Sarah shares how she conceived naturally at 39 after taking an 8-month break from trying to heal endometriosis. Despite two miscarriages and advanced maternal age, she trusted her intuition to prioritize healing over rushing, worked with a naturopathic team, and expanded her career vision—conceiving one month after enrolling in a nutrition program.
SarahAge 39· natural· Currently 24 weeks pregnantBefore
Fearful about time running out, doing too much research, experiencing mindset derailments
Key Shift
Trusted her body's wisdom to take 8 months off for healing while expanding her career vision
After
Confident in her intuition, aligned with her values, building both a baby and new career
Sarah and her husband took 10 years to decide to have children, then experienced the heartbreak of two early miscarriages by age 38. Rather than accepting the medical standard of waiting for a third loss before investigating, Sarah began assembling her support team and following her intuition about what her body needed.
At age 39, Sarah made the courageous decision to take 8 months completely off from trying to conceive. This allowed her to work with a naturopath to heal endometriosis that had caused severe pain for 15 years, addressing root causes through diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes rather than surgery.
Sarah developed the ability to trust her body's wisdom through what she calls a 'neck down' process, feeling physically drawn toward the right practitioners and decisions. This body-based intuition guided her through building a bump squad that supported her natural healing approach rather than pressuring her about time.
After months of research paralysis about expanding her career, Sarah finally enrolled in a nutrition program in February. One month later, she conceived naturally. Her story demonstrates how stepping into your full life vision creates the energetic alignment that makes you magnetic to your desires.
Sarah rejected common advice to 'just relax and stop trying,' instead practicing empowered surrender—maintaining her vision to be a mother while releasing control over exactly how and when it would happen. This allowed her to stay committed to her dream without desperate neediness.
“I took eight months off from actually trying at all to conceive and did a whole kind of reset of my body systems. And and then we started trying again. And I think about five cycles later, got pregnant and stayed pregnant.”
— Sarah▶ 6:11
Taking a strategic break to heal your body can absolutely help you conceive, even at advanced maternal age. The key is using the time intentionally for healing rather than just 'relaxing.'
“The way that I trust myself is not a mental process, that it's a below the neck body process where it's like... I'll, like, even kind of physically feel myself drawn towards something.”
— Sarah▶ 14:17
Trust your intuition by developing body awareness rather than mental analysis. Pay attention to physical sensations and gut feelings that draw you toward certain decisions or practitioners.
“I'm not gonna stop trying. Like, this is a dream. I'm not giving up on it, but what I am gonna give up on is knowing all the details about how and when it's gonna happen.”
— Sarah▶ 23:13
Empowered surrender means maintaining your vision and taking action toward your goal while releasing control over exactly how and when it will happen. It's the opposite of giving up.
“The more you you become and the more you step into the vision for your life, the easier it is for this baby to find you because you shine so bright when you're living the dream.”
— Rosanne Austin▶ 24:47
Expanding your career vision while trying to conceive can actually accelerate conception by creating energetic alignment and making you more magnetic to what you desire.
“And when I let that slip, my mindset totally slipped too. Like, what am I doing? This is crazy. This is never gonna happen. And and then I tracked that, like, mindset derail back to, oh, like, I haven't been doing my daily self care practices.”
— Sarah▶ 9:49
Establish daily self-care practices like meditation and movement, then track any mindset derailments back to when you skipped these practices. Consistency in self-care creates mindset stability.
“I made a bunch of adjustments to my diet, and my lifestyle adjustments were basically getting really regular with my meditation and movement practice... It it takes a lot of work to heal something that's been going on for most of my life.”
— Sarah▶ 18:24
Natural healing approaches for endometriosis can be effective for fertility when working with qualified practitioners. The key is addressing root causes through diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes over several months.
A step-by-step approach to taking time off from trying to conceive for healing while maintaining your fertility vision
Assess Your Body's Needs
Listen to your intuition about whether your body needs healing time. Look for signs like chronic pain, recurring miscarriages, or feeling depleted.
Build Your Support Team
Assemble practitioners who support your healing approach and won't pressure you about time. Include both medical and holistic providers aligned with your values.
Create a Healing Protocol
Work with qualified practitioners to address root causes through diet, supplements, lifestyle changes, and stress management over several months.
Maintain Daily Practices
Establish consistent meditation, movement, and self-care routines to keep your mindset stable during the healing period.
