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00:00:00 All too often, we aren't able to or we don't take the time out to give ourselves rest and true rest from, you know, the fast paced world that we really live in. And actually, I think COVID has really shown how fast paced our world was before it happened and that there are some benefits because it's actually shown us just, you know, how actually nice it is just to slow down that pace sometimes. now the break by having that breakaway it had a massive effect on my cycle um afterwards which now the break by having that breakaway it had a massive effect on my cycle um afterwards which was really interesting and it was just real testament to me that to me and also those you know my clients that i teach that the huge importance of rest especially when so many of you suffer from chronic stress now remember rest is free um and it is literally the most powerful healer but it's the thing that actually um i find my clients find is one of the things that we
00:00:54 actually struggle with the most because it's the thing that when you're short of time you steal time from sleep but you know it's it's what we shouldn't do sleep really is is the power to heal time from sleep but you know it's it's what we shouldn't do sleep really is is the power to heal when we're sleeping um i really am starting to feel the benefits of my energy level starting to go up. My cycle and period have dramatically improved since I had that break and I've really been focusing on my sleep, which is a key sign that my body's getting stronger, my chi's getting stronger. I'm going to first start with a little bit of general information about endometriosis stronger. I'm going to first start with a little bit of general information about endometriosis
00:01:30 and then discuss the ways in which endometriosis can directly and indirectly affect your fertility. I don't have enough time to go into the really detailed actions you can take to optimize your fertility in this episode though I will mention one or two where appropriate but I will be covering that in episode two next week as there are plenty of things that you can do. Now believe it or not endometriosis is common and often debilitating condition for women during their reproductive years and I don't need to really tell you that. Now according to Diane Stefferson-Mills years and I don't need to really tell you that. Now according to Diane Stefferson-Mills reproductive gynecologists recognize it as the second most common gynecological complaint in
00:02:09 women which is crazy. Now here are some more crazy statistics I'm sure you might be aware of and if you're not then it's really important to know them. It's understood that one in every 10 women have endometriosis that's somewhere between 6 and 10 percent of the general female population but up to 50 percent in sub or infertile women. Now this equates to about one and a half million but up to 50 percent in sub or infertile women. Now this equates to about one and a half million in the UK and over 176 million worldwide based on 2017 figures. Now what I find really hard to take is on average it takes seven and a half years for women to get a diagnosis and for many it's far longer than that. I mean for me it took almost 25 years to get to the bottom of it. Now those
00:02:54 statistics are immense and frankly shocking and it's why we need to be talking about this more statistics are immense and frankly shocking and it's why we need to be talking about this more so that women know about this before they're trying to get pregnant. It can affect anyone, regardless of where you live in the world, your body type, race, colour, social status, etc. Now, I could spend the whole podcast talking about this, but I'm not going to. Now, the word endometriosis means that some of our body's cells are basically growing in the wrong place.
00:03:25 They are similar cells to those that grow inside the womb lining, but instead they're outside the womb and can grow anywhere though more commonly around the ovaries but instead they're outside the womb and can grow anywhere though more commonly around the ovaries and in the peritoneal cavity which is commonly known as the abdomen. The problem occurs when these cells act in the same way that they do in the womb in that they're nutrient-rich tissues that build up blood and then break down and bleed in conjunction with a woman's menstrual cycle. Now this is where one of the key problems lie because there's nowhere for this blood to go like there is with a period exiting from the womb. Instead it can cause inflammation, pain
00:03:55 like there is with a period exiting from the womb. Instead it can cause inflammation, pain and scar tissue. So scar tissue or fibrous connective tissue is formed as the body tries to isolate the endometrial growths by putting a plaster type growth over the top of them. Now this tissue then thickens and goes hard over it as you can see when you have scar tissue on your skin after a cut. Now this kind of makes sense doesn't it? But the problem is that this scar tissue can then stick or glue tissues together nearby whilst it's still soft and scar tissue can then stick or glue tissues together nearby whilst it's still soft and this is where real problems occur as organs can get stuck to the wrong places and cause distortion,
00:04:40 further pain and functional problems such as poor gut motility, cerebral infertility. Right I want to go straight into how endometriosis can affect fertility rather than go into more detail about how endometriosis affects the body overall. Our fertility can be affected in a number of ways, some directly and some indirectly. Here are the key seven I've found in my research,
