Root Cause Fertility Testing

At The Wellness Effect, we offer a revolutionary path to fertility—one that looks beyond symptoms and uncovers why your body may not be conceiving naturally.

Rather than jumping straight into medications or invasive procedures, we take a root-cause approach to understand what’s truly interfering with your ability to conceive. Fertility is not just about your reproductive organs—it's about your whole system: your gut, hormones, immune function, toxin load, stress response, and nutrient status. When any of these systems are out of balance, your body may naturally prioritize survival over reproduction.

We don’t mask the symptoms with hormones or push you through IVF as a first step. Instead, we investigate the deeper imbalances that could be preventing conception, such as:

• Hidden inflammation

• Hormonal dysfunction

• Gut microbiome imbalance

• Environmental toxin overload

• Food sensitivities and immune activation

• Nutrient deficiencies or methylation issues

• Chronic infections, including mold or tickborne illness

Using a blend of advanced functional testing and individualized care, we build a personalized fertility roadmap that supports your body’s natural ability to create life. Whether you're trying to conceive naturally, preparing for IVF, or healing from loss, we’re here to optimize your whole-body health so that fertility becomes the natural result—not the uphill battle.

✔ Insurance-Covered Labs

We’ll provide you with a lab slip for standard labs covered by your insurance, including:

Complete Blood Count with differential and platelets

Complete Metabolic Panel

Thyroid Panel: TSH, T4, Free T4, T3, Free T3, Reverse T3, TpoAb, Tgab

Iron Panel: Total Iron, TIBC, Iron Saturation, Ferritin

Lipid Panel: Total Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, Triglycerides, LDL/Cholesterol Ratio, ApoA1, ApoB

Inflammation Markers: C-Reactive Protein

Hormone Markers: IGF-1 with Z-Score, FSH, LH, Prolactin

Please Note: We offer a discounted cash-pay lab order platform for patients that do not have insurance coverage.

Functional Medicine Fertility Root Cause Testing Bundle (Out of Pocket)

This powerful at-home testing bundle identifies hidden barriers to fertility—many of which go undetected in conventional care.

Please note, this bundle is required to undergo root-cause functional fertility care. This bundle cannot be modified.

Price: $5000.00 (This bundles saves you a total of $1859.00 off of retail pricing for testing)

TEST BUNDLE COMPONENTS

PFAS Chemicals (Urine)

Identifies "forever chemicals" that interfere with fertility and hormone function. even at low levels, PFAS chemicals can disrupt estrogen and progesterone balance, delay or suppress ovulation, reduce egg and sperm quality, shorten or cause irregularities of the menstrual cycle, interfere with embryo implantation, increase risk of miscarriage, preeclampsia, low birth weight, and preterm birth, and contribute to thyroid dysfunction, which is crucial for conception and pregnancy. PFAS are also linked to impaired IVF success rates and lower ovarian reserve (AMH) in women.

Toxin Genetics (Saliva)

Analyzes how well your body detoxifies the hormone disrupting pesticides, mold, and environmental toxins. Every day, we’re exposed to toxins through air, water, food, plastics, personal care products, and household materials. If your body can’t eliminate these toxins efficiently, they can build up and disrupt estrogen /progesterone/ testosterone levels, contribute to egg and sperm damage through oxidative stress, interfere with thyroid function (which is essential for ovulation and pregnancy), trigger autoimmune reactions that affect reproductive organs, and increase risk of miscarriage, endometriosis, and PCOS symptoms.

Gut Zoomer (Stool)

Detects leaky gut, dysbiosis, and pathogens that affect estrogen metabolism and immunity. The gut plays a central role in fertility because it affects estrogen and hormone balance (via the estrobiome), thyroid conversion (important for ovulation and pregnancy), immune tolerance (reducing autoimmune attacks on reproductive tissues), inflammation (which impacts egg/sperm quality and implantation), nutrient absorption (critical for preconception and fetal development), and detoxification (clearing excess hormones and toxins). Even mild imbalances in gut health can create chronic, low-grade inflammation that makes conception more difficult.

Food Sensitivity Complete (Dried Blood Spot)

Identifies immune-triggering foods that can disrupt hormones. Many people don’t realize that hidden food sensitivities can create chronic inflammation and immune activation in the body—even without obvious digestive symptoms. This low-grade immune stress can silently interfere with hormones, egg and sperm quality, implantation, and pregnancy success.

Oxidative Stress Profile (Urine & Saliva)

Measures the balance of antioxidants vs. free radical damage—key for egg/sperm quality. Too much oxidative stress—caused by inflammation, toxins, infections, or poor diet—can silently damage your eggs, sperm, and embryos, lowering your chances of conception and increasing miscarriage risk. This test helps uncover whether your body is under oxidative strain and whether you have the antioxidant reserves to protect reproductive cells during this delicate process.

Mycotoxins (Urine)

Identifies mold toxins that impair fertility, mimic estrogen, and affect mitochondrial function. Mycotoxins are invisible to the naked eye but highly potent chemicals that can weaken your immune system, cause chronic inflammation, disrupt hormone balance, damage mitochondrial function (the energy centers in your cells), and trigger neurological symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, and mood changes.

Hormone Zoomer (Urine)

A detailed look at all sex hormones, metabolites, hormone pathways, estrogen methylation, key hormone ratios, adrenal function with diurnal patterns, hormone-disrupting chemical levels in the body, and bone health scores. Hormonal imbalances can cause irregular or absent ovulation, poor egg or sperm quality, endometrial lining that is too thin or not receptive, implantation failure or early miscarriage, low libido and fertility-related stress, and conditions like PCOS, thyroid disorders, adrenal fatigue, and estrogen dominance.

Heavy Metals (Urine)

Screens for toxic metals that can impair fertility.. Heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and aluminum are toxic environmental pollutants that can accumulate in your body over time. Even at low levels, these metals can seriously interfere with fertility by damaging reproductive cells, disrupting hormones, and triggering inflammation.

Methylation Panel (Blood Draw)

Reveals genetic and functional capacity for detox, hormone metabolism, and embryo support. Optimal methylation is non-negotiable for egg and sperm quality, balanced estrogen and progesterone levels, proper implantation and placental development, preventing miscarriage and birth defects (e.g. neural tube defects), reducing inflammation and autoimmunity, and supporting fetal DNA synthesis and cell division.

Tickborne Diseases 2.0 (Blood Draw)

Evaluates for Lyme and coinfections, which are often hidden contributors to chronic systemic inflammation, hormone imbalances, and reproductive issues. Hidden viruses can increase the risk of miscarriage and pregnancy complications via compromising egg quality, sperm function, and embryo viability through inflammatory damage. This panel can differentiate between never exposed, antibodies present, and chronic latent reactivated viruses.

NutriPro Panel (Blood Draw)

Measures intracellular nutrient levels, extracellular nutrient levels, and genetic predispositions that may be impacting nutrient status. Nutrients don’t just fuel your body—they drive the enzymes, hormones, and cellular functions involved in egg and sperm development, hormone production and detoxification, mitochondrial energy (essential for egg quality), DNA synthesis for embryo development, and healthy implantation and placenta formation.