Expand Your Life Vision
Use this time to pursue other dreams and goals, making yourself more magnetic and aligned when you resume trying.
Practice Empowered Surrender
Stay connected to your desire to be a mother while releasing control over timeline and methods, trusting the process.
Taking a break from trying to conceive to heal your body can be the breakthrough you need, even at advanced maternal age
Sarah took 8 months off from trying at age 39 to heal endometriosis after two miscarriages, then conceived naturally 5 cycles after resuming trying at nearly 40.
Trusting your body's wisdom requires developing a 'neck down' intuitive process rather than relying solely on mental analysis
Sarah, a massage therapist trained in body awareness, describes feeling physically drawn toward decisions: 'my gut is, like, yanking me in a direction if I stop and pay attention.'
Curating your environment by changing media consumption and limiting time with unsupportive people is essential for fertility success
Sarah deliberately changed what media she consumed and adjusted time spent with certain people, focusing on 'finding the most supportive inputs' which contributed to her natural conception at 39.
Expanding your career vision while trying to conceive creates energetic alignment that can accelerate conception
Sarah enrolled in a 10-month nutrition program in February after years of research paralysis, then conceived in March—demonstrating how stepping into broader life desires creates magnetic alignment.
Daily self-care practices like meditation and yoga create the foundation for maintaining fertility mindset during challenging times
Sarah tracked her mindset derailments back to skipping daily meditation and yoga: 'when I let that slip, my mindset totally slipped too' and was able to course-correct by returning to these practices.
Building a bump squad that supports your values allows you to make unconventional choices with confidence
Sarah's surgeon supported her natural healing approach saying 'if what you're doing already is working, stick with it. Avoid surgery at all costs' which gave her confidence to continue her naturopathic protocol.
Owning your uniqueness and refusing to conform to mainstream expectations enhances your magnetic power for conception
Sarah embraced her artistic lifestyle and unconventional choices, recognizing this as 'part of letting my being my brighter self' which aligned with conceiving naturally at 39 outside medical protocols.
Taking a break from trying to conceive to heal your body can be the breakthrough you need, even at advanced maternal age
▶ 6:21Trusting your body's wisdom requires developing a 'neck down' intuitive process rather than relying solely on mental analysis
▶ 14:17Curating your environment by changing media consumption and limiting time with unsupportive people is essential for fertility success
▶ 31:04Expanding your career vision while trying to conceive creates energetic alignment that can accelerate conception
▶ 27:12Daily self-care practices like meditation and yoga create the foundation for maintaining fertility mindset during challenging times
▶ 9:27Building a bump squad that supports your values allows you to make unconventional choices with confidence
▶ 17:03Owning your uniqueness and refusing to conform to mainstream expectations enhances your magnetic power for conception
▶ 32:38“You must keep trying continuously because time is running out, especially after 35”
CONSIDER: Taking time to heal your body can be the smartest move, even at advanced maternal age
“Surrender means giving up and relaxing about your fertility goals”
CONSIDER: Empowered surrender means maintaining your vision while releasing control over how and when it happens
“You should focus solely on fertility and put other life goals on hold”
CONSIDER: Expanding into your full life vision makes you more magnetic to conception
“We don't rise to the occasion. We fall back on our training.”
“I'm not gonna stop trying. Like, this is a dream. I'm not giving up on it, but what I am gonna give up on is knowing all the details about how and when it's gonna happen.”
“The more you you become and the more you step into the vision for your life, the easier it is for this baby to find you because you shine so bright when you're living the dream.”
“That's some gangster shit.”
“Weird is a side effect of awesome.”
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Age-based fertility predictions are often premature and devastating, but not definitive verdicts
Heather was told at 41 she had 'no chance' of having a baby due to her age combined with endometriosis and low AMH, yet conceived naturally at 46 and delivered Emily at 47.
Finding the right medical team that supports your vision is crucial for success
Heather left the first doctor who said she had no chance at 41 and found Dr. Chek's team who embraced her journey and helped her achieve pregnancy at 46.
You can be blocking your success by believing you don't deserve to have everything you want
Catherine discovered her saboteur belief 'you don't get to have everything you want' was blocking her conception because she feared if she had a baby, something would go wrong in her otherwise good life with her husband, job, and home.
Early life trauma can create unconscious blocks to fertility even decades later
Catherine realized her father's death when she was young created an unconscious fear that 'when everything is really good, something bad happens' and she actually believed if she had a child, someone would die.
