Functional testing can identify causes of infertility. Nutrient deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, and toxin accumulation can temporarily hamper fertility, and targeted testing can identify the causes so you can reverse them.
Lab Testing for Infertility
Practitioners at Tao of Venus have specially selected key biomarkers for assessing many of the overlooked causes of infertility in both men and women. We also translate your results into a personalized action plan to optimize your overall hormonal health.
Fertility is related to hormone levels, inflammation, blood sugar balance, nutrient status, and more. The infertility panel includes the following components:
- The baseline health panel tells us important parameters about lipids, blood health, liver health, and methylation.
- Inflammatory/Omega/Blood Sugar Combo tells us what inflammatory contributors are affecting your fertility.
- Vitamin D is essential for optimal hormone status and overall health of parents and baby.
- Copper and Zinc are important hormone controllers and inflammation indicators that affect fertility.
- Ovarian Reserve markers are recommended for women over 30 years old.
- A comprehensive hormone panel such as the Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones® (DUTCH) Complete Panel OR the Comprehensive Salivary Hormones Panel is recommended. These comprehensive tests will tell us a lot about your estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, testosterone, and the DUTCH will additionally tell us detailed information about hormone metabolism and more about oxidative stress and melatonin levels. These all relate strongly to fertility.
The infertility panel is different than the standard tests ordered at a doctor’s office. See below for more detail on what makes the Tao of Venus panels the best choice for your health. We recommend purchasing a consult to understand results.
Infertility Test Panel
The following items are part of the Tao of Venus Infertility Test Panel. Some items are required and some are optional add-ons. Use the guide below to choose which items to add to your cart for your infertility panel. Your lab panel purchase includes a functional health report with health improvement plan and a lab biomarker guide. If you’re unsure of what to purchase, consulting with us is always a good idea.
Guide to Purchasing
Required Components
All of the following items must be checked before clicking “add to cart”.
Functional Health Report & Lab Markers Guide
Baseline Health Panel
Inflammatory/Blood Sugar/Omega Test Combo
Vitamin D Test
Copper + Zinc Test Combo
Optional Components
The following items are optional and do not need to be purchased with the panel.
Ovarian Reserve Test Panel
Comprehensive Salivary Hormones Panel or DUTCH Complete Panel
20-Minute Lab Review Consult (recommended)
60-Minute Lab Review Consult (recommended)
With the test panel you have the option of purchasing a 20-minute or 60-minute consult with one of our qualified practitioners. We’ve done a lot of the research for you so you don’t have to spend hours searching for the meaning of your lab values.
- Lab Results Review (included in 20-minute and 60-minute consult)
- Health History Review (included in 60-minute consult)
- Coaching (included in 60-minute consult)
A Modular Approach to Your Health
Most patients come to us with more than one health concern. This is why we have chosen a modular approach to selecting appropriate biomarker panels. For example, most patients will want to order a hormone testing panel, but do not need to purchase it twice if their concern is PMS and fertility. Or perhaps they recently had a comprehensive hormone panel but not the other biomarkers for PMS and fertility. Our Inflammatory/Blood Sugar/Omega combo is recommended for almost all health conditions, and you only need to purchase one combo to be used in multiple panels.
Please see the “How It Works” information tab to understand the testing process.
Blood Draw
If the panel contains a lab that requires a blood draw:
1. Find your local Quest Diagnostics® blood draw facility
Before purchasing kits, please verify there is a Quest Diagnostics draw location accessible to you.
You may choose to set up a blood draw appointment time if you wish, or you may simply show up for testing at the draw location during open hours.
Lab tests requiring a blood draw cannot be performed in Rhode Island, New York, or New Jersey. There may be other state restriction details for certain lab tests.
2. Select and Purchase Your Kits
Consult the Lab Panel Description tab to select the required tests and optional add-ons. After you purchase your kits we will process your order and have it reviewed for approval by a licensed physician as quickly as we can. Orders are usually processed within 24 hours. Once the order is approved and signed by a physician, you will receive an email with an attached requisition. You will print the paperwork out and bring it to your local draw station (located in step 1) for a blood draw.
3. Get Your Blood Drawn
You will go to a local Quest Diagnostics ® draw center. Please fast overnight and get the testing done in the morning before eating. You should drink water and stay hydrated.
See the Quest Diagnostics instructions page for more instructions on preparing for the lab draw.
4. Receive lab results via email from Tao of Venus
You can expect results in 1-2 weeks.
