Help! Why Am I Spotting?
You’ve started spotting on day 10 of your cycle and you have no idea why. Ack! It’s a week before your period and suddenly you
The Business of Birth Control
Did you ever see the documentary The Business of Being Born? It was a serious game-changer for myself and millions of women around the world. Lucky for
How To Practice FAM: The Fertility Awareness Method
Big Disclaimer: I’m gonna put this here first because it is very important that this post not be the only lesson in fertility awareness you
The Top 4 Benefits of Using The Fertility Awareness Method for Birth Control
Guest blog post by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, founder of FertilityFriday.com I spoke on Lisa’s Fertility Friday podcast recently & you can listen to the interview at
Get off the birth control pill the right way
I often hear that millions of women take hormonal birth control without incident. That may indeed be the case but it certainly isn’t my experience in my
Birth Control Options 101
You know that feeling you get when you’re trying to choose a paint color at Home Depot? Yeah that feeling of total bewilderment as you stare
Does the birth control pill cause weight gain?
When I was a teenager my biggest concern about going on hormonal birth control was the weight gain. I was tormented by friends’ stories about
Why Lena Dunham is wrong about birth control
I literally jumped out of bed to write this post today! If you know me, you know that I don’t ever jump out of bed
5 Side Effects Of The Pill That No One Tells You About
I spent 5 years on the pill – 5 years that I can’t ever get back. During that time I swung from one major imbalance
The Pill and Your Sex Drive – How to Start Reclaiming Your Va Va Voom!
This post went live in January 2013, and it is by far the most popular post of the year (and possibly… well, ever!). It’s clearly
Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control?
Below is an interview with the outspoken and courageous Holly Grigg-Spall. She is the author of “Sweetening the Pill or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control,”
Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: Has Your Period Gone Missing?
Recently I’ve had a number of women come to see me about Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA). What is Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA)? FHA is a