You're listening to the Happy Homebirth Podcast, episode 93!
I’m excited to switch things up today. This podcast episode is going to be all about fertility awareness, and why understanding our menstrual cycle can be hugely empowering. We’ll be discussing this with my good friend Sophia Zafares, who is a Fertility Awareness Method Educator. So… basically the perfect person to get the low down on what this all means.
And exciting news! Check out the happy-Homebirth podcast on nstagram this week, as Sophia and I will be holding a giveaway together. You don’t want to miss it. Literature and a useful tool!
Show Notes:
Sophia is a fertility awareness method educator.
FAM- understanding the biomarkers of your fertility to avoid pregnancy, achieve pregnancy, or keep up with your general hormonal cycles.
Training through FEMM: Fertility Education and Medical Management
Pills, IUD, Shot, Implant: It’s important to know that they have basically the same forms of synthetic hormones.
These hormones do not interact with our bodies in the same ways that our natural hormones do.
These hormones are administered at consistent levels, whereas during our natural cycles, the hormones go through rhythms instead of a steady-state.
Hormonal bc: steady state, masculine stability
FAM: tuning into the body and noticing what it’s doing, feminine rhythm
Hormonal bc (side effects/ EFFECTS): Remember that hormones are involved in every part of our bodies and all of our systems
Prevent ovulation - without ovulation, certain hormones cannot be created. Depleted nutrients, lower ability to absorb and use the nutrients
Affects attraction and mate selection- choose someone they wouldn’t typically choose, come off of bc and are very unhappy
Depletion of bone density
It takes several years for a girl’s cycle to fully mature. If a young girl is put on bc, her maturity stops, and her cervix will be aged.
Lisa Hendrickson-Jack: The Fifth Vital Sign, Fertility Friday
Follow Sophia: @sage.fertility on Instagram
Website: www.sagefertility.co
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Ep 81: Bonding Interrupted: A Mother’s Persevering Love
Ep 80: A Sister's Virtual Birth Support During Covid-19
Ep 79: Plus Size Does Not Equal High Risk
Ep 78: Why Healing Your Pelvic Floor Matters!
Ep 77: Accepting the Realities of Birth
Ep 76: When Braxton Hicks Visits Too Early
Ep 75: Recovering After a Careless Care Provider
Ep 74: The Power of Preparing for Birth
Ep 73: Emily Catches Her Own Baby
Ep 72: Student Success Story- Amy's Mindful Birth
Ep 71: From 3 Inductions to a Beautiful Homebirth
Ep 70: Homebirth on the School Bus
Ep 69: Oxytocin Changes Everything
Ep 68: The Mysteriously Missed Birth
Ep 67: Real Food for Pregnancy (And Postpartum!) with Lily Nichols
Ep 66: Drawing Strength From a Community of Women
Ep 65: Birth After Loss: Coping with Grief, Hormones and Helping Other Mothers
Ep 64: How Did We Get Here?! The History of U.S. Maternity Care
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