If you’ve used Clomid, or are considering it, this is the part no one talks about:
how to support your body before and after the medication, so your hormones, minerals, and cycles stay resilient.

Because while Clomid can help trigger ovulation, it doesn’t address why ovulation wasn’t happening consistently in the first place. And if your body was already struggling with mineral depletion, thyroid imbalances, or blood sugar swings, those same issues will still be there after the medication stops.

Let’s talk about how to help your body feel nourished and balanced through it all.

Step 1: Rebuild Mineral Reserves

Clomid can shift minerals like magnesium, zinc, copper, sodium, and potassium, leaving you more depleted and hormonally imbalanced after treatment. Rebuilding these minerals helps your body restore energy, regulate ovulation, and support progesterone production naturally.

How to start:

• Add a daily adrenal mocktail with coconut water (4oz), 1/4 tsp sea salt, and a squeeze of citrus for potassium and sodium.
• Focus on zinc-rich foods (beef, pumpkin seeds, oysters) and magnesium sources (avocado, leafy greens, or magnesium glycinate).
• Keep calcium in balance with magnesium to prevent muscle tension, PMS, and disrupted cycles.

If you’ve already done Clomid and your cycles feel irregular, low minerals are often part of the reason.

Step 2: Support Bile Flow and Liver Detox

Clomid’s impact on estrogen signaling can make your liver work overtime. Supporting bile flow helps your body process excess hormones and mobilize copper, which often gets stuck when estrogen balance is off.

Try:

• Bitter foods like arugula, dandelion greens, or fennel before meals
• A small amount of lemon or apple cider vinegar in water before eating (drink with a straw to protect your teeth)
• Regular bowel movements (fiber + hydration!) to keep detox pathways open

Think of your liver as your hormone traffic controller: if it’s sluggish, your hormones can’t communicate clearly.

Step 3: Focus on Gut Health

Your gut helps metabolize hormones and regulate estrogen levels through the estrobolome, the bacteria that influence estrogen recycling. When estrogen receptors are blocked (like with Clomid), the gut often feels the impact too.

Support it with:

• Whole-food fiber (chia, squash, apples, cooked veggies)
• Gentle digestive support (bitters, enzymes, or chew 1 tsp fennel seeds with meals)
• Avoiding extremes: over-cleansing or over-restricting can make things worse

Step 4: Regulate the Nervous System

Many women feel emotionally depleted or anxious after Clomid, that’s not just hormones, it’s your nervous system trying to recalibrate. Stress hormones and sex hormones share precursors, so when cortisol stays high, ovulation and luteal function can struggle.

Simple practices:

• Ground yourself in morning light (5–10 minutes outdoors)
• Deep belly breathing before meals to activate your parasympathetic system
• Prioritize rest: even short afternoon breaks help reset your HPA axis.

Your body can’t heal in survival mode. It needs safety, nourishment, and consistency.

Step 5: Re-Regulate Your Cycle

If your LH and FSH are still elevated or your cycles feel irregular after Clomid, it’s your body’s way of asking for more stability, not more stimulation. This is when it’s time to rebuild rhythm.

How to help your cycle reset:

• Keep nourishing meals coming every 4-5 hours. Consistent fuel helps your brain and ovaries communicate again.
• Stay mineralized: magnesium, potassium, zinc, and sodium support pituitary feedback.
• Prioritize sleep and morning light to restore circadian hormone signaling.
• Track ovulation (temps or cervical mucus) to watch your rhythm return. Most women re-regulate within 2–3 cycles once foundations are in place.

Your body isn’t broken, it just needs minerals, nourishment, and nervous system safety to find its natural rhythm again.

Step 6: Rethink “Next Steps”

If you didn’t conceive with Clomid, it doesn’t mean your body can’t. It means your body might need more foundational support. Addressing minerals, bile flow, thyroid, and stress now can make a future cycle (natural or medicated) far more successful.

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for fertility is slow down, replete, and rebuild.

If you missed part 1 and 2 of this series read them here and here!

If you are looking for more resources about how to work on your minerals, gut, stress, and nourishment, then see below!

• Mineral Guide
• Nervous system 101 podcast episode
• Nourishing meal guide
• Gut health 101

reminder: i’m currently accepting people into my Nurture Your Fertility program. you can learn more here about the program and fill out an application!