How to take your basal body temperature (BBT)

BBT charting is an incredibly simple and useful tool in helping you (and us!) gain greater insight into the timing and quality of your menstrual cycle. The shifting of your hormones throughout your cycle is reflected in small changes in your body temperature, and BBT charting helps us to really see what is going on and what could be contributing to your health issues. For a smooth and healthy period, your body needs to be producing the right levels of the right hormones at the right times – not always an easy task in our chemical-filled, stressed out lives.

Balancing Oestrogen

Oestrogen and progesterone are partners in a way and need to be in balance to offset the actions of each other. This also means even if you do have a healthy amount of oestrogen but your ratio between the two in the varying stages of the cycle are not balanced, you may also notice negative symptoms.
Oestrogen dominance or excess of oestrogen can happen at any age but the most common time period is between 35 and 50. Find out what you can do to balance your hormones naturally …

How to Improve a Thin Endometrium Naturally

The endometrium is the lining of the uterus. It is one of the few organs in the human body that changes in size every month throughout a person’s fertile years. Each month, as part of the menstrual cycle, the body prepares the endometrium to host an embryo. Endometrial thickness increases and decreases during the process.

Two hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, prompt these cycles of endometrial growth and its shedding through menstruation if a pregnancy does not develop.

What factors can cause an endometrial lining to be too thin?

How Do You Know If Your Period is 'Normal'?

Mention to a friend that your unbearable period pain and it’s not unusual to be met with a response like ‘me too’ or ‘I have some painkillers if you need them’.

If you were experiencing multiple days of pain in any other part of your body - your abdomen, your leg or head - you would be promptly seeking help to get to the bottom of it.

Period pain, on the other hand, tends to be brushed aside with a dose of over-the-counter pain medication, a hot water bottle or a prescription for an oral contraceptive pill.

While acupuncture may not be for everyone, it is an often-unexplored pathway to a healthier menstrual cycle and body. It is important to be educated about alternative options to conventional medical approaches to women’s health.

Endometriosis Demystified ...

The most common go-to treatments are contraceptives (which are a band-aid at best) or a laparoscopy. This can create additional scar tissue and ultimately add to the issue. Did you know that studies show that acupuncture and herbs combined help to reduce the pain and inflammation of endometriosis, as well as regulate the menstrual cycle and improve anxiety and tension.

Why A Diagnosis of Premature Ovarian Failure is not always what it seems ...

I have just finished treatment with a 31-year-old patient who was told by more than one doctor that she was in Premature Ovarian Failure (essentially early menopause) and would need donor eggs.

Since starting treatments in October 2019 she's had 2 periods and has ovulated twice according to her ovulation predictor kits...

...once in Nov, and once in Dec.

Apparently, her ovaries weren't "failing" at all.

And, because she is still relatively young (based on my 10+ years' experience in this realm), I'm predicting she'll be pregnant within 3-6 months at the MOST.

So what happened? Read more …

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