Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast

By Lindsey Lusson

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Welcome to the Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast! Here we discuss the challenging, rewarding, and life changing process of recovering your period and finding freedom with food and exercise. Whether you’re hoping to regain your cycle and get your health on track or you're ready to become a momma- this podcast is for you. While the recovery process isn't always rainbows and butterflies, it’s my hope to bring you both information and inspiration during your own recovery journey. I’m your host, Registered Dietitian and fellow HA woman Lindsey Lusson.

Episode Date
Episode 97: From HA to Healthy Pregnancy: How a Touring Musician Got Her Period Back Naturally
Dec 03, 2025
Episode 96: She Got Pregnant on Her 1st Ovulation… After Thinking Recovery “Would Never Work”
Nov 20, 2025
Ep 95: Stress, Missing Periods & Your Long-Term Health: Understanding HA with Dr. Chrisandra Shufelt of Mayo Clinic
Nov 05, 2025
Ep 94: From Olympic Trials to Missing Periods: Taylor’s Fertility Wake-Up Call
Oct 21, 2025
Ep 93: The Top Functional Tests for your Fertility Part 3: the DUTCH Test
Sep 21, 2025
Ep 92: 🎙️ The Top Functional Tests for your Fertility Part 2: GI MAP
Sep 07, 2025
Ep 91: The Top Functional Tests for your Fertility Part 1: HTMA
Aug 24, 2025
Ep 90: 5 Red Flags That Your Cycle Isn’t Actually Healthy (Even If You’re Bleeding)
Aug 10, 2025
Ep 89: Unexplained Infertility: What Your Doctor’s Missing
Jul 27, 2025
Ep 88: 10 Mistakes that are Keeping you Stuck in Period Recovery
Jul 13, 2025
Ep 87: From “Early Menopause” to Pregnant: The Power of Slowing Down
Jun 29, 2025
Ep 86: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Carbs and Fertility
Jun 15, 2025
Ep 85: Why Healthy, Type-A Women Struggle to Get Pregnant—and What to Do Instead
Jun 01, 2025
Ep 84: Why Summer Is Actually the Best Time to Start Period Recovery
May 18, 2025
Ep 83: Listener Q&A: Cervical Mucus Confusion, Carb Timing for Ovulation & What to Do When Periods Return but You’re Still Not Ovulating
May 04, 2025
Ep 82: No period to Pregnant in 3 months and Trusting your intuition about IVF
Apr 20, 2025
Ep 81: Nutrition for IVF Simplified
Apr 06, 2025
EP 80: How Long Will It Take To Get Your Period Back?
Mar 23, 2025
EP 79: Stress, Blood Sugar Balance, and Your Fertility
Mar 09, 2025
EP 78: Saving $15,000 by Getting Your Period Back Naturally
Feb 23, 2025
EP 77: From Denial to Recovery to Pregnant! The Benefit of Period Recovery Before Fertility Treatment
Feb 09, 2025
Ep 76: Why you don’t have to be underweight for your fertility to be compromised with Dr. Gaudiani
Jan 19, 2025
Ep 75: Your Listener Questions Answered
Jan 05, 2025
Ep 74: HA or PCOS? You may not know, and it may not matter
Dec 22, 2024
Ep 73: Natural pregnancy after a year of TTC with no period
Dec 08, 2024
Ep 72: Is it Binging or Prolonged Restriction? Overcoming BED w/Michelle Yates
Nov 24, 2024
Ep 71: Nourishing Your Body for IVF Success
Nov 10, 2024
Ep 70: How long does it REALLY take to heal your relationship with food and fitness?
Oct 27, 2024
Ep 69: Your Listener Questions Answered!
Oct 13, 2024
Ep 68: You don't need IVF to get pregnant, you need to get your period back
Sep 29, 2024
Ep 67: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health with Everest Goldstein
Sep 15, 2024
Ep 66: Natural pregnancy at age 38 and finding your “why” for real recovery
Sep 01, 2024
Ep 65: Is your relationship with exercise healthy? Peeling back the layers of exercise addiction with Caroline Shermer
Aug 18, 2024
Ep 64: Natural Pregnancy after 3 years of IVF
Aug 04, 2024
Ep 63: The importance of proper testing for understanding your hormone health and fertility
Jul 21, 2024
Ep 62: Your wedding or your fertility? Why now is the time to focus on period recovery
Jul 07, 2024
Ep 61: When, where and how should we start screening for HA?
Jun 23, 2024
Ep 60: Addiction, Denial, and Fixing Irregular Periods to Finally get Pregnant
Jun 09, 2024
Ep 59: How to effectively transition off birth control + Your listener questions
May 26, 2024
