{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69a9c3997036d73902b7666d/6a4c3b465fd88ad005bcc2fb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 12 | Preconception Health: How Sleep, Gum Disease & Hormones Affect Fertility","description":"<p>Fertility doesn't begin with a positive test — it begins months, sometimes years earlier, in places nobody's looking. This episode reframes fertility as a whole-body health issue, not just a reproductive one.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell, DO and Dr. Kathleen Carson, DDS discuss why inflammation — including inflammation in your mouth — plays a bigger role in fertility than most couples realize. They dig into the recent renaming of PCOS to PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), why that name change matters, and why fertility planning needs to include both partners, not just the woman.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>You'll hear about:</strong></p><ul><li>Why experts just renamed PCOS to PMOS, and what that reveals about the real root causes</li><li>How poor sleep worsens insulin resistance, which worsens hormone dysfunction, which affects ovulation</li><li>Why male fertility factors — including a 50% drop in global sperm counts over 40 years — are consistently left out of the conversation</li><li>How gum disease and oral inflammation connect to the same inflammatory pathways affecting fertility</li><li>What a comprehensive preconception health evaluation actually looks like for both partners</li><li>Why vitamin D, magnesium, and progesterone levels matter as much as anything happening in the ovaries</li><li><br></li></ul><p>Learn more: <a href=\"https://sleepsexandsenility.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://sleepsexandsenility.com</a></p><p>Watch on YouTube: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/fTicAMtqFMk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/fTicAMtqFMk</a></p>","author_name":"Dr Campbell, Dr Carson"}