The Biomedical Naturopath

The Biomedical Naturopath Megan, a dedicated advocate for womens health. With 6yrs of academic study and 9yrs of clinical experience.

Megan draws on her comprehensive understanding of blood test results to understand the root cause and provide personalised science-backed solutions The Biomedical Naturopath is a naturopath based on the Gold Coast, QLD. Megan is a highly-skilled practitioner and brings an evidence based approach to holistic health. Megan is deeply passionate about helping women in a number of areas including women

's health, gut, pregnancy & post-partum issues, & mental health. Megan integrates pathology interpretation, dietary counselling, supplementation therapy, & herbal medicine to provide women a better understanding of their bodies and how to achieve hormonal harmony. Whilst based in Tallebudgera, The Biomedical Naturopath sees clients worldwide and Australia wide via Zoom & services areas on the Gold Coast such as, Elanora, Palm Beach, Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Currumbin Waters, & Varsity Lakes.

05/06/2026

Your bloods aren’t a mystery, you’ve just never had someone with the training I’ve had look at your results. That’s the difference. The information is there if you know to read it.

And then more importantly it’s what you need to take and do to move markers in the right way.

And that’s exactly what I live and breathe 🫶🏼 in the work I do.

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03/06/2026

My hormones were tested and everything’s normal.” I hear this every week. And every week I look at what was actually tested and find the gaps.

Here’s what a standard panel almost always misses 👇

✦ Free testosterone (not just total)
✦ DHEA-S — adrenal androgen, energy, libido
✦ Prolactin — disrupts ovulation and tanks progesterone
✦ SHBG — determines how much hormone is actually available
✦ FSH:LH ratio — classic PCOS pattern nobody looks at
✦ Progesterone — tested at the RIGHT time (7 days before period, not randomly)

“Normal results” from incomplete testing will have you going round and round in circles getting nowhere.

02/06/2026

12 months of trying. Normal standard bloods. “Unexplained infertility.” IVF being discussed.

Before you go there 👉🏼 here’s what I’d want to investigate first 👇

Endometriosis 👉🏼 even if you don’t have painful periods, many infertility clients can have silent endo

Full thyroid panel (not just TSH) — thyroid dysfunction is one of the most treatable causes of infertility. TSH ideally under 2 when TTC.

Bacterial vaginosis, endometritis, Ureaplasma = implantation failure. Almost never tested in standard workups.

Uterine microbiome (Screen Me in UK) 👉🏼 the bacterial environment inside the uterus directly affects implantation. Life-changing for women with repeated failed IVF cycles.

Vitamin D, active B12, folate, homocysteine, DHEA, zinc, iron — egg quality and implantation depend on these. Deficiencies are common and fixable.

Fasting insulin + HbA1c — insulin resistance impairs ovulation and egg quality even without obvious PCOS.

“Unexplained” often means under investigated

I love being a detective, let me help you be part of your fertility. Brings me so much joy being part of your journey.

Links in my bio to book ✨

01/06/2026

Her bloods looked like low progesterone, high oestrogen, and an elevated LH. She was going to be told she had a luteal phase defect.
She didn’t.

She had a 35-day cycle and did her bloods at ovulation 👉🏼 not in her luteal phase. Her oestrogen was surging. Her LH was peaking. Her progesterone was low because it hadn’t risen yet.

This is why knowing WHEN in your cycle you did the test matters so much more than the date you did it.

Day 21 only makes sense on a 28-day cycle where ovulation happened on day 14. Every woman’s cycle is different. And that context changes everything about how you read the results.

This is what I do 👉🏼I read your bloods in the context of you. Not just in the context of a reference range.

29/05/2026

The uterine microbiome is the fertility conversation almost nobody is having 👉🏼 but should be.

We used to think the uterus was sterile. It’s not. It has its own microbiome. And that microbiome directly affects implantation.

In recurrent implantation failure, disrupted uterine microbiomes are far more common than we realised.

THE TESTS:
Screen Me (uterine microbiome analysis) 🧐 maps the bacterial composition of the uterine lining
ALICE 👉🏼 detects chronic endometritis, a low-grade infection with no symptoms that significantly impairs implantation

These are available. They’re not standard. But for women with failed IVF cycles or unexplained implantation failure 😣 they are changing outcomes.

Save this and share it with someone navigating fertility challenges who hasn’t heard of this yet. 💙

28/05/2026

Fatigue. Skin issues. Hormonal chaos. Anxiety. Seeing multiple practitioners and getting nowhere.

What if they all have the same root cause?

