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
Ep 63: A Medical Professional Couple Chooses Homebirth
Ep 62: From Not Wanting Children to Having Homebirths
Ep 61: Wild Pregnancy, Wild Freebirth
Ep 60: Crazy Labor Patterns With Two Homebirth Babies
Ep 59: "But What if Something Goes Wrong?"- How Midwives Handle Emergencies at Home
Ep 58: Homebirth after Hospital Trauma
Ep 57: A Recovering Superwoman's Experience with 3 Under 3
Ep 56: My Mother's Births
Ep 55: Dad Chats with Thomas: A Look Back on Janie's First 3 years
Ep 54: The Woke RN's Journey to Homebirth
Ep 53: Bring a Beginner's Mind to Birth
Ep 52: How to Have a Liberated Birth
Ep 51: 7 Mistakes Many Mamas Make When Planning Their Natural Birth… and How to Avoid Them!
Ep 50: Juliana Takes Charge of Her Birth Choices
Ep 49: Believe in Midwifery's Guide to Sustainable Practice
Ep 48: A Midwife's Long Labor
Ep 47: Switching Care Providers Later in Pregnancy
Ep 46: Should You Have a Hospital Birth With Your First Baby?
Ep 45: This is The Birth I Wanted
Ep 44: Jessica's Snowflake Births
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