After four years of unexplained infertility that ultimately led to four children in the five years that followed, Roxanne and her husband Colin often reflect on how their family came to be. Looking back on each birth story, she carries a quiet sense of loss for what could have been. Her first and second deliveries — the latter twins — mirrored the conventional, sterile medical environments she had long trusted. Yet with the successful vaginal birth of her twins, she began to feel herself emerging from the “chrysalis” of Westernized women’s care. That transformation came full circle with the adoption of her fourth child — a birth story of a different kind that redefined her entirely, both as a woman and as a doctor, and awakened a new way of showing up in the world.
Dr. Roxanne Pero Bio
A triple board-certified OB/GYN and Functional Medicine physician, Dr. Roxanne Pero
integrates holistic and Western approaches to women’s health. After overcoming her own
reproductive and fertility struggles, she now helps women optimize their whole-body wellness at Alive & Well Health in Dallas, TX. She is loves to learn, laugh and spend chaotic but joful time with her children Gideon (10), Lucie and Hugo (ages 8), Ella (age 4), her husband Colin and their sweet pup Zoe. She has been a medical advisor for Inito Fertility for the last 3 years.
Resources
- Connect with Dr. Pero on instagram: @drroxannepero or work with her via www.aliveandwell.health
- Inito Fertility Monitor
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
- Expecting better – Emily Oster
- Lucie’s List
- Facebook pages for Twins
Inito
This episode is sponsored by Inito. Inito is the only at-home fertility monitor that tracks four key hormones (Estrogen, LH , PdG, and FSH) on a single test strip and provides lab-grade insights in just 10 minutes. Unlike other ovulation kits that only give you 1-2 fertile days, Inito tracks your full 6-day fertile window and doesn’t just predict ovulation, it confirms it, which is essential information when trying to conceive or understand your hormone health. Instead of piecing together fragments of information, it offers a full, clear picture of hormone health. With 96% accuracy, Inito offers the reliability of a blood test, minus the inconvenience and the expense.
I’ve had the chance to personally use Inito and was amazed at the user experience of the app—you enter in your last period date and from there the app guides you through exactly what to do and even sends a notification when it’s time to test.
The kit comes with everything you need to collect a urine sample and the Inito connects to your phone’s camera to read the test—there’s no squinting and guesswork—just easy to read results and clear directions when you are in that fertile window and when you ovulate.
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