Better fertility.
Nurturing Dreams: Moms, Dads, Miracles.
Fertility trends are showing a continual decline in fertility rates, and we’re told nothing can be done to change this. According to research from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, 49% of couples will require fertility assistance to become pregnant by 2050.
We see a different possibility.
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Fertility & Preconception
“There is a vast difference between treating the effects and adjusting the cause” – DD Palmer
Are you thinking about getting pregnant in the next year?
Have you been trying, unsuccessfully, to have a baby?
Keep reading – you’re in the right place!
We believe in better for families, and we believe in nurturing the innate ability your body has to create life – we were literally built to create, sustain, and birth new life into this world. The Meraki Collective envisions a world where health is a natural state of being and people live life full out, ending their day with energy to spare, fully connected, and knowing life happens FOR them, not TO them.
Fertility is a sign of health, yet so often we’re told there’s nothing that can be done to change or influence fertility – from egg quality or quantity, to sperm quality and count – you have more power than you ever imagined in your ability to influence and change your fertility.
The Meraki Collective provides high quality, evidence informed care in a serene, beautiful setting where you can optimize your
health in a space that understands health is more than just not being sick.
We offer fertility circles so you can find your community and connect with life long friends going through life’s journey.
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Questions
Does it really matter that my significant other participates?
If science is correct, fertilization takes place when both sperm and egg come together, so logically, both components are necessary and equally important.
There are specific roles that both sperm and egg have in the quality and integrity of your pregnancy, and ultimately, the
health of the child born. Fertility is a shared journey, and our interest is only in those who BOTH desire to be better.
What happens at the Complimentary Consultation?
After you book your consult call, you’ll recieve a video from us to watch before your call. If the information you learn resonates,
we are happy to discuss next steps. If not, you’ve gained valuable insight to your journey and have new tools and perspective to support you on your journey.
On our call, our goal is to learn about you and your journey so far. If we feel we can help, we will let you know, and if we feel we can’t help, we will provide you with resources that can.
What will my first appointment look like?
When you arrive, we will show you around and then get to the most important topic: your health, your goals, and your desires.
This appointment is all about you, your goals, and what you want to achieve or overcome. We will take your history, do an exam, and we will take x-rays if clinically necessary.
After this visit, we will sit down and create a custom program designed for you to reach the goals you have. At your next visit,
we will let you know if we can help. If we can, we will show you the best program for you, and if we can’t, we will have resources
that can better support your goals and needs.
Why chiropractic for fertility and preconception?
Think about a food that you absolutely LOVE – hold the thought of that food for a moment.
Did you notice you are salivating more?
The brain has incredible capacity to influence everything that happens in the body, it’s the master control system of your entire body.
Chiropractic care influences how the brain responds to stress. It allows the body to adapt to stress faster and easier, which is why it’s a core component of our fertility and preconception work. Stress influences hormones, hormones influence fertility, so, logically, we want to create a solid foundation not only for your hormonal system, but for the structure that will be building, carrying, and birthing a baby.
This means BOTH of you, because what good is it to reduce and improve stress in one person, and leave the other in a stressed out, hormonal state? Fertility is a shared journey, always.
Do I need x-rays?
We don’t work on what we can’t see, so we do take x rays if clinically necessary at your first visit.
What is Private Healthcare?
It’s a model of healthcare that puts people first by getting rid of the red tape by which most other traditional practices are restricted. You have direct access to your doctor with no middle man, including insurance agencies or healthcare administrations.
This simple approach results in a closer relationship with your doctor and more personalized care for you.
Do you accept insurance?
Happily, no.
We’re a same sex couple looking to conceive, and need fertility treatment. Can you help us?
Since the goal of this work is not just pregnancy, but great health, this work provides tremendous benefits on your path to becoming a parent, however that looks for you.
We have fantastic results with same sex couples, needing fewer cycles of IUI and unmedicated rounds to achieve their family goals.
We’re doing fertility treatment. Can you help?
The power in this work is optimizing your health, not getting you pregnant. When we do this, our couples have been successful on their first try in the fertility clinics, whether it was IUI or IVF.
If your transfer is next week, no, this is not the work for you.
