Today I share a new episode in my Pill Reality Series. Discover how Shannon’s junior high sex-education turned out to be an epic fail, and how she ultimately switched from hormonal birth control to fertility awareness to help her manage her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
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The history of Shannon’s menstrual cycle and hormonal birth control
Shannon’s experience with High School sex education class
How sex education classes teach are focused on fear and guilt
Differences in how sex education is taught to adolescents
How Shannon’s lack of sex education filtered into her choices of preventing pregnancy and birth control
How birth control can affect your relationship
Shannon’s diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and the cognitive changes
Shannon’s experience and side effects with the IUD
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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
This episode is sponsored by the upcoming Postpartum Edition of Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!
This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.
Michelle Oravitz L.Ac, FABORM is an acupuncturist, ayurvedic practitioner, and certified hypnotherapist specializing in fertility health. Michelle was inspired to change her career from architecture to acupuncture after having her own reproductive imbalances resolved by her acupuncturist. Her method of treatment encompasses not only herbs and acupuncture, but also incorporates diet, supplements, essential oils, and most importantly the mind and how it influences conception. She helps women and couples both online and in person, and is the host of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast.
In today’s episode Michelle shares how the phases of the menstrual cycle are broken down in Chinese Medicine, and why your period has always been considered a vital sign in Eastern Medicine.
Listen to The Fifth Vital Sign for free with your free 30 day trial of Audible! Click here to listen now.
Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Course. The most in-depth and comprehensive online fertility awareness self-study program available. Click here to join now!
Why Michelle switched careers
How Chinese Medicine looks at the menstrual cycle
How Chinese Medicine compares to Western Medicine
What Michelle looks for in a woman’s menstrual cycle
Michelle’s suggestions to support women’s liver health
Michelle’s recommendations for women with heavy bleeding
How specific diets are not suitable for every woman and how they affect the menstrual cycle
Rule of acupuncture and addressing pain in reference to cramping
You can connect with Michelle Oravitz on her Website, Facebook, and Instagram.
Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
This episode is sponsored by the upcoming Postpartum Edition of Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!
This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.
Originally from South Africa, Deborah graduated from Naropa University with a Masters in Somatic Psychotherapy in 2005. She is a licensed clinical mental health counsellor. Her therapy practice is a multidisciplinary approach to health and wellness, using flower essences and somatic awareness in supporting each client’s unique process. She is a doula, a women’s wisdom circle leader, online educator and yoga teacher. She and her wife own Juniper, a yoga and healing arts center in Brooklyn. She co-owns Spirit Shop, a store specializing in women's menstrual, sexual and emotional health. Spirit Shop specializes in Vaginal Steaming, that make custom blends and steam saunas. She is a mama to her nearly 3 year old boy, Skye.
In today’s episode Deborah shares her experience of conceiving within a same-sex relationship. From the challenges of finding a sperm donor, to the process of home insemination, this conversation will open your eyes to the challenges gender & sexual minorities face when building their families.
Listen to The Fifth Vital Sign for free with your free 30 day trial of Audible! Click here to listen now.
Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook. The first fully customizable paper charting workbook of its kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today!
Deborah’s journey getting pregnant in a same-sex marriage
Challenges in getting information for gender & sexual minorities
The process of getting pregnant when you have a sperm donor
Deborah’s experience with at home IUI
What options are available to get pregnant for LBGQ couples
How much sperm is taken by the sperm donor and the restrictions on ejaculation
Do all midwives do at home IUI’s
What is the sperm storage process and Deborah's experience with the clinic
Challenges that can arise once you have a sperm donor
The difference working with a known sperm donor versus a randomly chosen donor
You can connect with Deborah Bagg on her Website, Facebook, and Instagram.
Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
This episode is sponsored by the upcoming Postpartum Edition of Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!
This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.
Christine McAlister is an entrepreneur, business coach and the author of the #1 bestseller The Income Replacement Formula: Seven Simple Steps To Doing What You Love And Making Six Figures From Anywhere. An expert on turning tragedy into triumph, she founded her company, Life With Passion, after the full-term stillbirth of her first daughter, Maeve. Christine helps high-achievers all over the world to quit their jobs, replace their incomes, and scale to 6 figures, doing what they are uniquely gifted to do. Christine, her husband and "rainbow babies," live with their 2 rescue dogs, near their Arabian horses, in Louisville, Kentucky.
“No matter what you’ve been through it’s possible to survive and thrive …You get to make your own meaning.”
— Christine McAlister
In today’s episode Christine shares her compelling story of fertility challenges, loss, and how she transformed a terrible situation into a beautiful one. Join us for a powerful and inspiring conversation, delving into rarely discussed topics from motherhood to life after miscarriage and stillbirth.
Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE Postpartum Edition! We start on August 12th! Will you be joining us? Click here to register now!
You can connect with Christine McAlister on her Website, Facebook, and Instagram.
Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
This episode is sponsored by the upcoming Postpartum Edition of Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!
This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.