Dr. Kela Smith

If you’re preparing for IVF, you may feel like everything is happening fast—appointments, testing, medications, and so many big decisions all at once. In the middle of all of that, one important piece can easily get overlooked: preparing your body before treatment begins. Understanding how to prepare for IVF in the months before your cycle […]

If you’re trying to conceive, you may find yourself questioning everything in your routine—including your workouts. Exercise is usually considered healthy and supportive for overall wellness. But if you’ve been trying to get pregnant and wondering, “Can too much exercise affect fertility?”, you’re not alone. Many women—especially high-achieving, Type A personalities—are used to pushing themselves

If you are experiencing pregnancy after miscarriage anxiety, you are not overreacting, broken, or doing pregnancy “wrong.” For many women, getting pregnant again after a loss does not automatically bring peace. Even when scans look good, labs are normal, and everything appears reassuring on paper, your body may still feel on edge. You may find

If you’ve started tracking your temperature while trying to conceive, you may be wondering if you’re doing it correctly, whether your chart looks “normal,” or whether your body is trying to tell you something important. That kind of uncertainty can feel heavy, especially when you want clear answers and each cycle matters so much. The

If you’ve been trying to conceive and feel like you’re doing everything “right”… you are not alone. Many of the women and couples I support come to me after months, sometimes years of frustration. They’ve tracked their cycles, cleaned up their diet, and followed conventional advice, yet pregnancy still hasn’t happened. Here is what I

For many women, fertility tracking begins with one goal: identifying the fertile window. Most apps, ovulation strips, and wearables are designed to identify the 5–6 most fertile days of the cycle. And while timing intercourse correctly is important, it is only one part of the fertility equation. Clinically, one of the biggest missing pieces in

For many women, pregnancy and motherhood are framed as seasons where fatigue, brain fog, hair changes, weight shifts, and mood shifts are simply part of the experience, something to expect, tolerate, and push through.  Something that is labeled “aging”. But clinically, that narrative deserves to be challenged. Across preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum, and beyond, women