If you’re open to learning about how you increase your chances of building your family, we can help.
Your life changes…
Your life changes at the Meraki Collective the moment you decide you want better – for yourself, for your family, for your future.
- Maybe you’ve never been pregnant, and are worried about all the horror stories you hear about how sick friends and family
have been. - Maybe you’ve been through the fertility clinics, and they’ve gotten you pregnant, but they can’t keep you pregnant.
- Maybe you’ve never been able to get pregnant.
- Maybe you’re finding it isn’t as easy to grow your family as you thought it would be.
Our concierge team is here to make sure you feel heard, supported, encouraged, and empowered to make the best choices you can as you prepare for the pregnancy you’ve always dreamed of.
We are experts in what it takes to prepare your body for a healthy, amazing pregnancy.
More and more couples today are learning about the power of preconception work, because they hear horror stories of pregnancies filled with illness and challenging postpartum periods, which they don’t want for themselves.
Preconception work isn’t fertility work, like many believe.
Preconception Work ISN’T:
- “Natural” fertilty work
- Done individually
- About balancing hormones
Preconception Work IS:
- Preparing and planning for pregnancy, physically, mentally and emotionally, so when you want to become pregnant, it’s
a time you can celebrate instead of tolerate. - Optimizing your biomarkers and health for your benefit, so that your baby or babies will benefit for generations to come.
- Understanding and optimizing health for BOTH partners for easier fertility, pregnancy and postpartum.
We measure your health, not your hormones.
Your life changes at the Meraki Collective the moment you decide you want better – for yourself, for your family, for your future.
Imagine a tusnami was about to hit land – would you take a water sample, and say, whatever was in the water was what caused the tsunami?
That makes no logical sense – it’s most likely something much, much bigger, like an underwater volcanic eruption Your hormones are the same – they’re the water, and by only measuring them, you’re missing out on the greater imbalances in the body that influence the hormones to be at the level they are.
Simply taking lab tests, which measure only a moment in time, don’t give the big picture, and can actually be more problematic than helpful. Our testing goes above and beyond simply looking at a moment in time blood sample.
We measure things like your:
- Metabolism
- Immune system
- Adaptability
- Mineral and nutrient stores
- Stress response
All of these play a significant role in your health, thus, your fertility.
If you’re ready for a new way to look at your health, fertility, and forever change the generational health of your family line, you’ve come to the right place.
Rising Male Fertility Challenges
Because of our approach, and Dr.Marcia Schaefer’s unique perspective and lens on fertility and infertility challenges, she’s leading the pack when it comes to male fertility challenges.
Sperm counts are predicted to be zero by 2045, and what used to be the “behind closed doors” conversations around miscarriage and infertility being a WOMAN’s issue, are now “behind closed doors” for MEN’S fertility challenges.
Did he get a “everything looks good!” on a semen analysis? Great!
Unfortunately, the things measured on that analysis aren’t the main factors for fertility challenges in men.
Our questions are different, our bloodwork and biometrics are different, and our approach is something no one else is doing.
Not only do our couples have higher rates of fertility, they also have significantly LESS health issues in pregnancy, and this is in very large part, due to the sperms role in the pregnancy.
Our Program
Fertility trends are showing a continual decline in fertility rates, and we’re told nothing can be done to change this. According to research from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, 49% of couples will require fertility assistance to become pregnant by 2050.
We see a different possibility. Where traditional fertility methods can get you pregnant, they may not be able to keep you pregnant, and where their goal is just pregnancy, we believe in better. At the Meraki Collective, you’re not a number. We partner with you and your significant other to create a custom preconception care plan that creates generational health benefits.
This Collective is where the world known Schaefer Protocol, an evidence informed epigenetic lifestyle protocol, has been researched and created, and is responsible for creating better fertility, pregnancy and birth outcomes (as well as radiantly healthy kids), in couples who were told there were no other options, until they found us.
Whether you’re just starting your preconception journey, or you’ve struggled with years of painful cycles, male infertility, PCOS, or unexplained infertility, we know this is real and we know that time is ticking with every month that passes. This is where we come in. We know how to find the root problem and how to put together a plan to find solutions.
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