Couple's Foundation Programme

Supporting You as a Couple

Fertility maybe a shared journey and supporting both partners allows us to take a more complete and thoughtful view of your health. By addressing the factors that influence both egg and sperm quality, as well as the wider internal environment, we create the space for meaningful, aligned preparation — helping you move forward feeling supported and considered at every stage.

Why a minimum of three months is important?

Where possible, I recommend allowing at least three months of dedicated preparation before trying to conceive or beginning assisted fertility treatment.

Sperm development takes approximately 70–90 days, meaning the quality of sperm used for conception or IVF may reflect the nutritional and lifestyle environment of the preceding months. Egg development is similarly influenced during the three months leading up to ovulation, as the follicular environment responds to hormonal balance, metabolic health, and nutrient availability.

Working within this window allows us to make steady, meaningful improvements to areas such as nutrient status, blood sugar regulation, inflammation, oxidative stress, and the health of the uterine environment — all of which play an important role in reproductive outcomes.

I work with a limited number of clients at any one time to ensure each couple receives considered, attentive guidance throughout their fertility journey

Why Working With a Couple Matters?

This preparatory phase is about more than achieving pregnancy. It is an opportunity to strengthen the foundations of your health, supporting not only conception and treatment outcomes, but also the wellbeing of the pregnancy and the long-term health of your baby. Just as importantly, it offers space to realign and restore your own health for the years ahead.

Research consistently shows that both the egg and sperm health influence fertilisation, embryo development, implantation, and long-term child health.

While fertility support often focuses primarily on the woman, male factor fertility contributes to approximately half of fertility challenges, and sperm health plays a critical role in pregnancy outcomes.

Supporting both partners allows key areas of health to be addressed together — including:

ovulation and menstrual cycle regularity
sperm count, motility, morphology, and DNA integrity/fragmentation
hormonal balance
metabolic and blood sugar stability
focusing on mitochondria health for both sperm and egg, so they have the energy to do their job!
nutrient availability for sperm health, ovulation and early pregnancy plus overall health
miscarriage history
the microbiome for both the male and female whether that be the gut, semen or uterine microbiome. They all count.
Other factors such as: sleep, medical history, lifestyle, stress levels

Recent stats show that men produce 59% less sperm than 50 years ago (2017 study by Hagai Levine, updated in 2022).

What is Included

Consultation

A comprehensive initial consultation: 90-120 minutes

Personalised Fertility Nutrition Plans

Bespoke to you/and your partner to support hormonal balance, ovulation, sperm health, egg quality, nutrient repletion, metabolic health (blood sugars and inflammation), and reproductive wellbeing — without restriction or overwhelm.

Food Plans and Recipe Handouts

These can be discussed together to help you engage with how certain foods can really make the difference.

Bespoke & Targeted Supplementation Guidance

Evidence-informed recommendations tailored specifically to your physiology. You will learn how each supplement can potentially help key areas of yours and your partners fertility health. These are discounted.

Functional Laboratory Testing Recommendations and Interpretation

Where appropriate, we may use targeted testing to provide a deeper insight into your health such as microbiome testing (gut, semen, uterine); adrenal stress testing; hormone testing, genetic testing; sperm DNA fragmentation, . (cost of tests charged separately)

Ad-hoc Contact

Short calls or messaging if needed, in between sessions (Mon-Fri)

Ongoing Support and Accountability

Six 1-2-1 sessions. First consultation 1 week after initial then follow-up consultations every two weeks allow us to keep you on track; reduce overwhelm by discussing different topics that can influence fertility; go through test results where appropriate; assess symptoms. Understand the mind body connection and be given emotional support as things arise. Adjustments are always made thoughtfully and strategically.

GP Contact

Referral Letters to GP or consultants at your clinic, where needed

Your Investment

3 MONTH Couples Fertility Programme – £1500

Payment plan of 3 monthly payments of £500

Every programme is thoughtfully personalised, because no two fertility journeys are the same.

Contact

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DR LEAH HECHTMAN