Planning for a pregnancy is possibly the first and most important step you can take towards getting your body, diet and lifestyle into shape
Midi Fairgrieve, founder, Detox International
Your fertility and the future health of your child can be very much influenced by what you do in the months before conception. It is in your power to make a difference. This is why we have developed our fertility detox, which for those who want to work on your fertility, is integrated into our normal Mind / Body detox retreats. Over the years we have found increasing number of clients looking to either boost their fertility or overcomes fertility problems; and what we were already offering with detox programme was having a purely positive effect on fertility. For people wanting specifically to work on their preconception health, we have added in a special feritlity focused workshop during the retreat which is taken by Midi, the founder of Detox International, who has many years experience in helping people with their fertility and overcome her own early menopause diagnosis to successful conceive.
How does detox help boost fertility?
We now know that toxins stored in the mother are passed onto the child, but what many people don’t realize is that toxins in the father are also passed on to the child. This is why is is so important that BOTH prospective parents aim to get into optimum health before conceiving, whether or not you have existing or known fertility issues. Today’s children can be born with over 250 carcinogens, neuro-toxins and endocrine disruptors. These toxins can severely damage the physical and mental development of the foetus which can lead to severe food sensitivities, allergies, skin problems such as eczema, developmental problems, as well as celiac disease and autism. Research shows that improving your health before conception has a positive influence of the future health of your child. Through the detox process, we aim to enhance your ability to conceive, and give you as much information as possible about how to improve your chances after the retreat, including nutritional advice, information on chemicals, toxins, and lifestyle etc. so that you can give the best start to your baby’s life. Detox helps to bring your body and hormones into balance and importantly can help to unearth the root cause of any fertility problems. Infertility is not always a physical thing and in our experience, emotional reasons such as fear, grief, a difficult childhood, can all influence a person’t ability to conceive (this includes influencing the health of a man’s sperm). We hope to give you a clear picture of what you can do to increase your chances and of course the detox process itself is a powerful healer.
Our Fertility programme offers a truly integrated approach, which looks at the whole person, enabling couples with fertility issues to greatly improve their chances of conceiving successfully. The complementary treatments we offer include acupuncture, reflexology, diet and supplements advice which specifically focus on enhancing your fertility.
Who can the Fertility Detox help?
Our Fertility Detox is suitable for anyone, men and women, for those who are having problems conceiving or had problems once they have conceived, including miscarriage, still and premature birth, ectopic pregnancy, as well as individuals (or couples) who simply wish to be in the best of health before conception.
Fertility, like any other aspect of your body’s health, can be positively or negatively influenced by lifestyle and diet. We have developed our fertility work to help women to get their reproductive system enlivened and prepared to carry through a successful pregnancy; and for men, the detox will positively influence sperm health.
Detoxification, optimum nutrient levels and a balanced mental, emotional, and spiritual outlook have a very powerful effect on improving overall health and increasing fertility.
All sorts of different factors can influence your fertility. In some cases underlying health issues may be adversely affecting fertility, such as IBS, constipation, thrush or allergies. Once these conditions are cleared up, a successful pregnancy so often follows. Conditions like these can deplete your body of much needed nutrients and drain its resources needed for a healthy functioning reproductive system.
Sometimes infertility is rooted in deeper psychological or emotional levels, causing physical problems to show up. This powerful programme follows a holistic approach which combines a physical detox with a mental, emotion and spiritual detox as well. Combined with essential nutrients it enables the detoxification of harmful chemicals and heavy metals in a safe way.
What is included:
The week will consist of the full detox programme including juice fasting, colon cleansing and yoga, combined with several key additions:
- Pre-detox hair mineral test (ideally taken 3-4 weeks prior to the retreat) to determine your body levels of minerals and micro-minerals. It also helps us to find out if you have traces of heavy metal toxicity – a factor in many problematic fertility cases. The detox will cover this aspect of cleansing.
Throughout the week, relevant and important subjects will be covered in detail in a series of talks and mini-workshops. Our aim is to give you the knowledge and naturopathic means to continue to take care of your health pre and post conception.
We will be covering the following subjects during the detox week:
- Chemicals (agro-chemicals, household chemicals etc.) and how they affect your fertility
- Nutrition & nutritional supplements for boosting fertility
- Determining mineral and trace element requirements via the hair test analysis results
- The negative effects of social poisons and common stimulants on fertility & pregnancy
- Male infertility
- Female Infertility
- Electromagnetic pollution
- Individual case studies and nutritional consultation looking at your diet and lifestyle after the retreat
In addition we have a range of complementary therapies on offer including reflexology and acupuncture; both well know to help in the stimulation of the reproductive system. Other therapies include Shiatsu, therapeutic massage, Rolfing (body work), foot reading.
Background
The founder of detox International, Midi Fairgrieve, worked for many years with FORESIGHT, the Association for the Promotion of Preconceptual Care. Fertility it is a subject close to her heart, having treated her own premature menopause in her late thirties using a combined detox and nutritional programme, with additional complementary therapies, resulting in giving birth aged 40 to a healthy baby boy.
“My own journey through infertility has inspired me to develop a programme of detox and nutritional education to help others. Our aim is to nurture fertility clients with personalized care – recognizing that infertility can be a very sad and emotional subject. Our fertility detox programme is designed to enhance sperm health and enliven the female reproductive system and prepare it for carrying through a successful pregnancy.”
We are happy to keep working with you beyond the retreat week to provide continued follow-on support via skype or telephone consultations. Some of our therapists also regularly work in clinics in the UK which might be another option for you depending where you live. (see clinics).
Our specialized fertility detox week is designed to increase your awareness about exposure to toxins of all types, whether they be environmental or via food and water. We will be discussing your individual health issues and giving advice on diet, lifestyle and nutritional supplements going forward after the retreat.
Please contact if you would like to know more about how our fertility retreat can help you.
Dates and location
We incorporate our specialist fertility work within the 4 detox retreat dates we run in Spain, with the addition of the hair mineral testing and specific talks, workshops and individual nutritional consultations for fertility clients during the retreats.
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