Women’s health solutions
Cycles and the Change: Fertility After 35
Menopause is not typically a word women like to hear. Whether it’s pre, peri, or simply just menopause. Regardless of when the ovary releases the final egg, cycles make a major shift around the mid-thirties, leading to a large drop in fertility after age 35 (generally speaking, as every woman is different). De-regulation of cycles—and […]
Birth Control Fails More Often Than People Realize
Many medical professionals tend to look with skepticism at the effectiveness rates of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FABM) to prevent pregnancy, despite the research to back them up. As I was told at my six-week after birth followup by my OB-GYN: “you do know you can get pregnant on that [FABM]?” After my first baby, I […]
How Placenta Encapsulation Can Help You Postpartum
Although women have been doing it for centuries, it has become a growing trend since the 1970s, particularly in America, for women who just gave birth to consume their placenta. Some have it dehydrated into powder form, put into capsules (called placenta encapsulation), and take it with their daily vitamins. Others freeze it and put […]
2019: A Year in Review
If you’ve been following our e-newsletter, you know we have a lot of exciting plans for growth in 2020. But we would be remiss if we didn’t first acknowledge the challenges we faced and gains we made in 2019. When it comes to women’s fertility health, there have been some troubling developments: 2019 has seen […]
What Are the Symptoms of PCOS, and How Do You Treat It?
Many young women today have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, also known as PCOS. It can manifest itself with symptoms of severe cramping and pain around one’s period, as well as very long cycles between periods. Thanks to what we know about a healthy cycle from Fertility Awareness-Based Methods of charting, we have a lot more information […]
Seed Cycling for Hormone Health
Sometimes, it seems like balancing your hormones is like fighting an uphill battle. With possible endocrine disruptors in nearly everything from our personal care products to our food and water, it can feel like you need to live like a hermit in a remote forest to escape their hormone-disturbing influence. And while few of us […]
The Link between Depression and Birth Control
In my work as a psychotherapist, one of the first things I try to address with my clients is identifying any areas of their life that might be exacerbating whatever mental health issue they are experiencing. I ask them about their sleep habits, their eating habits, the health of their significant relationships, their exercise habits, […]
Understanding the Surgical Techniques Used to Address PCOS
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a notoriously difficult disorder to treat. For women who require surgical treatment for the disorder, surgeons may employ one of two techniques in particular: Ovarian Wedge Resection (OWR) or Ovarian Drilling (OD). While it is estimated that as many as 12 percent of women of reproductive age are affected […]
The Benefits of Charting into Perimenopause
Here at Natural Womanhood, we love being a resource to answer women’s questions about their bodies. Too often, women tell us that when they bring their inquiries about health and wellness to their doctors or clinicians, they are met with quick fixes and temporary solutions, rather than treatment plans that honor the whole of who […]
The Pill vs.The Sandman: How Hormonal Contraception Messes With Your Sleep
Are you feeling tired? You’re not alone. Roughly 25% of women have trouble sleeping at any given time. As our female bodies go through seemingly endless hormonal changes, it can be hard to fall asleep and stay asleep. But researchers have found there may be an unexpected factor contributing to the modern epidemic of exhaustion: […]