Ep.213: The Fourth Trimester: The Missing Link in Secondary Infertility

About this episode

Dr. Jane and Dr. Elissa discuss how unresolved postpartum issues can contribute to secondary infertility.

If you’ve been trying to conceive for over a year and want this level of detective work on your case, apply to work with me and my team here: drjanelevesque.com/application . It takes about 5–7 minutes to complete. If we can help, we’ll invite you to a free Fertility Clarity Call with one of my team members. On that call, we’ll go through your story, see what’s been missed, and walk you through our simple 3‑step Clarify → Correct → Conceive process that’s helped over 70% of our clients finally bring home a healthy baby. Episode Summary In this episode, Dr. Elissa and I dive into secondary infertility through a lens almost no one is talking about: unresolved postpartum physiology. We unpack how depletion, gut and vaginal microbiome shifts, infections like Candida and Ureaplasma, hormone changes, and nervous system dysregulation after baby #1 can quietly block baby #2. You’ll hear a real client case, what their labs actually showed, and how to think about realistic recovery timelines before trying again. In this episode, you’ll learn: Secondary infertility is often an unresolved postpartum issue, not a fertility failure Being told your labs are "normal" does not mean your body is…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jane Levesque

Guest: Dr. Elissa

Topics covered

• secondary infertility
• postpartum physiology
• microbiome
• hormone changes
• recovery timelines

Keywords

• secondary infertility
• postpartum
• microbiome
• hormones
• recovery
• Candida
• Ureaplasma
• breastfeeding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: drjanelevesque.com

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