The Atma Approach

Fertility

A follicle count isn't the reason eggs aren't sticking.

Why IVF is a poor first conversation if the terrain was never cleaned up first.

By Dr. Neela Sandal

Mainstream Medicine's Approach Is Wait a Year, Then Stimulate

Irregular cycles? Clomid or letrozole. Still nothing? IUI. Then IVF. Sperm gets a count if someone remembers the other half of the couple. The year of "just keep trying" is not used to fix thyroid, insulin, or a lining that cannot hold.

Sound like your last doctor's appointment?

What Mainstream Medicine Misses

A follicle count is not a reason eggs are not fertilizing or sticking. Insulin, thyroid, inflammation, sperm DNA, and a uterus in a hostile immune or progesterone state all sit under "unexplained." IVF can be the right tool. It is a poor first conversation if the terrain was never cleaned up.

The Atma Approach looks at you as a unique person. Why is your system not completing a pregnancy?

Has your doctor ever talked to you about these commonly missed root causes?

Commonly Missed Root Causes

•Insulin resistance and PCOS-pattern ovulation that looks "almost regular" on a calendar app
•Subclinical thyroid and high TPO antibodies that raise miscarriage risk while TSH looks "fine"
•Low progesterone after ovulation, so the lining never becomes a place an embryo can stay
•Sperm DNA fragmentation and toxin load that a basic count will not show
•Silent endometriosis, clotting tendency, or immune activation against a wanted pregnancy
•Nutrient gaps — folate cycle, vitamin D, iron, choline — in both partners
•Age used as the whole story when the same person also has sleep apnea, alcohol, or a 90-hour week

How Atma Clinic Can Help

We help patients better understand their unique health and get to the root of the issue.

At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.

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