Preconception Care Program
If you are thinking about or planning to fall pregnant, this program offers a unique and transformative approach to preconception care, drawing on the expertise of our integrated team to help you optimise your fertility and lay the strongest foundation for your child’s lifelong health and wellbeing.
What Is Preconception Care?
The physical, nutritional and emotional health and wellbeing of both partners play a vital role in falling pregnant and producing a healthy embryo. Poor egg and sperm health is a primary factor in a couple’s difficulty to conceive, and can contribute to long term fertility issues, miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, and genetic defects.
The journey to ovulation and the production of a mature egg ready for fertilisation is around 100 days. Spermatogenesis occurs over a 90 day cycle, and just as in females, the health of the sperm are a reflection and product of the previous 90 days. The best time to start preparing for a baby is 4 to 6 months before you want to start trying.
Egg and sperm quality are a primary focus in the preconception period. The quality of the genetic material from both the sperm and the egg determine the health of the pregnancy and future genetic predisposition for the child.
Through a range of assessments, consultations and functional testing, our preconception care practitioners educate, empower and address factors influencing the health and fertility of the couple.
Selph Preconception Program
Our 12 week program carefully guides and supports you and your partner through the conception process. We address and work on the issues surrounding both the male and female partners’ fertility, increasing the likelihood of a healthy pregnancy and birth, and minimising post-natal depression.
Utilising our team of Emotional Health experts, Acupuncturists, and Pilates and Yoga teachers, your Naturopath will address the six primary components of reproductive health and fertility. The program works collaboratively with your primary healthcare provider and other Selph practitioners to ensure holistic, integrated care.
Education is a core component of the program. The female partner will learn about her menstrual cycle, the fertility window, and how her body changes throughout each stage. The male partner will learn about the role his health plays in conception and the lifestyle, nutritional and environmental factors that affect sperm quality and count.
The program will provide you with the support and structure to make productive changes to your nutritional, emotional and physical health.
Guided by Naturopath Kath McFarlane.
As each couple will require different levels of treatment around each key area, your preconception plan is adjusted and coordinated by your Naturopath across the full 12 weeks.
Kath addresses the six primary components of reproductive health and fertility, working alongside our Emotional Health experts, Acupuncturists, and Pilates and Yoga teachers to give you and your partner the strongest possible start.
What is included over your 12 weeks.
As a guideline, over the course of 12 weeks your program includes the following, adjusted and coordinated by your Naturopath.
6 x Conception Care Naturopathy Consultations
Six dedicated Naturopathy consultations across the program, plus ongoing email and phone support between sessions.
Approximately 3 x NET Sessions
Neuro Emotional Technique sessions with our Emotional Health practitioners to help identify and release stress patterns held in the body.
Approximately 3 x Acupuncture Sessions
Acupuncture to support hormonal balance, circulation and relaxation through the preconception window.
Private Mindfulness Meditation
A private meditation class to help you fully relax, calm the nervous system and make space for the process ahead.
Move Online Yoga & Pilates
Access to gentle, consistent movement through our online Yoga and Pilates classes to support your body for conception and pregnancy.
Nutritional Supplements For Both Partners
Targeted nutritional supplementation for both partners, prescribed as required to optimise egg and sperm quality.
Personal Dietary Care Plans And Recipes
Personalised dietary care plans and recipes built around your health history, eating habits and pathology results.
Ovulation Thermometer And Cycle Tracking App
A specialised ovulation thermometer plus an app for menstrual cycle tracking and identifying your fertile window.
Pathology Test Referrals
Pathology test referrals tailored to your individual requirements to guide personalised advice and supplementation.
The six key areas that affect fertility.
There are six key areas that affect fertility that our team work through with you across the program.
Your Naturopath reviews your diet, eating habits and pathology results to provide personalised nutritional advice and supplementation. Nutritional deficiencies can affect egg and sperm quality and foetal development, and even small adjustments can have a profound impact. A healthy gut supports nutrient absorption, hormonal balance and immunity for both mother and baby.
Stress can have a huge impact on the reproductive systems of both men and women, affecting testosterone, sperm production and hormones including LH, oestrogen and progesterone. Your Naturopath will pinpoint ways to manage and reduce stress, supported by our NET practitioners and a private meditation class.
Modern environments contain many hidden toxins that can affect DNA, hormone function and fertility, for both partners. Your Naturopath assesses your exposure risks and supports your body’s detoxification pathways through personalised strategies and functional testing when needed.
A fertile body is well nourished, rested and balanced. Your Naturopath reviews your lifestyle, including work, home routines and sleep patterns, and provides guidance on what to avoid and what to prioritise to optimise hormone function and reproductive health.
Physical fitness supports reproductive health and prepares your body for the physical and emotional changes of pregnancy. We recommend gentle, consistent movement such as Yoga or Pilates twice a week, with guidance tailored to fertility and preconception health.
Fertility relies on balanced hormones and healthy egg and sperm. Your Naturopath can monitor cycles, assess hormone levels and provide safe, targeted herbal and nutritional support. We also review sperm quality, motility and DNA integrity to optimise the reproductive potential of both partners.
Who Should Undertake Preconception Care
Preconception care helps optimise fertility for both partners, and is recommended for anyone planning to fall pregnant, no matter your starting point.
This is the time to do everything you can to give your body and your baby the strongest possible start. While it is particularly important for couples facing fertility challenges, older couples, those undergoing IVF, or anyone with health, weight or prior reproductive concerns, every couple can benefit from preconception care to support a healthy conception and pregnancy.
Choose your program.
Single Preconception Program
Both Partners Preconception Program
Not sure where to start?
Book a complimentary information consult to talk through the program, ask questions and decide if preconception care is right for you and your partner.
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