Invitation to Fertili-TEA online with Allison Koch, CNM  

I’ve gotten a lot of questions from people asking “Should I be thinking about trying to get pregnant during this Covid 19 pandemic?”   If you’re asking for more information in order to plan for your pregnancy, I can help!  If you’re asking for permission to be selfish about wanting to be pregnant, I can help with that, too.   If you’re asking because you want to improve your fertility, you’ve been trying (or at least not preventing) and you haven’t conceived yet, I can help.  If you’re asking because you’re concerned about risks to yourself or your fetus from being pregnant during a pandemic, let’s talk.

During this time of seclusion and distance from the outside world, we are all thinking a great deal about ourselves and what our lives will be like in three months, six months, a year from now. For some, making a baby is a new thought, and there are a lot of questions around fertility and timing and what to expect.  For others, a baby has been a long-wished for blessing that has seemed elusive.  With our daily lives disrupted, the goal of pregnancy can seem harder to reach, but this is actually the perfect time to prepare.

As our lives and our planet are engaged in a process of rebirth, this is the ideal time to focus on preparing and gestating.  

What lights me up is sharing my wisdom with you about what it takes to conceive and what you can do to improve your unique fertility, wholistically.  

In fertility research, there are a lot of statistics that suggest to women that their odds of conceiving “on their own” are about 20% or less. The majority of studies are done by drug companies seeking to prove that their new drug is the next magic bullet. They design the studies in such a way as to prove that their drug works to fix “the problem,” so they’re looking at the ways their product can influence your body chemistry.  As it turns out, only about 10% of the time, is it an actual chemical problem, yet 90% of the research is to address a chemical problem!

When neuroscientists study infertility and the effects of lifestyle, mental and emotional stressors, they look at all causes of infertility to identify as many factors as possible, impacting your chances of becoming pregnant.  This is one of many studies that confirms women’s experience of stress impacting fertility:  “Finally, in a recent study in 135 IVF patients, cortisol was measured through samplings of hair, which measures levels from the prior 3 to 6 months.24 The hair Cortisol levels were significantly correlated to pregnancy rates (P=0.017). These findings match what most infertility patients believe; that psychological stressors have a negative impact on fertility.25

 -from Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, Mar 2018

Many women who reach out to me have already been trying to conceive for 6-12 months. Some have already begun working with a fertility specialist. Some have tried taking hormones to assist with their fertility.  Most have been told there is nothing wrong, but they just aren’t getting pregnant!  More than 90% of my clients conceive, some with the assistance of fertility massage, which I’ll share more about, but there is so much we can do without the hands-on piece.  It’s why I am inviting you to participate in the inaugural version of this class, taught online.  You can join from the comfort of your own home.  

Should I be thinking about trying to get pregnant during this Covid 19 pandemic?

The only correct answer to that question is the one that feels right to you, because it’s your body, your life and your personal choice.  

I created this 3 session mini-course on Fertility just for you-- so that you can prepare and conceive without any other interventions.  

Fertili-TEA with the Quantum Crone

Here’s a brief overview of what we’ll cover in my Fertili-TEA, online course: 

Fertili-Tea Episode 1- Decide how much tea you want to make and measure out the right amount of tea and the right amount of water.  Assemble all of your ingredients.

The kettle, the tea pot, the right cup, the tea, the tea strainer, etc. “Put the kettle on to boil” as Grandma used to say.  Wait patiently. When it boils you can pour the water over the tea. Wait patiently again while it steeps. (how long it steeps depends on what kind of tea and how strong you like your tea).  Finally, drink your tea.

It's a process. As is conceiving.  Let’s talk about the ingredients and steps of fertility and the FERTILI-TEA known as conception.

Fertili-TEA Episode 1

🐇    The female reproductive system

🌒    The menstrual cycle and the key hormones

  🐣  Tracking/Measuring/testing

  🔥  What are the things that can mess up the tea

Fertili-Tea Episode 2 - In which we add some extras to the Tea experience

Tea by itself is great, but tea with scones, fruit, cream or lemon, enhances it.  Gather some other items to enhance your experience!

🍓    Learn about your nutritional intake - too few/too much of certain nutrients

🐇    What much exercise is too little or too much

🐣   Supplements and their interactions, too much or too little

🐲    Toxins-- Things to avoid

🥚🌜   The energetics of this thing called Fertility

🌖     Meditation/Relaxation and wisdom traditions

Fertili-TEA Episode 3 - We’ll make our TEA an EVENT by setting the table and decorating the surroundings for the celebration.  Tea is the oldest form of herbalism on the planet and has been associated with much ritual around the world, in many cultures. Let us add meaning to our experience of the Tea!

🐇    Your beliefs about fertility and becoming a mother.  We all have messages from our family and culture about fertility 

🔥    Creative activities you enjoy that welcome fertility into your life--like attracts like…

🌒    Traditions and rituals that we will co-create to enhance your journey to conceive

🐣 Journaling and medicine making

🐍    Wisdom circles where we join with others to tap into the power of the collective field of support

🐇   Fertility Blessing

I’m going to bring to you the very best of my 40 years of experience in women’s health and birthing as a certified, nurse-midwife and shamanic healer and a cornucopia of wisewoman healing practices.  I’m going to share with you a holistic perspective that will assure your optimal fertility and wellness.

I am excited to be partnering with women’s organizations that I deeply value, including, The Women’s Birth & Wellness Center and Restoring Balance.   20% of all registration fees will be  donated to these two organizations during this time to support their continuing good work in the community.