Show Notes
Season 2 of From Eggs to Pregs continues! 🎙️
What does your gut have to do with your fertility? More than you might think.
In this episode, Aspire Fertility Houston reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Nischelle Kalakota sits down with her sister, GI doctor Dr. Neeharika Kalakota, to talk about the connection between digestive health, nutrition, and reproductive health.
From common GI concerns and constipation to fiber, nutrition, and GLP-1 medications, they break down what’s happening in your body and how different areas of your health can overlap. They also discuss practical ways to support your health, including the Diabetes Plate Method, and what to consider when fertility or future pregnancy is part of the conversation.
Whether you’re trying to conceive, navigating fertility treatment, taking a GLP-1, dealing with GI symptoms, or simply trying to better understand your body, this conversation brings two specialties together to answer questions you may not have realized were connected.
In this episode: • The connection between GI health and fertility • Common digestive concerns and GI symptoms • GLP-1 medications and fertility • What GLP-1 medications actually do • Nutrition and reproductive health • The Diabetes Plate Method • Fiber and digestive health • Constipation and foods that may help • How different areas of your health can overlap
🎙️ From Eggs to Pregs is a podcast from Aspire Fertility Houston, where fertility specialists, healthcare experts, patients, and guests have honest conversations about reproductive health and family building.
From IVF and IUI to egg freezing, fertility testing, endometriosis, PMOS, male fertility, pregnancy, and everything in between, we’re making the conversations that happen inside the fertility clinic easier to understand outside of it.
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