rather than a series of organs and systems. An effort is made to discover the underlying cause of illness or disease in the body, unlike in traditional Western medicine where doctors focus on relieving symptoms rather than diagnosing the problem.

If you have asked yourself why you are not becoming pregnant despite all of your efforts, don’t give up hope. By improving your overall physical and emotional health through natural medicine it may be possible to finally empower your fertility and health so that you can become pregnant. Dr. Marc Sklar has helped countless women and couples achieve what they never thought possible – conceiving a healthy baby.