5. Schedule a consult (if desired) with a Tao of Venus practitioner
Consults are recommended for those wishing to get the most out of their testing and understand their results fully. Consults occur via telephone or video conference (internet, microphone, and speakers or headset required). If you purchase a consult, we will contact you with instructions on how to schedule.
At-Home Kit
If the panel contains a lab that is done at home:
1. Select and Purchase Your Kits
Consult the Lab Panel Description tab to select the required tests and optional add-ons. After you purchase your kits we will process your order and send the kit(s) to your shipping address.
Many home test kits cannot be performed in Rhode Island, New York, or New Jersey. See the specific lab details for state testing restrictions.
2. You will receive a lab kit in the mail with sample collection instructions
Your kit will require a urine test, a finger stick, saliva sample(s) that can be done at home. Instructions will be included.
3. Collect your sample at home and send it directly to the lab
Please follow instruction carefully. There may be specific preparation instructions such as avoiding certain foods or supplements for 24-48 hours before the test, so be prepared.
4. Receive lab results via email from Tao of Venus
Different home test kits have different turnaround times. You can usually expect results in 3-6 weeks.
5. Schedule a consult (if desired) with a Tao of Venus practitioner
Consults are recommended for those wishing to get the most out of their testing and understand their results fully. Consults occur via telephone or video conference (internet, microphone, and speakers or headset required). If you purchase a consult, we will contact you with instructions on how to schedule.
Why Tao of Venus Lab Panels are So Life-Changing
All our lab panels are specially developed to give you deep insight into your particular health concerns and goals, whether it’s to feel happier, become more energetic, overcome PMS, get pregnant, or something else. Our primary goal is to get you feeling better, and that’s why we developed the Tao of Venus lab panels for women’s (and also men’s) health.
Our Tests are More Pertinent and More Comprehensive
Have you ever been told by your doctor “everything’s normal” when you know you’re not?
We don’t want you to get lost in the shuffle. At Tao of Venus, we understand women’s health. Deeply. We have studied women’s health in detail and know which lab markers are important for helping you look, feel and be your best. That’s why we test way more markers than anyone else: because we know which ones are important and we know how to interpret them.
There’s so much more that can be known about your health than what we get at a standard office visit. Additionally, today’s healthcare climate doesn’t allow standard practitioners to order important tests without extreme pushback from insurance companies. Regular practitioners don’t order the labs we order at Tao of Venus.
In addition, we report your lab numbers using fine-tuned ranges that are more pertinent to your health than standard ranges. We call these “functional ranges.” If a marker is out of the functional range, that means it’s out of the healthy range, even if it’s considered “normal” by standard measures you’d get from your doctor. Hence, with Tao of Venus labs you’ll be able to spot a problem that might otherwise be missed if ordered elsewhere.
But we don’t stop there. We then make your results understandable and actionable.
We Make Your Results Understandable and Actionable
Each lab panel purchase comes with a Functional Health Report with recommendations based on your results. Within the Functional Health Report are concrete, actionable steps for improving your health, such as supplement and lifestyle recommendations so that you can overcome the challenges you came to us for in the first place.
We Charge Way Less than Doctor Offices
Our labs cost a fraction of the price you’d pay through other sources. This is because we take advantage of wholesale pricing and have lower overhead than other offices. Our network of doctors are working efficiently online and can quickly order labs for you.
Many of the labs we order are not routinely ordered by physicians for women’s health concerns and therefore cannot be covered by insurance, even though many are common tests. Hence, even if you have excellent insurance, getting these same tests at the doctor’s office will be either impossible or more expensive.
Our overhead is substantially lower because of automated online access, and we pass those savings onto you, the consumer. Our pricing is transparent, simple, and low. Plus, you get all the other bonuses already mentioned.
Tao of Venus Lab Testing is the Epitome of Convenience
Most of our labs are done via an easy blood draw. All you have to do for blood testing is print out your paperwork, take it to your local Quest Diagnostics location (they’re everywhere!), and simply wait a few days for your results.
At-home kits (Dried Blood Spot, Urine, Saliva, etc) come with complete sample collection and mailing instructions.
Tao of Venus offers targeted tests you won’t get from your doctor, at the lowest possible price, and with the greatest possible convenience.
In summary, with Tao of Venus, you get:
- The most pertinent labs
- The most in-depth testing
- Functional Health Report using functional lab ranges
- Actionable lifestyle recommendations
- Low prices
- Incredible convenience
The result is: YOU FEEL BETTER.