Inside My 'Take Charge' Fertility Framework: The System That Helps Women Get Pregnant

Trying to get pregnant can bring up a lot of emotions.

At first, it feels exciting and hopeful. But when month after month passes without a positive pregnancy test, that excitement can quickly turn into frustration, confusion, and fear.

You start wondering things like:

“Am I even ovulating?”
“Am I missing my fertile window?”
“Should I be taking different supplements?”
“What if something is wrong with me?”

And one of the hardest parts? Feeling like you’re doing everything you can… while still not really knowing what’s happening inside your body.

I’ve worked as a functional medicine nurse for over 5 years now. I’ve had hundreds of conversations with women about their hormone symptoms & struggles and one thing I know for sure is that most women don’t want more random advice from the internet. They want a clear process. A way to understand their hormones, support their fertility naturally, and feel confident they’re giving themselves the best possible chance at getting pregnant.

That’s exactly why I created my Take Charge Fertility Framework™. This is the framework I use now inside Fertility Maximizer, my 1:1 coaching program where I help women get pregnant naturally.

Inside this post, I’m going to walk you through exactly how this framework works, why it’s different from many conventional fertility approaches, and how it helps women better understand their cycles and support their bodies for conception.

Ready? Let’s jump in.

What Is the 'Take Charge' Fertility Framework™?

It’s the framework I’ve been using for over five years to help women balance their hormones and get pregnant naturally.

The goal of this framework is simple:

To help women feel confident they are doing everything within their power to support their fertility so they can get pregnant.

Instead of guessing, stressing, or relying on generalized advice online, we use real data about your hormones and mineral status to better understand what’s happening inside your body.

Because here’s the truth:

Your body is constantly communicating with you.

Your cycle, your symptoms, your hormone patterns, your energy levels, your sleep, your periods — all of these things tell a story. And when we learn how to interpret that story correctly, we can often uncover the missing pieces that may be affecting fertility.

Inside Fertility Maximizer, we combine:

Functional testing
Real-time hormone tracking
Holistic support for the body
Personalized guidance and care

The framework gives us a roadmap so we can stop guessing and start making strategic, supportive decisions for your fertility journey.

Step 1: Your Fertility Nutrition Test (HTMA Hair Testing)

The first step inside the Take Charge Fertility Framework™ is submitting your Fertility Nutrition Test (HTMA – hair tissue mineral analysis) sample to the lab.

And before you panic — no, nobody is going to notice the missing hair.

You’ll clip a very small amount from an area that can easily be hidden, and I provide detailed instructions so the process feels simple and stress-free. Once your sample is collected, you place it in your mailbox and send it off to the lab for analysis.

Easy.

But the information we get from this tiny sample? Extremely valuable.

Why a Fertility Nutrition Test (HTMA) Can Help You Get Pregnant

HTMA stands for Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis.

This functional test helps us evaluate:

Your mineral status
Nutrient depletion
Stress patterns in the body
Possible heavy metal exposure

This matters because mineral imbalances and heavy metals have been linked to issues like:

Poor or inconsistent ovulation
Implantation failure
Miscarriages
Hormonal dysfunction

And honestly, mineral depletion is incredibly common.

In the work I’ve done with clients since becoming a functional medicine nurse over 5 years ago, I especially see it in women who:

spent years taking birth control
have been under chronic stress
have had previous pregnancies
have restrictive eating habits
have been taking supplements without understanding what their body actually needs

This is one reason why guessing with supplements can sometimes backfire.

Many women are taking handfuls of supplements hoping something will help — but without testing, they don’t actually know what their body needs.

Inside this framework, we use data first.

Then, once your HTMA results come back from the lab, I complete a full review and create a customized care plan based on your results.

That means the plan I create for you during Fertility Maximizer is designed for your body — not based on generic fertility advice from social media.

Step 2: Hormone Testing & Cycle Tracking

The second step of the framework is where things often start clicking into place for my clients.

This is where we begin testing hormones and tracking cycle-related information in real time.

Every client inside Fertility Maximizer receives a Mira At-Home Hormone Tracking Device. The Mira app allows both of us to monitor your hormone patterns and symptom tracking information throughout your cycle.

And this is powerful because instead of wondering what your hormones are doing…

…we can actually see them.

This Step Will Help Make Sure You Don't Miss Your Fertile Window

One of the biggest misconceptions women have been taught is that ovulation always happens on day 14.

That is simply not true for every woman.

Ovulation timing can vary significantly from cycle to cycle and from person to person. Which means many couples are unintentionally missing their fertile window altogether.

With at-home hormone testing, we can evaluate:

if ovulation is actually occurring
when your LH surge happens
when your fertile window opens
whether progesterone production looks strong post-ovulation
whether estrogen dominance may be contributing to symptoms

The results are available in just 16 minutes, which gives us real-time insight into what your body is doing during that exact cycle.

This information is incredibly important because progesterone production after ovulation plays a major role in successful implantation and sustaining pregnancy until the placenta forms.

We also evaluate signs of estrogen dominance, which may show up as:

heavy periods
intense cramps
large blood clots
breast tenderness
mood swings

And perhaps most importantly…

We can better time intercourse based on your actual fertile window.

