Mold Detox, Series Therapy & chemical pregnancies Pt 1
In my preconception era, I’ve done a lot of different things to make sure my body was in the best shape it could be before considering even growing a human. Some people may think the 2 years I spent focused on this was over the top but when you take into consider how FULL our toxic buckets are these days, it makes sense to decrease the toxic burden as much as possible before entering in this stage when possible. I want my future babies to come with the best chance at achieving optimal health and for their bodies to be strong to keep their toxic burden from overflowing. Not experience health issues like I did.
I’ve done a ton of GI work, tackling bacterial imbalances and parasites, increasing intestinal integrity and diligently focusing on optimal digestion and absorption as well as building a strong nutritional foundation. I’ve worked on mineral balancing and heavy metal detoxing as well as optimizing cellular function with balanced mineral levels.
One thing I have yet to tackle was Fungal overgrowth. I think I just was kind of over healing tbh, I was just ready to focus on enjoying a healthy life and not thinking about what I needed to do next. I knew I had candida overgrowth (I did a stool test) but I just put it in the back of my mind.
I had a gut feeling I was being exposed to mold. I don’t know, i feel like mold just has a certain energy, that’s the best way I can describe it. Intuitively deep down I knew there was an exposure. I decided to do an OAT (Organic Acids Test) and a Mycotox panel. I think for peace of mind but also curiosity. I love trying new tests and seeing if I want to incorporate them into my practice and work with them. I consider it research! And I loveeeee data.
“Full transparency since you’re about to start TTC, there are high levels of concerning strains” was along the lines of what my practitioner sent me when she got my results.
I had 3 different strains of mold sky high in my body and my OAT test showed I also had mold colonization. What does that even mean?? It means the mold/candida/fungal overgrowth in my body was living and literally producing it’s own Mycotoxins. i didn’t even need the external mold exposure - my body was literally creating mycotoxins on its own.
Mycotoxins are the toxins that are produced by mold, and they cause a ton of issues, symptoms and are toxic to humans.
One of the strains I had super high was MPA, which is actually associated with miscarriages and pregnancy/birth issues. Since Mycotoxins can pass through the placenta to the baby, I decided as soon as I saw that to pause TTC - it was our first month actively trying and I was a little spooked by the results. Well what do you know….
Two days later I had a positive pregnancy test.
I was of course stressed about this (and happy!!) I knew that I had this overgrowth that definitely needed to be taken care of, that increases my risks of negative pregnancy outcomes and yet there wasn’t really anything I could do about it now since pregnancy is not the time for detoxing. The pregnancy unfortunately resulted in a chemical pregnancy, (a miscarriage before 6 weeks) This was devastating and confusing and I wasn’t sure if I should ignore the mold and keep trying or pause and take care of it. My head and my heart were saying different things but ultimately I decided to tackle the mold.
I am not saying that the mold caused the loss, actually most chemical pregnancies are due to a genetic abnormality , but I couldn’t ignore the possible connection and I knew it would be in the back of my mind if I didn’t address it. I’m young, healthy & not in a rush so it doesn’t hurt me to take a beat and go through this process. I want my baby to come when the time is right, I know I cannot rush this step. I have to trust in the timing of this and have FAITH in the fact that life unfolds how it’s meant to.
I’m using a combination of homeopathics and herbs as well as immediately removing the exposure - which is the most important part!! After I got these results and investigated, I learned my gut instincts were in fact correct and I’d been exposed to a decent amount of mold for a good chunk of time. I luckily don’t have symptoms - minus the occasional brain fog and some tinnitus (which has gone away since removing the exposure interestingly enough!) but I think if I continued on being exposed and had a full term pregnancy in that condition, I would have 10000% become symptomatic and had issues.
I want to share my experience with this mold detox and specifically with the DesBio SSR kits becuase I’ve looked alllll over and I can’t find much on this or on people’s experiences with these products or with their mold detox process in general.
I see a lot of people say they’ve been tackling mold for 1+ years and I just want to say:
If you have the right products and aren’t being re-exposed, a mold detox can absolutely be done and effective in 6-8 weeks. It doesn’t need to be a life long journey.
I’m going to be documenting my personal journey and experience as I navigate this step on my health journey and I can’t wait to get back to living my life and not thinking about any detox or protocol! Let’s gooooooo!
Part of my homeopathy protocol is this DesBio Comprehensive Detox Kit. I’m a week in and haven’t had any major reactions or herxing. Please note this is MY experience and my individual protocol based on my body, symptoms & results. None of what I share throughout this journey is medical advice and protocols should be done under the care of a practitioner.
SSR Kits start next week! Will most definitely share about those next.