Well, hello, it's been a while hasn't hit?   For those of you that have listened to this podcast from the very beginning, it's been quite a gap. I'm sure for those of us that have caught up later. It may still be a gap and for that, I apologise.   What happened was I decided to take a break between season one and season two and that break was going to be about a month or maybe two months. That was April 2021. It was also around tht time that the UK was to some extent re opening.   I was able to open my clinic doors and see my clients on a face to face,  increase my online clients as house became empty at times again.  I  always had the intention of starting up again but in terms and work life balance, something had to give and it was, I'm afraid the podcast.    I've had lots of lovely messages from people asking where I am and if I'm okay and if I'm still working and yes, I am. I had just taken on a little bit too much.   But I'm back and I'm very excited. I've got great plans for lots of new episodes. So I hope you'll stay with me.    So in this episode, what I thought I'd do is catch you up on what's been happening  with clients and a couple of case studies. As I'm sure you're aware, I say  it's a game of two halves. Fertility issues are 50% female and  50% Male, I know the burden is  generally on the females but I had two clients that started seeing me around the same time and both had come and said that there was reasons they weren't getting pregnant. One had  irregular periods, with physical and emotional symptoms pre menstrually. One had a diagnosis of endometriosis.    What I did with both of these clients, as I always do, is in order  to get the full picture, took a full history and lifestyle of both partners and suggested that they got a sperm analysis for both male partners, which they did.  Within about a week of each other these tests came back and they were incredibly similar.  If you've listened to the podcast, you'll perhaps of heard me share that the WHO ( World World Health Organisation) guidelines for sperm analysis is that anything at or above 15 million is considered fertile. Anything below is considered to have some fertility issue. You'll also know from listening to me that I think we should be going well above that.    If you listened to Dr Sheryl Homa speak on the podcast you'll have heard her say that 15 million is not really optimal.   So,, both of them had sperm results that 0.03 million, significantly lower.  We discussed lifestyle factors and changes including antioxidants, we looked at supplementation, specific fertility supplementation and reducing inflammation but also his partner told me that he had really hot baths, which he had mentioned  at fertility consultations. And had been told that it wouldn't explain this this  very, very low result. And the only option was ICSI.   So we worked together and I said just for three months lets drop the hot baths. While taking the supplement he stopped them, but what proved difficult was the opinion of family and friends   things like your 'dad had hot baths and we had you, We've always had hot baths and it's not an issue for us. Getting together with friends and going to a spa he didn't get in the  hot tub, but friends said, it'll be OK.    So it brings to light this aspect doesn't it about people not being supportive of things both in the medical profession and also your social  circle. But anyway, they stuck to this and he didn't have hot baths for three months and he stuck to his supplement regime.  There was some hand reflexology moves that I'd provided by video in their coaching support, which  were being regularly every month that he was doing, or his partner was doing and after three months he has his semen tested and it went from  0.03 million to 30 million,  30 million! From  being told that he would have no chance of conceiving a child naturally, making these small lifestyle chang