An unhealthy gut drives 👇

→ Systemic inflammation → fatigue, brain fog, joint pain
→ Estrobolome disruption → oestrogen recirculation → hormonal chaos
→ Impaired serotonin production → anxiety, depression, mood instability
→ Skin inflammation → acne, eczema, rosacea
→ Poor nutrient absorption → everything downstream suffers

The gut is the most responsive organ in the body. I have seen profound transformations in women’s energy, skin, hormones and mood purely from addressing what’s happening in the gut.

If you’ve been chasing symptoms in isolation and getting nowhere 👉🏼 it might be time to look at your gut

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Treating gut issues and hormone issues as two separate problems? They’re not. Here’s how they connect 👇THE ESTROBOLOME —...
27/05/2026

Treating gut issues and hormone issues as two separate problems? They’re not. Here’s how they connect 👇

THE ESTROBOLOME — gut bacteria responsible for clearing oestrogen. When your microbiome is disrupted, oestrogen gets recirculated. Result: heavy periods, PMS, breast tenderness, mood swings, weight gain. From a gut problem.

SEROTONIN — 95% is produced in your gut. Gut inflammation = disrupted serotonin = anxiety, depression and mood disorders that look like mental health but are actually gut health.

THYROID CONVERSION — T4 to T3 conversion requires healthy gut bacteria. Dysbiosis impairs this conversion. Exhausted despite normal thyroid results? Check the gut.

Your gut is the foundation. Everything else sits on top of it.

Save this. The gut-hormone connection is one of the most underappreciated things in women’s health.

25/05/2026

Standard GI investigations look for structural problems 👉🏼 think polyps, ulcers, tumours, obvious inflammation. And when they don’t find those things, you’re told everything is fine. Might be IBS, or have more fibre or more Movicol to your daily routine.

But there is a whole category of gut dysfunction that doesn’t show up on a scope.

SIBO 👉🏼 small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Bacteria that should be in the large intestine migrating into the small intestine. Causes bloating, distension, gas, alternating constipation and diarrhoea, brain fog and fatigue. Diagnosed with a breath test 👉🏼 not a scope.

Intestinal permeability 👉🏼what people call leaky gut. The tight junctions between your gut cells break down, allowing particles to pass into the bloodstream and trigger an immune response. Causes systemic inflammation, food sensitivities, skin issues, joint pain and fatigue. Not visible on a scope.

Dysbiosis 👉🏼imbalance in the gut microbiome. Too much of the wrong bacteria, not enough of the right ones. Affects everything from mood to immunity to hormone clearance. Requires stool testing to identify.

Histamine intolerance. Parasites. Worms. Oxalate issues. Bile acid malabsorption. None of these show on a scope.

Comment GUT below and I’ll send you some information on working with me.

22/05/2026

Your period is giving you clinical information every single month. Most women have never been taught how to read it. Here’s your guide 👇

COLOUR
Bright red = healthy flow. Dark brown/black = older blood, often low progesterone or poor uterine circulation.

CLOTS
Occasional small clots = fine. Large clots (50c piece+) = high oestrogen, possible fibroids or adenomyosis.

TIMING
Under 24 days or over 35 days = ovulation issues. Late ovulation is incredibly common and often seen in women with PMOS. Short cycles are common in women not ovulating, ovulating early or can start to point towards perimenopause

DURATION
More than 7 days = not normal, regardless of what you’ve been told. High oestrogen, fibroids, clotting issues.

PAIN
Mild cramping = normal. Pain that needs medication or gets worse over time = endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids. Not just “bad periods.”

SPOTTING BEFORE YOUR PERIOD
More than 2 days before = almost always low progesterone. It’s common though to see spotting through the cycle with endometriosis

Save this. Screenshot it. Your period is data. Use it. 📌

18/05/2026

She had a failed IVF transfers. Couldn’t fall pregnant naturally. Then we did the work, the investigations, pulled apart her entire case.

We found Ureaplasma. Bacterial vaginosis. No good bacteria in her vaginal microbiome.

And then 🥹 on her off cycle, when they weren’t even trying 🫶🏼 she fell pregnant naturally. 👇

This client came to me preparing for her next frozen embryo transfer after a failed fresh cycle. She had endometriosis, years of gut symptoms, and was doing everything she could to make IVF work.

We ran a vaginal microbiome mapping test.

Here’s what we found:
✦ Ureaplasma — a bacterial infection directly linked to implantation failure and pregnancy loss. Almost never tested in standard IVF workups.
✦ Bacterial vaginosis
✦ Elevated vaginal pH
✦ Virtually no Lactobacillus — the protective bacteria the uterine environment needs for implantation

We treated the ureaplasma. We restored the vaginal microbiome. And then, pregnant.

Her body was capable of this the whole time. It just needed the right environment.

Unexplained infertility is so often unexplored infertility. The testing exists. The answers are there. You just need someone who is actually looking.

If you are looking for real fertility support, you can make a time to see me using the links in my bio 🧡

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