Menopause is a natural transition in a woman’s life. Unfortunately, it often carries negative connotations in our modern society. Inversely, Chinese Medicine refers to it as a woman’s ‘second spring’, a potentially positive transition. Understanding this phase, its related changes, symptoms, health risks, and where to seek help is key to experiencing it more positively. Hi, I’m Christina. An experienced
Embracing your ‘Second Spring’: How Chinese Medicine Can Support you Through Perimenopause by Christina Tolstrup
Is Stress Harming Your Fertility and Causing PCOS symptoms?
Is stressing about your diet and exercise routine ruining your fertility and causing PCOS symptoms? Believing that PCOS is solely genetic, due to excess weight, or simply caused by cystic ovaries, that can be treated using hormone replacement is a dangerous assumption that prevents many women from getting the help they need. While weight loss in women who are overweight may
Preserving Your Vitality: Lessons Learnt from Adrenal Fatigue – by Andrea Murphy
We’ve all heard the term “adrenal fatigue” thrown around a lot in the health world. It’s not exactly an accurate all-encompassing label for what it’s referring to, but the expression has stuck, and it seems here to stay. Simply put, it’s a way to describe when your battery has run out and you’re running on little blips and bloops of whatever
Reasons for a Late Period that don’t mean you’re Pregnant – by Andrea Murphy, Licensed Acupuncturist
Nearly every woman has had a time in her life where she’s been waiting on the edge of her seat for her period to show up. Occasionally this delay causes a gal to pee on a few sticks, while she wonders if her life is about to change forever, only to very anti-climactically get her period a few days later. Late
The lie most, if not all of my fertility patients have been sold….
The egg timer test, as its commonly touted & even promoted by IVF clinics & Fertility specialists to my dismay is accurately named the Anti-Mullerian Hormone test or AMH. To understand this test further lets understand your ovarian function first. An ovarian follicle is a fluid-filled sac that contains an immature egg, or oocyte. During ovulation a mature egg is released
Thyroid Series Part #1: Why hyperthyroid may exist, even when results are “clear”.
So let’s back up a bit & let me introduce you to the thyroid. The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland in our neck that produces hormones which power all the cells of our body. Thyroid hormones regulates metabolism, so if there’s not enough hormone you can feel sluggish & hold on to weight & if there’s too much