Flo app is being sanctioned by the FTC for sharing menstrual data with Google, Facebook, &others. Flo sends your data to these companies, even if you don't have an account with them! If you do, Facebook can match the information to your profile, & send you targeted ads. Avoid!
@ChristinaMets15
This data, if subpoenaed, could be handed to the courts to "prove" criminalization of pregnancy or pregnancy loss (whether intended or not) based on menstrual charting data. It already has been in some instances.
In fertility awareness method we call this egg-white or stretchy cervical fluid
You’ll see it when your estrogen levels peak, & ovulation is impending. It’s main purpose is to nourish sperm and actually creates a river to usher them upwards into the cervix & beyond
#FAMTaughtMe
Sorry that everyone has gotten brainwashed by gynecology (who has left y’all for dead) into thinking periods are unnecessary but ovulation is how we make hormones that interact and regulate the rest of our body systems. It’s a hard truth to swallow that it’s not optimal
App that has the best privacy policy: Read Your Body (wasn't available at the time my podcast was recorded)
After that, Clue and Kindara are close seconds.
Everything else is bad news.
Just make sure you’re choosing brands without PFAS!!
The safest brands were The Period Company, Modibodi, Bambody, and Luna Pads
The worst brands were Thinx, Knix, Ruby Love, Saalt, and Sustain
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Get your smell/taste back post covid
- Zinc picolinate - use as directed
- Quercetin - use as directed
- Lion's mane tincture - 1-3x daily
- Olfactory smell training with essential oils where you basically do sniff tests with things like eucalyptus and peppermint essential oil
And even when women were “studied” in the 19th and 20th centuries, it was almost always minority women who were being experimented on (aka: tortured) against their own will. This would often happen to African American women and Puerto Rican women (who were test subjects for the
The violence of saying that she checked her cervix so she knows if she’s a “fraud.” That is heinous medical abuse steeped in the racist history of obstetrics/gynecology. This happens to my clients all the time, this very dynamic right here. Abolish this now
This is how Black women experience maternal mortality at such high rates. And, why is this nurse second guessing the doctor? Furthermore, what business is it of this nurse IF the patient doesn't want to work during her pregnancy?
So get this.
By blaming porn (when evidence shows otherwise) one is actually is part of reinforcing the same fabricated standard!
Research shows that regardless of gender, exposure to labiaplasty advertising (by surgeons) is the # 1 reason why “preference” is altered
Lots of ppl pushing back on
@SassyE
very wise post. Here’s why working out heavy on your pre/menses is negative
- more prone to injury
- won’t make the same gains
- stresses your cardiovascular system
- exercise at this time turns ON fat storage & leads to estrogen imbalance
Surgeons created the fake category of “hypertrophic labia”! It’s pathologizing natural human variation!
The most important thing to take away from all this is that surgeons today are not informed where the nerves of the clitoris are located or that they could damage them
There’s actually been a lot to support that it’s other forms of commercial influence and doctor led genital shaming - other kinds of media including reality tv and surgeons themselves via advertising
Another study from a few years earlier than above
Herbal Abortion ~~~ the taboo, contested, and buried knowledge. I’m making this thread to inform menstruators to their right of bodily autonomy. They should be afforded the full breadth of options to end their pregnancy, and that can easily begin in the comfort of their home.
One of the most severe winter heatwave in Europe’s modern history visualized over the last 2 days. Hundreds of monthly warm temperature records were broken all over the continent. This is exactly the kind of very abnormal event that is progressively rewriting global climatology.
Meanwhile these billionaires are the ones who ran roughshod over the land, hiring architects and landscape designers to develop homes, create lawns and other sprawling spaces with non-native grasses that are the systemic underpinning of this event.
Oprah, who has lived on Maui part time for years, was spotted at a local gym-turned-shelter dropping off supplies for displaced Lahaina residents. Other super-wealthy Maui part-timers include Jeff Bezos and PayPal founder Peter Thiel.
Veganism increased 600% since 2015. The question to ask is “has this challenged the way the industrial food system works” my argument is that no it has not, save for opening new markets for existing agro/corporate giants to profit from
Absolutely wild that that tweet has 48K likes when you can search this up in 2 seconds… the anti porn backlash is so intense right now. More intense than any other period in my life that I can remember!
