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 23: Believe in Midwifery with Madeline Murray
Ep 22: Birth Photographer Kendra Miller is Inspired to Have a Homebirth After Attending One
Ep 21: Dear Darby Sisters Share Their Birth Stories and New Brand
Ep 20: Carrissa Chooses the Birthing Location That's Best for Each of Her 6 Births
Ep 19: Wise Traditions From a Mother of Grown Children
Ep 18: Sarah's Search for a Certified Midwife
Ep 17: Homebirth 101: Midwife Carrie LaChapelle Craft Explains Midwifery Care at Home
Ep 16: Megan's Pattern-Breaking Labor
Ep 15: Nutritional Therapist and Author Jenny McGruther's Healthy Homebirth
Ep 14: Victoria and Steve's Unexpected Unassisted Homebirth
Ep 13: Exercise Physiologist Stephanie Sibbio's Healthy Homebirth
Ep 12: Kerry Tuschhoff Introduces and Explains the Hypnobabies Program
Ep 11: Suzzie's Birth Trauma Overcome By Homebirth After Cesarean
Ep 10: Rebecca's Struggle With Infertility, Hospital Transport, and Eventual Homebirth
Ep 09: Kelley's 5 Back-to-Back Homebirths, and Her Struggle With Postpartum Healing
Ep 08: Molly Escobar Explains How Birth Is a Marathon- And How Doulas Can Help!
Ep 07: Pregnancy Update- Week 20
Ep 06: Samantha's Surprise Breech Homebirth
Ep 05: Christina and Ryan's Harry Potter Homebirth
Ep 04: Hailey's Transition From Hospital Birth to Homebirth
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