Elizabeth Amos NP LLC

11/20/2025

🌿 Progesterone & Miscarriage: What You Should Know

Can progesterone supplementation help prevent miscarriage?
For many women, the answer is yes — in the right situations.

🧬 Progesterone is the “pro-gestation” hormone.
It stabilizes the uterine lining, supports early embryo development, and helps your body maintain a healthy early pregnancy. When progesterone levels are low — or when the body struggles to sustain them — the risk of early loss can increase.

Here’s what research shows:

✨ Women with recurrent pregnancy loss may benefit the most.
Studies show that progesterone supplementation can improve live birth rates, especially in women with a history of multiple miscarriages or early pregnancy bleeding.

✨ Progesterone can support implantation & early placental development.
It helps calm uterine contractions, modulates immune response, and creates the stable environment a developing embryo needs.

✨ It’s safe and well-tolerated.
Large reviews show progesterone does NOT increase birth defects or major complications.

✨ It’s individualized.
Not every miscarriage is caused by low progesterone — but for the women who do benefit, supplementation can be the missing piece that helps them carry a pregnancy successfully.

💛 Bottom Line

Progesterone won’t prevent every miscarriage, but for many women with early pregnancy bleeding, luteal phase defects, or multiple prior losses, supplementation can meaningfully increase the chance of a healthy pregnancy.

If you’ve experienced miscarriage, schedule with me to find out about testing, timing, and whether progesterone support could be right for you.

11/19/2025

Trying to conceive can feel overwhelming — but your body is designed for balance, and that’s exactly where functional medicine shines. Instead of applying a one-size-fits-all approach, it looks at you as a whole person and identifies the root causes that may be standing in the way of pregnancy.

🌿 Here’s how functional medicine supports fertility:

💛 Balances Hormones
Helps regulate cycles, optimize ovulation, and support progesterone + estrogen harmony.

💪 Improves Insulin Sensitivity
Stabilizes blood sugar, supports healthy ovulation, and reduces PCOS-related barriers.

🔥 Decreases Inflammation
A calmer, lower-inflammation environment is more supportive of conception and implantation.

🥗 Optimizes Nutrient Status
Ensures you have the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and healthy fats your body needs for healthy eggs and a thriving pregnancy.

🧴 Reduces Toxin Burden
Supports your detox pathways and minimizes environmental exposures that can impact hormones and fertility.

✨ And the best part?
Every plan is completely individualized. Your body, your labs, your history — your protocol.

11/18/2025

🌿 Let’s Talk About H. pylori — the Hidden Gut Infection 🌿

H. pylori is a common bacteria that can take up residence in your stomach lining — often without you even knowing it. It’s typically contracted through saliva, contaminated food or water, or close contact with an infected person.

Once inside, it can trigger heartburn, bloating, nausea, and even GERD-like symptoms by damaging the stomach’s natural protective layer and lowering stomach acid production.

☕ Coffee lovers, take note: caffeine and coffee acids can irritate the stomach lining and feed the inflammation H. pylori creates, worsening symptoms over time.

But here’s the good news — functional medicine offers natural tools for healing:
🌱 Green tea has catechins that help inhibit H. pylori growth.
🍒 Cranberry helps prevent the bacteria from adhering to the stomach wall.
🥦 Cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, kale, cabbage) contain sulforaphane, which can help the body naturally fight off H. pylori.

While conventional medicine often uses antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), these can disrupt your gut microbiome and reduce your natural stomach acid — often leading to recurrent infections, dysbiosis, and nutrient deficiencies.

✨ In functional medicine, we focus on restoring balance — supporting your gut’s natural defenses, rebuilding stomach acid, and reducing inflammation from the inside out.

Your gut can heal — you just have to give it the right environment. 💚

11/17/2025

Did you know that your reflux or bloating might actually start with a bacterial imbalance?
One of the most common culprits is H. pylori, a bacteria that lives in the stomach lining.

When H. pylori takes over, it decreases your stomach’s production of Betaine HCL — the acid you need to digest food properly.

💥 Here’s what happens next:

1. Low stomach acid → food isn’t broken down well.

2. Undigested food ferments, creating gas, bloating, and symptoms that look like GERD.

3. Fat digestion drops, especially healthy fats like omega-3s, which are naturally anti-inflammatory.

4. Inflammation rises throughout the gut and body.

5. The low-acid environment allows overgrowth of other bacteria, such as strep and staph, which can further irritate the gut and even contribute to mood changes through the gut-brain axis.

