Holistic Hormonal Health

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Recipe: Banana Milkshake (no sugar, no fake sugar)

hannah ransom Hormonal Health, Nutrition

There is nothing like a delicious milkshake to chug down (wait, you don’t chug yours?… ok…). But the problem is when you don’t want to eat tons and tons of milkshake everyday because of the amount of refined sugar in there. There are good things about milkshakes, too: good fats (in fact, studies have shown… Read More

Prediction: New technologies make birth control pill obsolete

hannah ransom Fertility Awareness, Temperature

Our culture of women’s health is absolutely dominated by the birth control pill (and a smattering of other hormonal birth control choices). The reasons are simple, really: 1.) It provides effective birth control when used properly without much thought on the part of the user. 2.) It provides a way to “regulate” cycles and make… Read More

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How important is it to use natural products for your hormonal health?

hannah ransom Hormonal Health, Infertility, Pre-conception

I’m actually forcing myself to sit here and write this right now because I want to do a few things. Make some sugar wax because, though I’m quite fond of most body hair, I am not fond of my leg hair and I want it gone (For some reason the color and sparseness of my… Read More

How to get rid of acne after using hormonal birth control

hannah ransom Hormonal Health

Acne is decidedly common. And decidedly obnoxious. Obviously, you don’t care about it on other people. It’s when it decides to grace your face (or anywhere else) that you have the problem. And it can feel like a huge problem when you are getting acne when you are coming off hormonal birth control, or when… Read More

Does hormonal birth control (like the pill) affect your sex drive?

hannah ransom contraception, Hormonal Health

You may have heard that using hormonal birth control can change (*ahem* lower) your sex drive as a passing joke, your friend saying: “Yeah, that worked for me as birth control because I never wanted to have sex!”, but is it more truth or fiction? Your hormones certainly play a role in your sex drive… Read More

Natural Endometriosis Relief: An interview with Melissa Turner

hannah ransom Hormonal Health, Infertility

Endometriosis is… Sh*tty, terrible, awful stuff. If you don’t know much about it, it is basically the growth of uterine lining in places that it should not grow. This tissue is still hormonally sensitive and it goes through the changes your uterine lining goes through monthly, including swelling and “bleeding.” The estimite is that about… Read More

The lifestyles of fertility awareness users 3.) The environmentalist

hannah ransom Fertility Awareness

This is a continuation of a series that was started in this post. See that firs post and part two to get more information about the series and see the other lifestyle habits of fertility awareness users. Right now I am embarking on a month of no trash. I already try not to make waste,… Read More

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The lifestyles of fertility awareness users: 2.) The health freak

hannah ransom contraception, Fertility Awareness

This is a continuation of a series that was started in this post. Please check it out if you want more of this or want to see the introduction to the series. Health freak is a kind of funny term, yeah? Why does it make me freaky to want to be healthy? Other than the… Read More

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The lifestyles of fertility awareness users: 1.) The Minimalist

hannah ransom Fertility Awareness

Why did I start using fertility awareness? Well, a few reasons, really, and I am going to spend a couple posts talking about something I’d like to dub “The Lifestyles of the FAU (aka Fertility Awareness User).” It’s sort of tongue in cheek, because anyone could certainly be a FAU, but the reality is most… Read More

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The anatomy of a fertility awareness chart

hannah ransom Fertility Awareness

Have you ever seen a fertility awareness chart only to wonder what the hell exactly was going on? When you are first looking at a chart for the sympto-thermal method it can seem kind of overwhelming. What are all those symbols? What do these descriptions mean? Do you have to do all of this every… Read More

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