Cycle Wisdom: Women's Health & Fertility

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You have cleaned up your diet, eliminated alcohol, stopped the pill, started exercising, and improved your sleep, yet something still feels off with your cycles. What is sitting on your bathroom shelf may be part of the answer. Common over-the-counter and prescription medications can interfere with ovulation quality, cervical mucus, and the hormone signals your cycle depends on.
In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur, DO walks through the most common medication categories that can sidetrack your progress, and what better options may exist. Through Harper's story, a 32-year-old whose daily ibuprofen and nightly antihistamine were creating a charting picture that looked like a hormone problem, you will see how a simple medication review changed her cycles within two months.
You will learn:
How NSAIDs like ibuprofen can block follicle rupture, and when it is safe to use them
Why antihistamines and vitamin C can dry up cervical mucus and shorten your fertile window
Which prescription categories, including SSRIs, antipsychotics, and spironolactone, deserve a conversation with your provider before conception
If your cycles still feel off despite doing everything right, this episode will help you look in a place most evaluations skip. Learn more or schedule a free discovery call at radiantclinic.com.

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"Your eggs are getting older." "Your biological clock is ticking." "Your egg quality is declining." Most women pursuing fertility evaluation have heard some version of this, and almost none of them have been told what it actually means or what they can do about it.
In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur, DO reframes the egg quality conversation entirely. Your eggs are not perishable goods with an expiration date. The egg itself cannot be changed — but the biological environment in which it matures absolutely can. And that environment, shaped by mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, metabolic health, and nutrition, is responsive to targeted intervention in the 90 days before conception.
Through Naomi's story, a patient who had failed two IVF cycles and been offered donor eggs, you will see what a complete metabolic and nutritional evaluation reveals that a standard workup misses, and what a specific optimization protocol can change.
You will learn:
Why mitochondrial function, not the egg itself, is what drives chromosomal errors and poor embryo development, and what you can do to support it
What coenzyme Q10, N-acetylcysteine, vitamin D, and an anti-inflammatory diet actually do for developing follicles, and why the 90-day window matters
Why insulin resistance, low DHEA, and vitamin deficiencies are among the most commonly missed contributors to poor egg quality,  and how identifying them changes the approach
If you have been told your egg quality is declining and offered no path forward beyond higher stimulation or donor eggs — this episode is for you. Learn more or schedule a free discovery call at radiantclinic.com.

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A single lab result is sending women in their 20s and 30s into a fertility panic — and directing them straight into the egg-freezing consultation rooms of clinics that profit from their fear. AMH, or anti-Müllerian hormone, is one of the most commercially marketed fertility tests available. And its implications are being consistently misrepresented to millions of women.
In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur, DO sets the record straight on what AMH actually measures, what it does not predict, and why egg freezing should never be the reflexive first response to a low result. Through Isabelle's story — a 29-year-old who came to us convinced she was running out of time after an at-home test flagged her AMH as low — you will see how accurate clinical context changes everything.
You will learn:
What AMH actually measures and what it does not — including why a 2013 landmark study found that low AMH in women under 35 with regular cycles did not reduce natural conception rates over 12 months
The real data on egg freezing success rates — and why the conversation most clinics are having with women is incomplete
What a complete ovarian reserve evaluation actually looks like and what treatment options exist for women with genuinely low AMH
If a low AMH result has sent you into panic mode — this episode will give you the accurate clinical context you deserved from the beginning. Learn more or schedule a free discovery call at radiantclinic.com.

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Normal count. Normal motility. Normal morphology. And still no pregnancy — cycle after cycle. What a standard semen analysis does not measure is the quality of the DNA inside those sperm. And that is a very different question with very different implications for treatment and outcomes.
In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur, DO walks through sperm DNA fragmentation — what it is, why it matters, how to test for it, and what actually works to improve it. Through Fiona and David's story — two early miscarriages, multiple normal semen analyses, and an answer that had been there all along but never tested for — you will see how a complete male factor evaluation changes everything.
You will learn:
What sperm DNA fragmentation is, why it is not captured on a standard semen analysis, and what the 2023 AUA and EAU guidelines say about it as a biomarker of male infertility
The most common modifiable drivers of elevated DNA fragmentation — including infection, varicocele, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and sleep deprivation
Why IVF and ICSI do not solve the problem — and why improving sperm DNA integrity before conception matters for both fertilization and miscarriage risk
If you or your partner have been told semen analysis is normal and the evaluation has stopped there — this episode will show you what the next step should be. Learn more or schedule a free discovery call at radiantclinic.com.

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MTHFR gene mutation is one of the most searched fertility topics online — and one of the most misunderstood. Some clinics treat it as a fertility emergency. Others dismiss it entirely. The truth lands in a much more nuanced place, and most women who receive a positive result are left without a clear explanation of what it actually means for them.
In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, we cut through the confusion and explains exactly what the MTHFR gene variant does, when it matters for fertility and pregnancy, and what downstream markers actually tell you about how your body is functioning. Through Amber's story — a patient who received two completely opposing opinions from two different doctors after two pregnancy losses — you will see how a complete clinical picture changes everything.
You will learn:
What MTHFR actually is, how common it is, and why finding a variant does not automatically explain a miscarriage
Why homocysteine levels — not the variant itself — are the key downstream marker that determines clinical action
Why methylfolate matters more than folic acid for women with MTHFR variants — and what to look for in your prenatal vitamin
If you have received an MTHFR result and do not know what to do with it — this episode will give you the clarity you deserve. Learn more or schedule a free discovery call at radiantclinic.com.