#123 | Doctors Ignore This Free Fertility Boost—But It Could Change Your Chances of Getting Pregnant Overnight

Are you tracking ovulation, taking all the right supplements, but still not getting pregnant? Your nighttime scrolling habit might be quietly working against your fertility goals.

In this quick but powerful episode, Dr. Katie breaks down how blue light exposure before bed disrupts your hormones, blocks melatonin, and even lowers progesterone. You'll learn why this free fertility fix—optimizing your sleep routine—might be one of the most underrated tools for improving fertility, ovulation, and egg quality.

In this episode you'll discover...

-How blue light blocks melatonin, raises cortisol, and affects your fertility hormones

-Simple, free shifts to protect your sleep and improve your chances of getting pregnant

-Actionable bedtime hacks: from screen cut-off times to using red light and magnesium glycinate

Press play now to find out how changing your nighttime habits could improve your hormone health and bring you closer to the baby you’re dreaming of—without spending a dime.

Check out what blue-light blocking glasses I use at home.

Be sure to check out episode #121 to learn more about magnesium glycinate and sleep/fertility benefits.

⁠🌟Follow and connect with me on Instagram @the_wellness_pharmacist to fast-track your fertility so you can finally get and stay pregnant naturally!⁠

Finally Get Pregnant Naturally is your go-to TTC podcast for holistic fertility support to help you get pregnant naturally by addressing the root cause of unexplained infertility, secondary infertility, and recurrent miscarriage. Hosted by Dr. Katie Wood, a pharmacist and holistic fertility practitioner, this show offers natural fertility solutions for those on a fertility journey struggling to conceive, navigating miscarriage, or dealing with endometriosis, PCOS, low sperm count, or failed IUI or failed IVF. Whether you're trying to conceive, increase egg quality, optimizing sperm health, or healing after a miscarriage, each episode delivers practical guidance to support your fertility journey. Learn how to improve fertility, balance hormones, regulate your fertile window, and conceive naturally through root cause healing, emotional wellness, and mind-body tools—because true fertility starts from within.

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Episode Transcript

Katie (00:00):
Welcome to our Weekly Get Pregnant Now, quickie.
This is your bite sized fertility resetwhere we'll cover either one fertility
boosting supplement or nutrient, onesneaky fertility saboteur, or one quick
energetic release or mindset hack soyou can shift your body and energy
towards optimal fertility in less timethan it takes to scroll Instagram.

(00:23):
Let's go.
Welcome to the finally GetPregnant Naturally Podcast.
The podcast helping women identifythe real reasons you haven't
conceived or stayed pregnant, soyou and your partner can finally
grow the family of your dreams.
I'm your host, Dr.
Katie Wood.
Let's dive in, shall we?
Hello and welcome to the finally Get Pregnant Naturally podcast.

(00:46):
Today we're gonna be talking about avery common daily habit, a fertility
saboteur, which is going to be blue lightsand late night scrolling on your phone.
Now, I just wanna say.
No blame, no shame.
I think the majority of theworld is guilty of doing this.

(01:10):
I am even guilty of doingthis from time to time.
But I think when we have the knowledgeand the awareness of how this is
impacting your fertility, how beingexposed to blue light can be negatively
affecting your fertility, and it'sone small shift that you can make

(01:31):
that doesn't cost you anything.
Right?
So let's get real for a minute.
You have your phone, a lot of us areaddicted to our phones and sometimes it's
so easy to get sucked in to that endless.
Late night, scroll before bed.
Right?
Right.
We all know what I'm talking about.

(01:53):
Okay.
If you don't know what I'm talkingabout, please reach out to me and
let me know what your trick is.
Okay?
But.
What is happening is that blue light iscoming through our eyes and affecting the
chemistry that's going on in our brain,and it's going to have a downstream
effect on our hormones, including ourreproductive hormones, and one reason

(02:17):
why it's hard to break this habit.
It's hard to only scroll for 10minutes when 45 minutes to an hour
later, you're like, oh my gosh,I just wasted an hour of my time.
It's because we're getting a dopaminehit in our brain when we're scrolling
and looking at those reels and thosetiktoks and all of those things.
So at the end of the day, it's not juststealing your sleep, it's affecting

(02:42):
your hormones, which is affectingyour ovulation, and ultimately.
It can be very detrimental toyour ability to getting and
staying pregnant, and here's why.
So our body, your bodyruns on a circadian rhythm.
This is our natural sleep wakecycle ruled by light and darkness.

(03:06):
And at night when it's dark out,our body is supposed to release.
Melatonin a hormone that signalsto our body that it's time
to rest, repair and regulate.
But when we're either watching TV ordoing work late at night, or maybe
scrolling on your phone, right, it'smore than just late night scrolling.

