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Every choice you make today, what you eat, how you rest, how you handle stress, is already shaping your fertility. Eggs and sperm mature over about 90–120 days, so this season is the perfect time to nourish your body for conception.

Your hormones aren’t working against you — they’re guiding you. This blog unpacks the four phases of your cycle, how hormonal changes affect your mood, sleep, and focus, and simple ways to bring balance back through nourishment, rest, and awareness.