MENSTRUAL HEALTH

I want women to understand the connection between their health and their menstrual cycle; what’s going on with your menstrual cycle is NOT separate from what’s going on in your health. Because your period is not just your period. It’s an reflection of your health. When you’re healthy, your menstrual cycle will go smoothly, regularly and without symptoms. When you are unhealthy,in some way, your cycle will tell the story. 

Do you struggle with irregular periods, lost periods, painful periods or any other difficulties around your period? That’s a sign that something are wrong! It’s a sign of an underlying hormonal and metabolic imbalance and not something that should be «treated» (read: masked) with hormonal birth control. 

My aim is for you to understand that if you experience any type of problems when it comes to your period, it’s your body’s way of telling you that something is off. Use that information to get to know your body. Think of your period as your monthly report card. Every month, it can offer a helpful account of what’s happening with your health in general. The problem is that we’re not given this knowledge from a young age. Nobody told us that period problems were actually signs of health problems. The problems were never looked at that way. Instead most doctors have one «treatment» in which they use as a solution for every problem like mentioned above, from lost to painful periods; the pill. However, hormonal birth control WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. It will mask it. Suppress the symptoms. But only as long as you keep taking it. So that when you come off of it, the problem will most likely have gotten worse, because you have had this disease process going on in the background the whole time, without noticing nor addressing it. 

(And just to be clear: A pill-bleed is not a period, it’s a withdrawal-bleed, meaning that your body starts bleeding because you stopped taking the drug.)

I urge you to start listening to what your body is trying to tell you. And to seek out information about women’s health, body wisdom and natural and sustainable solutions to heal whatever problem you’re facing. 

"Fix your health, and you’ll fix your period."

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