Understand & Solve Your Period Problems
One of the things many of my clients do every morning is chart their basal body temperature (BBT) because charting your cycle can give me huge clues to your hormonal health. BBT charting can be used on its own or as part of one of the Sympto-Thermal Methods (STM) of either …
One thing many fertility clients keep asking me is what is the most important thing that they can do before actively trying to conceive a child and my answer is always the same: take time to do some pre-conception preparation. This is simply taking some time before actively trying to …
One thing all my clients want to know more about are their hormones, what they do and their effect on their health, menstrual cycles and fertility. So I thought I would do a whistle stop tour of your hormones to familiarise you with some of the key ones. (Note, there …
Nearly every post I write about cycle charting, whether on this site or guest blogging, I regularly get people asking me in the comments “Am I pregnant?” and “Can you tell without taking a pregnancy test?” I even get many other women’s health practitioners asking me this too. There are …
Women who care about their periods, hormones and fertility seem to intuitively know that standard sunscreens aren’t great for us (I explain this below). And as someone who has not only had hormonal issues, but also battles with allergic reactions to sunscreens, and had two moles removed, I feel that we should be more aware …
One subject that comes up regularly with preconception and fertility clients is a Luteal Phase Defect (LPD) also known as a shortened luteal phase. It is vitally important that if you are trying for a baby to get your luteal phase to a decent length to maximise your chances of …
I have come been asked this question by clients in so many scenarios. “I haven’t had a period yet, can I get pregnant?” or they just assume they won’t get pregnant until they see a period. The a few situations in which I see this the most are: In teenagers who …
This is a topic that keeps popping up over and over again. So many of my clients are asking me about it at the moment it seems to be making a come back. I am going to preface this discussion with: I do not teach withdrawal as I am not …
One of the common misconceptions I come across a lot is so many people think that Sympto-Thermal Methods such as Natural Family Planning (NFP) and Fertility Awareness (FAM) are variations of the rhythm method. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. Let me explain why. What Is The Rhythm …
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 …