Rachel Dutton

paper vs phone charting

Cycle Charting: Paper vs App

Isn’t technology just amazing these days? I still sometimes become over awed with Skype as I remember the concept of the internet and television phone calls as a futuristic idea from my childhood.  I just think it is incredible that I can talk to people on the other side of …

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amennorrhoea

Where Did My Period Go?

Have you every realised that your period was late and then your mind has gone into overdrive trying to figure out why? If you know you can’t be pregnant, often your mind will jump to potentially scary diagnoses which Dr Google will substantiate or make worse. I have had a …

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Castor Oil Packs for Period Pain

How To Help Your Periods With Castor Oil Packs

When I was younger and experimenting with complementary and alternative healing methods, I hated castor oil taken orally as a remedy, but it is now a valuable tool in my toolkit for my clients who are suffering from period pain, cramping, clots and dark sludgy stuff in their bleeds and …

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pregnancy preparation

How Long Should I Spend Preparing For Pregnancy?

One question my pre-conception and fertility clients frequently ask me is how long should they start preparing their bodies for pregnancy.  This is such a great question, I just had to right a blog on it. There are several things that are important to consider.  How ready are you mentally …

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endometriosis

What You Can Do About Endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a very painful condition which is very often ignored and many women find that they will have to go to their doctors for years before they get any form or investigation or diagnosis.  Even then, their pain is often dismissed and they are told to either, just take …

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fertility stress

Does Stress Cause Infertility?

One of the most annoying and frustrating things that my fertility clients hear from well meaning family and friends saying “just relax, de-stress and forget about it and you will get pregnant”.  Which (ironically) usually adds to the stress of trying to conceive. So is there any truth behind this at …

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