Sometimes that timing alone can make a huge difference.

A Real Client Example

One of my clients, “C,” came to work with me after months of trying to conceive on her own.

She had never had a positive pregnancy test and was beginning to wonder if she or her partner might be infertile.

One of her biggest questions was:
“Am I even ovulating?”

So we immediately started using at-home hormone tracking. She said it was so easy to use, all she had to do was collect her urine first thing in the morning, dip the testing wand for 20 seconds, insert it into the analyzer, and then 16 minutes later let the results sync with the app. That information automatically crossed over to my provider dashboard and each day I reviewed those results, letting her know what the hormone levels meant.

Within that very first cycle, we were able to confirm exactly when ovulation occurred. She and her partner intentionally timed intercourse during her fertile window…

…and she successfully got pregnant.

That’s why I always say that precise timing makes all the difference.

Step 3: Take Charge of Your Hormones Lessons

The third step inside the framework is my ‘Take Charge’ of Your Hormones Lessons.

These are short, pre-recorded lessons where I teach the foundations of hormone health — what I often call the “low hanging fruit.” What I mean by low hanging fruit, is that these are the things you can do that are actually quite simple, but will get you such powerful results.

We focus on:

nutrition
movement
sleep
mindset
supporting the nervous system

Because while testing and data are incredibly helpful…We cannot ignore the basics.

Why Foundational Hormone Support Matters

We can have all the hormone charts and lab results in the world, but if your body is constantly running on stress, you’re under-eating, getting poor sleep, and feeling burnout, then we’ve missed a huge piece of the puzzle.

Your body needs to feel safe enough to conceive.

And that safety is influenced by your:

nourishment
stress levels
rest
emotional wellbeing
daily habits

This isn’t about being perfect.

It’s about learning how to care for your body in a way that supports fertility instead of working against it.

These lessons help clients build sustainable habits that support hormone balance naturally — not through restriction or extremes, but through consistency and intentional care.

What Happens When You Don’t Have a Clear Fertility Plan?

Honestly? You end up doing a lot and knowing very little.

You’re tracking in an app that predicts ovulation from averages instead of confirming it. You’re timing sex around a date on a calendar and hoping it’s the right one. You’re taking a cabinet full of supplements because someone online said they worked for her. And every new article tells you something different from the last one.

Meanwhile, sex has started to feel like a job. And every cycle ends with the same question: what did we miss this time?

The negative test is hard enough. Not knowing why is what really wears you down. Because when you don’t have answers, your mind fills in the blanks. Something must be wrong with my body. Maybe this isn’t going to happen for me.

I want you to hear this: that spiral is what happens when you’re working hard without information. It doesn’t mean your body is broken.

Having a plan changes what your month looks like:

Your Fertility Nutrition Test (HTMA) shows us where your minerals stand, so your supplement plan is targeted to what your results show.
Your hormone tracking shows us whether and when you ovulated this cycle, so you know your timing was right.
Your ‘Take Charge’ of Your Hormones Lessons give you a short list of habits to focus on, so you’re not trying to fix everything at once.

And you have me looking at your results with you, so when something looks off, you’re not alone with Google at 11pm.

Sometimes we do find areas that need support. Even then, knowing is easier to carry than wondering, because now there’s a next step.

“But Why Would This Work If Nothing Else Has?”

You might be wondering why this program would work when nothing else has so far.

And that’s a completely valid question. I get that a lot from people who are considering applying to work with me.

The biggest difference is that this approach combines:

data
functional medicine principles
natural, holistic support
personalized guidance

Many conventional fertility approaches don’t fully evaluate mineral status, hormone patterns in real time, or the foundational lifestyle factors that impact fertility.

Inside Fertility Maximizer, we’re not just throwing random recommendations at the wall and hoping something sticks.

We’re gathering information about your specific body and creating a plan based on what we uncover.

You’re also not trying to navigate this alone.

You have support from a practitioner (hey, that’s me!) trained in functional medicine who is available to guide you throughout the process, answer questions, and help you understand what your body is communicating.

That level of support matters more than you may realize in terms of increasing your chances of getting pregnant naturally.

Been Trying to Figure This Out on Your Own — But It’s Still Not Working? Let’s Fix It.

If you’ve been trying to get pregnant but haven’t had any luck, I get it.

You’ve been doing your best with the tools and knowledge you had — but it may be time to try something different.

When we work together inside Fertility Maximizer, I’ll help you:

✔️ confirm that you’re ovulating
✔️ identify your fertile window
✔️ start a simplified and strategic supplement plan customized to your body’s needs

When you join, you get:

✔️ a Fertility Nutrition Test (HTMA -Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis)
✔️ an at-home hormone tracking device called Mira
✔️ a fully customized care plan based on your test results
✔️ access to my Wellness with Vanda client-only community where you can post questions at any time
✔️ invitations to my weekly office-hours sessions where you can talk with me in real time if questions come up

You do not have to continue this fertility journey alone.

I’ve got you.

→ Let’s talk — click here to apply to be a client. I’ll ask you a few key questions that help me determine if Fertility Maximizer is a good fit for your unique situation. Once I’ve reviewed your application I’ll reach out to discuss my availability and next steps.