How To Fix YOUR Sleep and Baby's When You Are Experiencing Secondary Fertility

We’re digging into secondary fertility and getting sleep with young children as you prepare to expand your family.

Many couples have no problem conceiving their first child and then struggle to conceive their second.

They may deal with low AMH, high FSH, DOR, or POI. We see this all the time (even when the first pregnancy was very easy).

I’ve spoken with many women who tell me that they know that they need to sleep to get pregnant, but they are struggling to get their little one to bed.

We could be doing all the right things for our sleep, but our little one is not sleeping through the night or we are caught in a co-sleep situation that no longer serves us.

This episode has a trigger alert as we are digging into the exact steps to help your baby/toddler get a restful night's sleep so that you can sleep too.

Optimal sleep is key for our reproductive health.

Today I’m welcoming Kim West to the podcast. Kim is a Clinical Social Worker (which is a child and family therapist) for over 25 years. Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, she has personally helped over 20,000 tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep without letting their children cry it out alone.


In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

1. What is the oral microbiome, and why it matters for fertility
2. How periodontal disease may be linked to ovulation and lengthen the time for conception
3. The link between pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, preeclampsia, preterm labour and more
4. The connection between the oral microbiome and male fertility (i.e. sperm health) and even erectile dysfunction
5. Specific strategies to improve your oral health

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HIGHLIGHTS:

3:49 WELCOME KIM WEST

5:38 BECOMING THE SLEEP LADY®

• How Kim developed the Sleep Lady Shuffle
• Once you get a good night's sleep, your whole life changes.

9:56 SLEEP SCHEDULES FOR BABIES

• Why it’s important to work with the body’s natural sleep rhythms
• Average amount of sleep needed between 6 months and two years old
• Managing nap transitions and why early bedtime is important

15:41 CO-SLEEPING

• 60% of families do it at some point in that first year of life, so it's essential to know how to do it safely.
• Creating a safe co-sleeping plan
• Common sleep crutches and the problem with transitioning from the crib early

22:57 TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM SLEEP CRUTCHES

• Why it helps to wait until around 2.5 years old before transitioning a toddler out of a crib
• Kim West’s Book | The Sleep Lady®'s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy
• How Kim helps parents to teach children to fall asleep independently
• Both parents have to be united and ready to make this a family priority.

34:16 SLEEP STRUGGLES

• Common struggles during sleep coaching and what to do about them
• Causes of early rising

41:57 TANTRUMS & SLEEP

• Strategies you can incorporate throughout the day to reduce tantrums

47:38 SLEEP RESOURCES

• Kim's Book | The Sleep Lady®'s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy
• Kim’s Free Sleep Guide for Newborns
• Kim’s Book | The Sleep Lady®'s Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide: Trusted Solutions for Getting You and Your Baby FAST to Sleep Without Leaving Them to Cry It Out
• Kim’s Free Sleep Guides

48:38 FINAL THOUGHTS

• It doesn't have to be cry-it-out or suffer. There are gentle approaches.

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Book your Supercharge Your Fertility Discovery call here with your partner

During our call, we’ll be discussing what you have tried so far and where you’ve faced challenges. This can feel stressful but is designed to help us get to the root cause of your fertility issues and will help me to give you the best possible action plan at the end of the call. However, to reassure you – on this call we won’t be digging into the trauma associated with infertility/miscarriage/loss – rather we are focused on solutions and an ACTION PLAN as to how our Fab Fertile Method can help you get pregnant naturally. 

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