But what do you like to look for beyond just kind of the conventional testing that can help us understand a little bit more about what's going on beneath the surface when it comes to fertility?

Sure.

Well, I like to look at the person as a whole.

I look at their symptoms.

I look at not just what their basic blood labs are saying, but I like to look at the whole picture.

And one thing to point out is when we're looking at conventional medicine labs, they are looking at a very small parameter for what's normal.

And they're usually looking for, are you a candidate for IVF? And so I'm looking at, are you a candidate to heal and figure out why you're not getting pregnant in the first place? Let's fix that piece.

Like A, the you know kind of why it's become this big hot topic now and be if and how you think it can be helpful when people are you know struggling with their hormones

probably hurt her it is totally it's totally fine

um but yeah we knew we wanted to grow our family and so um I got pregnant for a second time and everything seemed to go as planned um The only thing we were worried about, obviously, is preeclampsia again.

And so at my routine anatomy scan that happens around 18 to 20 weeks, we found out that our son, who we named Brooks, had several fatal fetal anomalies.

And so at that time, we saw maternal fetal medicine, and we also saw a pediatric cardiologist.

And essentially were told that there was nothing that they could do, that this was not an operable condition.

The worst that they had seen and also just the constellation of findings with Brooks's heart defect were just not something they had ever seen before.

So with that, my MFM provider basically was like, I'm really sorry, but there's nothing we can do for you in the state of Idaho any longer.

on top of that you're then told you can't get the care that you need in idaho so walk us through what that was like to have to go out of state to get this health care that you needed

Kayla and Christina, can you maybe introduce yourselves, tell us a little bit more about your business and how it all

started? My Lending Co is our business and we started in March last year.

So it's not actually quite 18 months.

We had no choice but to hit the ground running, which has been just wonderful.

We're super proud of all the things that we've learned, all the different lenders we've dealt with, all the different, probably all the relationships we've made actually in the last 18 months.

I love that.

I go to something now that I went to before being a broker, sussing it all out, thinking, is this something we want to do? And now they're all coming up to me and saying, hi, it's just, and that's a hundred people in a room.

I started

And I wanted to maybe take this opportunity to now turn to Kayla to talk about a case in Connecticut that has some similar issues, some parallels, green hushing as well, to talk about the Reynolds case, Kayla.

Yeah, sure.

So back in 2022, which is crazy that it was four years ago, we brought a case against Reynolds consumer products and for a product known as their hefty recycling bags.

complaint alleges that this was a product that was put onto the marketplace circa 2017 and the product is as advertised as we legend the complaint it's a product that it directs consumers to take their otherwise good recyclables like milk jugs and cardboard and aluminum seltzer cans put them into this particular recycling bag that has as we legend the complaint that has labeling on the box of bags that says perfect for all of your recycling needs it has a blue pictogram of a blue recycling truck with the recyclable symbol on it.

And so the packaging and then all of the associated advertising material, it directs consumers, like I said, to do this, to take their good recyclables, put them into this bag, tie it up, put it into their blue bin for curbside collection in Connecticut.

The problem is in Connecticut, that plastic bag, it's a plastic bag, and all of the otherwise good recyclables are not recycled at any Connecticut materials recovery facility.

So it's a MRF, an MRF.

This is an area where you've kind of created a group and provided comments on the Green Guides.

Yeah.

I'm not a runner, so I started running.

Um, I did two 10Ks and a 5K, like, within the last month of prepping for this, and then breathing techniques.

And what are your thoughts on this being, like, an outdoor venue here in New York City?

Um, I really like it, 'cause you got the fresh air.

It's a little windy, which is good, and the water sprinklers are, like, a lifesaver.

Yes, for sure.

Was that a difficult process to come up with your, your whole framework there, your system, and to find people that would do the certifications?

Yeah, I mean, it was a little difficult in the beginning, but I had a vision in my head of what I wanted to create, and it came out of looking for something that I couldn't find.

And so I tried to find a fertility certification program for myself, and it just wasn't there.

So I started taking all the information that I had gained.

I had been a personal trainer for 10 years, so I was kind of in the health space, but not in fertility.

And so I took that, what I knew from that, and then I just started digging into research.

I actually went to the library and was, like, studying, okay, how do we, you know, what do we need to do to help heal infertility, and what foods do we need to eat? And so I just pieced together this program with the certification course.

... social media platform?

... identity shifts you had to embrace, and how did you start to get yourself to that level when you maybe didn't believe it at first?

Yeah.

Well, a couple of things.

Well, when I first started, I had never done a live video.

I mean, I started my practice in 2018, and lives weren't really a thing.

And I know I don't seem like it, but I am an introvert, and so I was very nervous at first.

So I really had to teach myself how it wasn't about me, it was about the person I was trying to help, and, like, get over yourself and just g- be visible and be out there and share your truth.

... entrepreneur day look like for you?

What are we doing for Small Business Month?

Yeah, so at First Wine Bank, we love to celebrate our small businesses, especially during the month of May, which is Small Business Month.

And with that, we like to recognize that small businesses play a crucial role in supporting our local communities and local economy.

So with that, we have our Open for Business series that we're highlighting Ko Aloha.

And with that, we've been able to really meet with them and hear their stories and journeys that they've taken to get to where they are today, whether they're just starting off or they maybe are continuing on with family generations.

Talk to me about the giveaway that you folks are doing with First Point Bank.

Yeah, we're super excited to partner with High Now Daily on a giveaway on Instagram.

All folks need to do is simply go like and tag two friends on the post and they'll be entered to win a chance for a gift card here in front of us.