You've just been diagnosed with PCOS, or you've had the diagnosis for years, and you've spent approximately 47 minutes on TikTok being told to take spearmint tea, berberine, maca root, and approximately twelve other things before breakfast.

You're not imagining it: fertility advice online is loud, contradictory and often fear-based. So we asked someone who does this for a living. Julia Young is a Registered Nutritional Therapist and Fertility Specialist who has been through IVF herself. She works with people dealing with unexplained infertility, PMOS (PCOS), endometriosis, fibroids and other hormonal conditions, male infertility, preparing for IVF or IUI, recurrent miscarriage and secondary infertility. We asked about her daily habits and how she supports people on their fertility journeys, in her own words. (A quick note on names: PCOS has been renamed PMOS, and we use both here. Here is what it means.)

Navigating the complex world of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and its impact on fertility can be daunting. But don't worry, you're not alone. This blog post is your comprehensive guide to understanding PCOS, its symptoms, and how it can affect your journey to motherhood.

If you and your partner are trying to conceive, chances are most of the advice you've found online has been aimed at her. Ovulation tracking, cycle apps, fertility supplements for women. Male factor fertility plays a role in roughly half of all conception difficulties, and it's still wildly under-discussed.

If you've spent any time in the wellness corner of the internet, you've seen ashwagandha promising to fix your stress, your sleep, your hormones and probably your Wi-Fi signal too. So let's slow down and actually look at what the research says.