Who We Are

The Fertile Ground Story

We, Venisse and Gladys, have met aspiring mothers who have spent a great deal of time and resources trying different things to conceive based on information they may have learned from other women or research from various websites. The methods they have tried have caused them confusion and frustration.

Inspired to help women avoid this and with our belief that functional medicine can help aspiring mothers conceive, we started Fertile Ground. We believe that every woman who aspires to become pregnant must have access to credible information, efficient and effective means to conceive, and a safe space where you can feel vulnerable and open yet empowered.

ur ultimate desire is to create a fertile ground for women, giving you the highest chance to get pregnant through an evidence-based fertility roadmap, wide array of proper fertility approaches, and active community support.

Fertile Ground, by women, for women.

Meet the Doctors

Fertile Ground in-house doctor, Venisse Valdez, is an IFM Certified Functional Medicine physician and medical acupuncturist who understands that health is a dynamic practice.

She was a global social impact fellow at the MovingWorlds Institute. And her passion? Healing through mindfulness-based practices and advocating women’s roles in achieving a more just and sustainable world.She had worked with various aspiring moms and has been working hand-in-hand with them by providing them with a tailored holistic roadmap to support them in their journeys.One of her most successful patients is mom Tina who gave birth to beautiful twins with the help of functional medicine that drove holistic lifestyle changes in support of her fertility journey.

Fertile Ground in-house doctor, Gladys KayeReyes-Ramos, is a physician and medical acupuncturist who takes a major part in guiding aspiring moms to ace their fertility journeys through a more holistic approach.

She is currently completing a master’s degree program in health education and health communication at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland, and is passionate about healthy equity and strengthening preventive care through sustainable nutrition and behavior change.

She has always helped women push their holistic lifestyle changes to increase their chances of conceiving. She has guided and supported many successful aspiring mothers conceive by believing in functional medicine and making the lifestyle changes they need to become healthier.

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