An Alternative to IVF That Treats the Root Cause
Watch on YouTube →What if infertility isn't the diagnosis, but a symptom of something underneath? Restorative reproductive medicine (RRM) seeks to diagnose and treat the root causes of infertility rather than bypass them. Emma Waters explains the three main RRM specialties, what the research shows, and one mother's story. 🎓 Check out the FREE RRM Academy: https://rrmacademy.org/ 🎁 Includes FREE guides to NaProTechnology, FEMM, and NeoFertility: https://rrmacademy.org/guides 👉 Subscribe for weekly, evidence-based education on assisted reproduction and reproductive medicine. CHAPTERS 0:00 Root cause care for infertility: what's ahead 0:09 Emma is not a doctor: where the research comes from 0:46 What is restorative reproductive medicine? 1:09 RRM is for overall health, not only for having a baby 1:30 NaProTechnology, FEMM, and NeoFertility explained 2:46 RRM vs. integrative, nutritional, and holistic care 3:51 Does root cause care actually work? 4:10 What the research shows: live-birth outcomes 4:42 RRM and IVF outcomes: how to read the numbers 5:19 Maintaining a pregnancy, not only conceiving 5:38 A mother's story: PCOS and heart health 7:14 Why Emma shares RRM, and where to learn more DIVE INTO RETHINKING FERTILITY 🔗 Follow, Watch, Listen: linktr.ee/rethinkingfertility SHOW NOTES & SOURCES Emma is not a doctor, and this episode is not medical advice. Talk with a qualified physician about your own care. Learn more about RRM (Rethinking Fertility has no affiliation with these organizations) • RRM Academy, free overviews of NaProTechnology, FEMM and NeoFertility: https://rrmacademy.org/guides • NaProTechnology: https://naprotechnology.com • FEMM: https://femmhealth.org • NeoFertility: https://neofertility.ie • International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine: https://rrmacademy.org/glossary/iirrm/ The evidence • Stanford, Parnell, Boyle. J Am Board Fam Med 2008 (1,072 couples; 52.8% adjusted cumulative live-birth rate over two years): https://www.jabfm.org/content/21/5/375 • Frank-Herrmann et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2017 (187 couples; 38% conceived): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28185073/ • Boyle et al. Frontiers in Medicine 2018 (women with prior failed IVF: 32% overall and 27% over age 40 had a live birth, followed up to 24 months): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6079215/ IVF success by age • SART National Summary Report, 2023 (live births per egg retrieval, patient's own eggs): https://www.sart.org/Publications_Overview Note: these figures are not a head-to-head trial. IVF figures are per egg retrieval; the RRM figures are from women who had already had IVF that did not result in a birth. PCOS • WHO, Polycystic ovary syndrome fact sheet: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/polycystic-ovary-syndrome Rethinking Fertility, hosted by policy expert Emma Waters, equips families with honest, evidence‑based education on reproductive technology — grounded in science and a biblical understanding of what it means to be human in an age of limitless medical possibility. #RethinkingFertility #EmmaWaters #Fertility #Infertility #ReproductiveTechnology #ReproductiveHealth #familyplanning #IVF #FertilityIndustry #InfertilityJourney #RRM