At Source Acupuncture

29/05/2026

22/05/2026

👩‍💻Fertility apps can be helpful

👉🏻But they’re predicting ovulation, not confirming it.

👉🏻Most apps use averages and algorithms based on cycle length, which means they can easily get your fertile window wrong if:

• you ovulate earlier or later
• your cycle changes month to month
• stressed
• coming off contraception
• or dealing with hormone imbalances

And this matters more than most women realise 👀

🕵️‍♀️ Because even progesterone blood tests are often timed using these predicted ovulation dates

👉🏻So if ovulation happened later than the app assumed, a day 21 progesterone test can be done too early and miss what’s actually happening hormonally

This is why I always encourage women to learn THEIR body:

✨ cervical mucus
✨ basal body temperature
✨ ovulation tests
✨ symptoms + cycle patterns

Because your hormones don’t run on an app’s schedule.

20/05/2026

👉🏻 Women with:

• recurrent miscarriage
• failed implantation
• endometriosis
• BV
• chronic thrush
• unexplained infertility

…are often told everything “looks normal.”

🦠But the reproductive microbiome is one of the most overlooked pieces of the fertility puzzle.

👉🏻Because sometimes the issue isn’t just the embryo…
It’s the environment the embryo is trying to implant into.

Research is increasingly showing links between the vaginal microbiome and:

✨ inflammation
✨ immune signalling
✨ cervical mucus
✨ s***m survival
✨ implantation
✨ IVF outcomes

🕵️‍♀️And yet many women are never properly investigated for it.

👉🏻One of the biggest fertility shifts I see?

When couples finally start looking deeper instead of being told it’s just “bad luck.”

Primary studies and meta-analyses are now showing that women with more favourable Lactobacillus dominant microbiomes had:

• higher pregnancy rates
• higher live birth rates
• lower miscarriage rates

✨ This doesn’t mean the microbiome is ALWAYS the answer. But it absolutely deserves to be part of the conversation.

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19/05/2026

👀 What does being ‘properly investigated’ actually mean?

❓It’s a term that’s used a lot in the fertility space with many couples believing they have been fully investigated only to realise much further down the line that something was missing all along.

14/05/2026

Failed implantation?
Painful periods?
Clotting?
Cold hands and feet?
Feeling exhausted around your cycle?

👉🏻Chinese medicine would ask a very different question:

✨ Is the uterus too “cold” to properly support implantation?

Now this doesn’t literally mean your uterus is physically cold.

In Chinese medicine, “cold” is more a pattern of:

• reduced circulation
• low warmth
• stagnation
• poor flow
• low energy/nourishment

👉🏻And interestingly, many women with this pattern
often experience:

• painful periods
• clotting
• feeling cold easily
• digestive weakness
• fatigue
• spotting
• implantation struggles

This is why in clinic we often focus on:

🌿 warmth
🌿 circulation
🌿 nourishment
🌿 nervous system regulation
🌿 digestion
🌿 blood flow

Because fertility is about more than hormones alone.

Your body is always giving clues ✨

13/05/2026

PCOS has officially been renamed and it explains so much! 👏

The new proposed name:

✨ PMOS
(Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome)

And this shift matters more than people realise.

Because for YEARS, women have been told they couldn’t possibly have PCOS because:

• their scan was “normal”
• they didn’t have cysts
• they weren’t overweight
• their hormones were “within range”

Meanwhile they were struggling with:

• irregular ovulation
• acne
• hair growth
• missing periods
• insulin resistance
• fatigue
• inflammation
• fertility challenges

This is exactly why so many women feel dismissed.

Because hormonal dysfunction exists on a spectrum long before someone fully meets diagnostic criteria.

Honestly?

I have heard countless women that have been told..

“If your BMI was higher, I’d call it PCOS…”

The new name acknowledges something important:

This condition is rarely JUST about ovaries.

It’s deeply connected to:
✨ metabolism
✨ insulin signalling
✨ hormone balance
✨ inflammation
✨ nervous system health
✨ fertility

And I think many women will finally feel more seen because of that.

👉🏻Save this for later, especially if you’ve ever been told “everything looks normal” when you knew something wasn’t right. 💭

12/05/2026

🎬 Unfortunately… these aren’t rare storylines in fertility care.

✨ Fertility is rarely as simple as one hormone, one number, or “just try IVF.”

🕵️‍♀️The body leaves clues if you know where to look