It’s been estimated that 1 in 10 women in their childbearing age are affected by PCOS. And more than HALF of women with PCOS are undiagnosed. PCOS is responsible for 70% of infertility issues in women who have difficulty ovulating. PCOS can be a complex condition to identify because very few women have the same set of symptoms.

Around 30 to 50 percent of woman struggling with infertility suffer from endometriosis. Unfortunately, this condition is hugely under-diagnosed. On average, it takes 10 years from symptom onset to receive an accurate diagnosis! This is a painful, chronic disease that affects at least 6.3 million women and girls in the U.S., with one-third to one-half of affected women experiencing fertility challenges. That’s 2 - 3 million women affected - and about half of them don’t even realize they have endometriosis. The bottomline is that approximately 1 million women don’t realize endometriosis is impacting their ability to conceive. And if you don’t know, the condition remains untreated.

Fibroids are most often found in women over age 30. Some estimates state that between 30 to 77 percent of women will develop fibroids sometime during their childbearing years, but only about one-third of these fibroids are large enough to be detected by a health care provider during a physical examination.

Fibroids can grow anywhere in the uterus; however, growing closer to the center of the uterus is linked to more bleeding related symptoms and infertility.

Up to 35% of repeat miscarriages are linked to low progesterone production. Progesterone is a female sex hormone produced mainly in the ovaries following ovulation each month and is one of the main hormones involved in helping to regulate the menstrual cycle. It’s a crucial component for conception and maintaining a pregnancy.

Progesterone is responsible for important functions like:

• Balancing the effects of estrogen
• Promoting full development of the fetus through pregnancy
• Maintaining the lining of the uterus, allowing a fertilized egg to attach and survive
• Preventing secondary sexual development
• Increasing libido around ovulation

Estrogen is vital for a healthy menstrual cycle and optimal fertility. Unfortunately, in our modern world, over 90% of women have too much estrogen and not enough progesterone. All too often, the delicate orchestra of hormones is interrupted, causing fertility problems for so many women.

When there is too much estrogen in the luteal phase, our entire cycle is thrown off and fertility is negatively affected. We start experiencing estrogen dominance symptoms like loss of energy, low libido, headaches, water retention, weight gain and more.