Functional medicine aims to find and treat the root cause, not just mask symptoms.
By identifying and treating H. pylori, restoring stomach acid, and rebalancing the microbiome, you can finally start to heal from chronic bloating, reflux, and inflammation.

✨ Your gut health affects every part of you — including your mood.

11/16/2025

I had a cancellation. 🥰💋

11/13/2025

11/12/2025

🌿 Why Methylated B Vitamins Matter in Your Prenatal 🌿

Not all prenatal vitamins are created equal — especially when it comes to B vitamins.

Many people have genetic variations (like MTHFR) that make it difficult to convert synthetic folic acid into its active form, methylfolate. Without this conversion, your body can’t properly use folate — a nutrient that’s essential for fertility, hormone balance, and fetal development.

✨ Why you want methylated Bs in your prenatal:

🧠 Supports baby’s brain and nervous system development

💪 Reduces risk of neural tube defects

💞 Optimizes methylation — crucial for hormone balance and detox pathways

🌱 Supports healthy egg and s***m quality

😴 Improves energy, mood, and resilience in pregnancy

💊 Look for:
✔️ Methylfolate (5-MTHF) instead of folic acid
✔️ Methylcobalamin (B12) instead of cyanocobalamin
✔️ A full B-complex to support the body’s natural methylation and energy production
✔️My fav brands are Thorne and Needed

Functional medicine takes it a step further — choosing nutrients your body can actually use. 🧬

🌸 Your prenatal should work as hard as you do to create a healthy foundation for life.

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👩‍⚕️ Elizabeth Amos, FNP-C, CNM, IFM-C
Helping women balance hormones, optimize fertility, and thrive through every season of life.
📍Serving patients in PA, FL, OR, OK, and KS
🌐 elizabethamosnp.com

11/11/2025

🌅 Adrenal Fatigue & Morning Protein: The First 30 Minutes Matter 🌿

If you’re struggling with fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, or feeling “wired but tired,” your adrenals may be crying out for support. In functional medicine, adrenal fatigue is often the result of chronic stress, blood sugar instability, disrupted circadian rhythm, and an inflamed gut.

👉 Here’s the key:
Your cortisol (stress hormone) should naturally rise in the morning to wake you up — but if you skip breakfast or start your day with coffee alone, cortisol stays elevated while blood sugar crashes. This creates a vicious cycle of stress on your adrenal glands.

🍳 The fix:
Eat 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking.
Protein helps:

Stabilize blood sugar and cortisol levels

Reduce mid-morning crashes and cravings

Support neurotransmitters for focus and calm

Nourish the adrenals and reset your circadian rhythm

🥚 Great options: eggs + avocado, protein smoothie with collagen + nut butter, or turkey sausage with greens.

Your first meal sets the tone for your hormones all day. Feed your adrenals first — your energy, mood, and metabolism will thank you. 💪✨

🔹 Functional Medicine Tip: Pair morning protein with natural light exposure and hydration (electrolytes + minerals) for a powerful adrenal reset.

11/10/2025

Finally! 🙌

11/10/2025

🌙 PCOS + Fasting: Timing Matters!

For women with PCOS, fasting can be a powerful tool to support insulin sensitivity, hormone balance, and inflammation — but timing is everything. ⏱️

💡 Here’s why you should only fast for longer periods during the luteal phase (after ovulation):

🩸 Your hormones shift: After ovulation, progesterone rises and insulin sensitivity naturally decreases. Strategic fasting here can help counteract that insulin resistance and stabilize blood sugar.

💪 Your body is more resilient: The luteal phase can handle mild metabolic stress (like fasting) better, supporting hormone balance without disrupting ovulation.

⚖️ Avoid fasting too long in the follicular phase: During the first half of your cycle, your body needs steady nourishment to support egg development and ovulation. Too much fasting here can throw off hormones and make cycles more irregular.

✨ Functional medicine approach: Before fasting prepare your body with nutrient-dense meals, adequate protein, minerals, and hydration. Be sure to break your fast with nourishing foods as well.

11/10/2025

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If you want to get the lab screening, schedule with me and we can optimize your health and longevity.

11/08/2025

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