Personal opinion but IUDs are barbaric and some day we will look back on them and shiver that we let this kind of shit go on as the standard of reproductive care
Herbal abortion is a technique you use because you want to exercise that option. It’s not in any way meant to replace clinical methods. In fact, it takes an awareness of your menstrual cycle to deploy effectively, so it requires a paradigm shift many are not prepped for
When has a blood clot ever been considered not an emergency? Blood clot in your leg or lung is life threatening. But they tell you menstrual clots are normal. They aren’t. Neither is menstrual pain. They’re common because we don’t acknowledge the menstruating body, we suppress it
No sorry but if period pains are equivalent to heart attacks, why am I working?? When was the last time someone had a heart attack and took panadol and dialled in?? Need answers urgently!!!
Menstrual cramps are NOT solved by working out. Fabrication. Lie. Not recommended. You’ll notice that cycle after cycle those cramps return. (That means it’s not working)
“every time you have sex you are risking pregnancy” ❌ myth
80% of your menstrual cycle you are infertile. That means 80% of the time when you have sex there’s actually no chance of pregnancy. This is why sex is not purely procreative activity.
#BodyLiteracy
#FAMTaughtMe
Green peppers are immature so low viability in those seeds + Grocery store varieties are hybrids and may not grow at all or true to type.
The sentiment is great but we also need to teach agricultural literacy to preserve heirloom & open pollinated seeds!
All abortion bans based on “weeks pregnant” or the trimester system are to be opposed. We should never give the medical industrial complex and/or the state the sole authority to determine gestational age.
Fertility Sign 1: Cervical Fluid
In a typical cycle, after menstruation estrogen begins to rise. This estrogen sends instructions to both the ovary to finish maturing an egg, AND to the cervix, to make cervical fluid.
“About a week apart” ugh not this again 😩😩😩
What actually happened:
- She ovulated once
- Multiple eggs were released
- Those eggs were fertilized at slightly different times
- Second embryo wasn’t picked up on the first ultrasound
That’s it. Superfetation is not real…
I know we talked about slowing down bringing TikToks over here, but bitch I could not not share this. I didn’t even know this was fucking possible. Oh my God.
My take is that vibrators do not cause permanent numbness, only “episodic numbness” which is an effect of not having a long enough refractory period after orgasm. It usually only occurs after the first orgasm, or if you start from too high pressure or too intense vibration
These aren’t periods friends. This is a breakthrough bleeding event.
Menstruation is the result of an ovulatory cycle.
It’s really important we understand the differences.
Morning routine is to let the chickens out, put out the solar panel, get at least 15 mins on the yoga mat, water the garden, put the tea on. I’m living my dreams 😭❤️✨
Doctors telling people the baby can’t breathe while “stuck” in the birth canal when they are getting all of their oxygen from the umbilical cord... don’t sit right with me at all
Baby got me a hori hori knife!! It’s a straight weapon, but it’s made to be a very useful gardening tool! I wanted something where I could do machete type things (chopping vines, digging up roots) without wielding such a large blade
Look up nymphomania and labia minora, in the 19th century they claimed women masturbated too much & treatment for nymphomania was with acid or amputation of the labia minora /clitoris.
Nymphomania:
New Latin, from Latin nympha (“labia minora”) + -mania
I love this cork tree because she is over there raising her 9 tree children in such an organized fashion. Look how she spaced them perfectly. Natures perfect design
They’re only going to be “stealing nutrients” if you’re undernourished. High levels of progesterone during pregnancy guard your body against bone loss and actually stimulate bone formation. It’s in the design.
Im delighted that more men are beginning to recognize what we call in fertility awareness “egg white cervical fluid” this stretchy fluid is conducive to sperm survival & transport. It is an extremely reliable marker of when youre currently fertile (~6 days out of the whole cycle)
One of them tiktok gynos talking shit about vaginal steaming because the vagina is self cleaning. These losers don’t even know that steaming isn’t for cleaning it’s for pelvic blood flow and softening the tissues to reduce contractions (cramps)
I still think we are looking at another 1-2 years of waves, personally. When it began me and partner decided we would prepare for five years and make moves based on that. They’re warping peoples minds with the narrative of it being over, reality is not showing us that…
I updated the herbal antivirals page on our site with many many studies from the past 3 years.