(03:30):
It could actually be doing work on yourcomputer before you're going to sleep.
So pretty much most electronicsare going to emit blue light.
And when you're getting hit withthis blue light, it's telling
your brain artificially thatit's still daytime Stay alert.
This can release cortisol in the bodyand it's going to block melatonin

(03:53):
production, which low melatonin can.
Basically equate to poor sleep quality.
And here's the kicker, poor egg qualitytoo, because they have found melatonin
receptors on the ovaries, and melatoninis actually an antioxidant that can

(04:14):
support your eggs from oxidative stress.
So if you think about it, it's justalmost like this vicious cycle here,
and you know it doesn't stop there.
Blue light can also suppress your body'sability to make progesterone, which can
also affect ovulation, which can shortenyour luteal phase, and that's the exact
opposite of what you want to happen.

(04:36):
When you're trying to conceive,and then if you think about it, if
you're staying up late doing work,scrolling, watching tv and then even
when you do decide to go to bed.
Your body has basically shutdown melatonin production
and prioritized cortisol.
So then when you even do decide to getoff of your electronics, a lot of times

(05:00):
you might not actually be ready to go tosleep, and you might find it difficult to
fall asleep or even stay asleep, so that'saffecting the quality of your sleep.
And then in the morning.
You might be waking up feeling liketired and groggy, and that can affect
a whole other slew of things, right?
Your eating habits, your exercise habits,because you might find that you're less

(05:25):
motivated to do those things that youknow are good and healthy for you when
you're feeling tired and you're notfeeling rested and energized for the day.
So here's a couple oftips that you can take.
One thing that I had done a while back andI kept up with it, I found it so helpful.

(05:45):
I noticed such a shift in myoverall energy is come up with
a cutoff time in terms of whenyou're gonna be done with screens.
So it's recommended that you turn offall screens at least one hour before bed.
So what I was doing is I wouldbe off of my phone from 9:00 PM.

(06:05):
Then I also would not go back onmy phone until 9:00 AM So this
also includes getting on your phonebefore you do anything else in the
morning, like scrolling on yourphone in bed as well in the morning.
So pick a time, stick with it.
Ideally it's at least one hour beforebed that you wanna turn off electronics
if you find that you have to maybecatch up on work for a deadline, right?

(06:29):
That happens to me every once in a while.
Let's just be realistic.
Life happens.
If this is something that you knowyou're gonna be doing, or maybe you do
have younger kids at home and that'syour time to maybe like wind down
with your husband and you want to.
Watch a movie or something like that.

(06:49):
Use blue light blocking glasses, so atleast it's gonna be blocking the amount of
blue light coming into your eyes and thenaffecting, your hormones and all of that.
So I will actually share a link inthe show notes of the blue light
blocking glasses that I personally use.
Some other tips that you could do isbegin dimming the lights in your house.

(07:13):
After sunset.
So you could use lamps, candles, oryou could even use red light bulbs.
So if you have a lamp in your bedroom,you could put a red light bulb in
there and just utilize that insteadof the brighter lights at nighttime.
And creating a bedtime routine,so whatever feels good to you.

(07:35):
Maybe it's an Epsom salt bath ormaking like a lavender or chamomile
tea journaling, doing some gentlestretching, a meditation, or
just reading something as well.
I find that reading before bed.
Really helps settle my bodydown to wind down after the day.

(07:56):
And then here's a bonus tip youcould consider adding magnesium
glycinate to your nighttime routineto support deep, restful sleep,
and relax your nervous system.
If you wanna learn more aboutmagnesium glycinate, head over to
episode number 1 21 3 Sneaky HabitsBlocking Your Fertility and how to

(08:17):
shift them to get pregnant Naturally.
So all this to say, your futurebaby needs you to be rested.
Regulated and deeply restoredbecause when we sleep, that
is when our body is restoring.
It's repairing, it's regulating itself.
It is so important, and this issomething that you can do for free.

(08:41):
It doesn't cost anything.
And honestly, I think the majority ofthe clients that come into my world, if
they just worked on their sleep, like
they see such big changes andshifts in results in their health.
Their vitality and ofcourse in their fertility.
So here's your fertility, quickie recap.

(09:03):
Blue light equals hormone disruptor.
Okay.
I shared with you all of thosedifferent tips that you can do whether
it's turning off your phones anhour before bed or using blue light
blocking glasses, or the other tipsthat I shared, and just understanding
that sleep is your sacred hormone.

(09:23):
Reset time.
It is so important and nighttime andbedtime habits matter more than you think.
It's really gonna set you up for success.
So if you are serious about gettingpregnant, don't just focus all your
energy on tracking your ovulationand taking all the supplements you
wanna protect your bedtime as well.

(09:44):
It's one of the most overlooked fertilityupgrades and it's completely free.
Just a another reminder, rest is powerful.
Your hormones are going toreact to your habits and your
baby is closer than you think.
So thank you so much for listening.
I hope you have a great rest of your day,and I'll see you on Tuesday's episode.

(10:09):
Just a little quick disclaimer.
This podcast is for educational purposesonly and does not replace medical advice.
Please speak with your licensedprovider before beginning any new
health routines or supplements.