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If you’re trying to get pregnant (or avoid pregnancy), it helps to know exactly when you ovulate and when you’re most fertile. Remember how I said Apps can’t tell you exactly when you ovulate? (link) Well, this post is going to give you some great guidance on how to PREDICT ovulation.  Some quick facts:  The […]

Ovulation: What Your Cycle Tracking App CAN’T Tell You, and What to do About it If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard “my app says my fertile window is…” This might be surprising to some of you, but your app can’t perfectly predict when you ovulate. You could have a 28 day […]

After stopping birth control at 25 years old, I didn’t get a period for almost 6 months. My acne was the worst it had ever been (I’m talking painful marble sized cysts that would take months to resolve and left bright red scars). Once my period returned, it would only show up every 2-4 months! […]

I’ve gotten so many questions about what it was like to have a home birth. Even though birth is a really intimate experience, I think it’s important to share our stories. Sharing a birth story broadens our community, creates empowerment around birth and connects readers to the experience of birth and motherhood. There is no […]

Lactation Cookies After my first son was born in 2016 I had trouble keeping my milk supply up when I returned to work.  I was only pumping about two thirds of what I needed to  keep my son on 100% breast milk. I had already tried boosting my hydration and calories with not much effect, […]

Immune Boosting Elderberry Gummies Tis the season…for colds and flu. Last year was our son’s first year in school/daycare and boy did I suffer- every sniffle got me and even though I know it’s part of the process of strengthening the immune system, it was NOT fun. This year I decided to make immune boosting […]

  Pumpkin Cookies: vegan, gluten free and 100% delicious Yep, I’m one of those annoying people who loves all things pumpkin as soon as October hits. Except for the pumpkin spice latte…a patient once described it as trying to drink a candle and I couldn’t agree more. Sorry if that seems blasphemous. I’m also not […]

There is just oh so much I could say about the thyroid! Thyroid hormone is responsible for many metabolic activities in the body. When the thyroid hormone is low, generally things slow down and dry up- hence low energy, slow metabolism, slowed digestion, dry skin, hair loss and dry or brittle hair. Low thyroid can […]

PCOS is one of the most common hormonal disorders in women, affecting 1 in 10 women of childbearing age in the United States – that’s an estimated 5 million women! Few women are aware of what PCOS symptoms look like or how to manage these symptoms. PCOS symptoms include infertility or difficulty conceiving, irregular periods, […]

Acupuncture can provide significant relief from chronic pain. Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine treatment that relies on the strategic placement of tiny needles into the meridians that span the body from head to toe. The needles are used to stimulate certain key “points” the flow of “qi” throughout the body. This eastern medicine approach, […]