Ep 58: Marathon runner to momma: Healing from disordered eating and miscarriage trauma
May 12, 2024
Ep 57: Root Causes of Period Loss and Infertility
Apr 29, 2024
Ep 56: Understanding Labs with HA
Apr 14, 2024
Ep 55: Overcoming denial about your habits and finally making changes to support fertility
Mar 31, 2024
Ep 54: Cycle syncing your workouts with Courtney Babilya
Mar 17, 2024
Ep 53: Pressing pause on IVF and getting pregnant naturally 3 months later
Mar 03, 2024
Ep 52 Ask the REI: How Should we Approach Getting Pregnant with HA?
Feb 18, 2024
Ep 51: Going from No Period to Pregnant in 8 Weeks
Feb 04, 2024
Ep 50: Bridging the Gap in Practitioner Care for Period Recovery
Jan 21, 2024
Ep 49: Recovery Reflections 7 years later
Jan 07, 2024
Ep 48: PCOS and HA? Navigating nutrition when you have both
Dec 20, 2023
Ep 47: Pushing past the discomfort of weight gain to finally recover
Dec 03, 2023
Ep 46: Body Image, Period Loss as a Runner, and Holiday Eating tips with Abbie Attwood
Nov 19, 2023
Ep 45: How this runner recovered her period in just 8 weeks
Nov 05, 2023
Ep 44: What to look for in a prenatal vitamin with FullWell founder Ayla Barmmer
Oct 15, 2023
Ep 43: Setting a realistic recovery timeline
Oct 01, 2023
Ep 42: Skipping Clomid and giving natural pregnancy a shot
Sep 17, 2023
Ep 41: Sleep, Unexplained Infertility, and the Drawbacks of IVF
Sep 03, 2023
Ep 40: Getting Pregnant before your first recovery period
Aug 20, 2023
Ep 39: What happens if you don’t recover your period
Aug 06, 2023
Ep 38: All about Progesterone
Jul 16, 2023
Ep 37: When will I get my period back postpartum?
Jul 02, 2023
Ep 36: Hitting rock bottom with exercise addiction and relearning a healthy relationship with food and fitness
Jun 18, 2023
Ep 35: Overcoming Comparison and Period Recovery with an Active Job
Jun 04, 2023
Ep 34: Defining Exercise Addiction
May 21, 2023
Ep 33: Improving anxiety, Healing digestive issues, and overcoming Orthorexia
May 07, 2023
Ep 32: Dieting at as a child, PCOS Misdiagnosis, and HA recovery when fertility isn't a goal
Apr 23, 2023
Ep 31: All you ever wanted to know about Breastfeeding
Apr 09, 2023
Ep 30: Amenorrhea for 10 years, Why dietitians need dietitians, and finding the the gaps in your recovery plan
Mar 26, 2023
Ep 29: Period loss as a college athlete, getting your period back while training, and improving performance by having a regular cycle
Mar 12, 2023
Ep 3: Functional Medicine and HA
Mar 08, 2023
Ep 28: Healing from Eating Disorders and Disordered eating with Natalie Rose, MPysch RP
Feb 26, 2023
Ep 27: Getting Pregnant while Breastfeeding, Having 4 under 4, and Overcoming exercise addiction
Feb 19, 2023
Ep 26: Shutting down Diet Culture, Reversing HA, and Becoming a Mom
Jan 29, 2023
Ep 25: Intuitive Eating During Pregnancy
Nov 20, 2022
Ep 24: Natural Pregnancy after Failed Fertility Treatment
Nov 06, 2022
Ep 23: How to Become an Intuitive Eater
Oct 14, 2022
Ep 22: Period Recovery Reflections from a Medical Doctor
Sep 30, 2022
Ep 21: Functional Nutrition and Your Fertility
Sep 11, 2022
Ep 20: Can I Ovulate without a Period?
Aug 28, 2022
Ep 19: When your PCOS turns out to be HA
Aug 14, 2022
Ep 18: From IVF to Natural Pregnancy
Jul 31, 2022
Ep 17: Healing HA with the Period Nutritionist
Jul 17, 2022
Ep 16: CrossFit Culture and Overcoming Anovulatory Cycles
Jul 03, 2022
Ep 15: How your Partner can Support You during Recovery
Jun 19, 2022
Ep 14: Disordered Eating and Digestive Issues
Jun 12, 2022
Ep 13: Period Recovery as a Personal Trainer
May 29, 2022
Ep 12: Do I have HA or PCOS?
May 15, 2022
Ep 11: Primary Amenorrhea and Getting Pregnant Naturally
May 01, 2022
Ep 10: 5 Signs you're on track for getting your period back
Apr 25, 2022
Ep 9: Binge Eating and Period Loss
Apr 20, 2022
Ep 8: Period Recovery as a Newlywed
Apr 08, 2022
Ep 7: Keeping your Period as a Runner
Mar 28, 2022
Ep 6: Clothing Sizes and Period Loss at a higher BMI
Mar 21, 2022
Ep 5: "No Period Now What" Author Dr. Nicola Sykes
Mar 06, 2022
Ep 4: Infertility, Surrogacy, and Food Freedom
Feb 27, 2022
Ep 2: Period Loss and Infertility as a Pro Athlete
Jan 30, 2022
Ep 1: My Recovery Story
Jan 18, 2022