My Story

Beyond the Biomarkers, A Lived Journey

I met my husband in my early thirties, and we conceived on the first try. It was an easy, healthy pregnancy — I was even hiking the Alps at five months along.

That ease sent me deeper into research on healthy pregnancy and parenting, and I earned several holistic certifications along the way. So when it came time to try again, I assumed it would happen just as easily — I'd never been healthier, living in the cleanest environment of my life.

It didn't. Years with fertility specialists brought no success, and eventually I was told natural conception was impossible at my age, with my egg count — that donor eggs were my only option. I didn't accept that as the end of my story. I went on to conceive naturally and deliver a healthy baby in my forties.

That lived experience, paired with everything I'd already learned, is what I now bring to every woman I support through her own fertility journey.

— Joanna