Herbal antivirals work. They are another tool in the toolbox. Let’s know about them (there are so many!)
It seems obvious to say that when we talk about gynecology we are talking about a racist colonial system. I don’t have deeper knowledge on this but I expect exposure to African people and culture had something to do with the creation of said stigma:
What if I told you that you could see an early stage pregnancy weeks before a pregnancy test? What if I told you that you could interrupt implantation and bleed on time? What if I told you we had more power than we have ever been taught?!?! Would you believe me?
If your periods are so heavy you need blood transfusions, menstrual suppression is definitely not the answer. You need to speak w/ a menstrual health educator who understands estrogen metabolism. Why is the body telling the uterine lining to grow so thick? These are Qs we answer
I have patients whose periods are so heavy they’ve needed blood transfusions. Like literally their periods are trying to kill them. If you want to have your period fine, but don’t push your period worship on others. It is srsly reductive
H5N1 is so deadly… prefers cilia and the lower respiratory tract, can cause deep infection and inability to remove mucus from lungs. Spleen, lymph support essential.
Herbal action on H5N1: elder, e. angustifolia, licorice - other broad spectrums too
I have YET to be able to hold an educated conversation with anyone who won’t take herbal antivirals. That’s why I don’t get on here with facts & data, because anti-herb people don’t care. but God have mercy on your soul and your loved ones if you arent on herbs before this winter
The pandemic should’ve set off your alarm bells that they aren’t coming to help you with floods and famine. Whatever you’ve been waiting on to make moves, it’s time.
Folks unearthed this so I’m reposting it as well. Licorice might be the most important herb to have on hand. I also like olive leaf and bidens a lot for protecting the cilia, which is why those are both in the antiviral blend already.
H5N1 is so deadly… prefers cilia and the lower respiratory tract, can cause deep infection and inability to remove mucus from lungs. Spleen, lymph support essential.
Herbal action on H5N1: elder, e. angustifolia, licorice - other broad spectrums too
Been realizing that what we call seasonal depression is really capitalism induced depression. NATURE would have our food abundant (harvest & preservation) & we would be packing it in, resting & sleeping more, respecting the darkness, having more communal time.
When progesterone levels rise (post ovulation) caloric intake increases. It is completely normal to want to eat more in the second half of your menstrual cycle. You should also rest and sleep more, and work out with less cardio/intensity.
Wet ass pussy is our most reliable diagnostic fertility sign, but in popular culture continues to be falsely associated with sexual arousal and availability. In this essay I will...
It's the same shit every time I come home, I take my antiviral tincture, rinse my nasal cavity with iodine rich sea salt water, and spray my throat with peppermint water. Reducing viral load in these key areas helps even if you are exposed somewhere!
I’ll say it again, the USA is making its people sick on purpose (via air, water, food, and shelter) and the pandemic is highlighting the fuck out of that. That’s a genocidal state. Been.
We need to take endocrine disrupters in our lives seriously. Corporations are comfortable with harming our environment and bodies and the living beings we share the earth with. To act as if there is no cumulative effect is just denial, but it’s normal for modernity
I’m a whole menstrual health expert and my partner is still like “did you check your days” “what cycle day are you on today” when I’m trippin 😭😭😭😂😂😂
Body literacy is realizing your brain chemistry changes and to you it feels as real and normal as anything
This is in no way normal, what is happening to these young girls and their estrogen metabolism. It’s a disaster for the rest of the menstrual years and worse in peri/menopause. Lapro doesn’t address why the cyst was growing unchecked (while doc said take painkillers). Ridiculous.
a lil late post but I talked to
@WomensHealthMag
for women’s history month about my 4 month old laparoscopic surgery to remove my grapefruit sized ovarian cyst. I know procedures, the post op pain and scarring, can be nerve wracking. I searched all over for vlogs or information,