When I firsr scheduled this I asked them if I’d be awake for the procedure. The response was, “of course not, we’re nice and care about our patient’s comfort.” This morning as the anesthesiologist was prepping me, we chatter, along with thr surgeon about how women in the US don’t often get adequate pain management. They were in complete disbelief that a doctor would do an endometrial biopsy without anesthesia. Women’s medicine in the US needs an overhaul. Shout out to the awesome docs who do provide adequate pain management to their patients. #painmanagement #fertilityjourney #fertilitytreatment #infertilityjourney #adenomyosis #endometriosis #endowarrior #endometritis

Welcome to Women’s History Month where the @washingtonpost chose to remind women the side effects they experience on birth control aren’t real, they don’t have a right to share their experience, and if you’re critical of birth control then you’re probably just an influencer or conservative. But why aren’t we talking about: - How painful periods are a top reason the pill is prescribed and it can take up to 10 years for a woman to get diagnosed with endometriosis. - How acne & irregular periods are also a top reasons to be prescribed the pill and it takes on average 2-3 providers before someone gets a PCOS diagnosis These are absolutely connected. It’s not that women are rejecting the pill, they are rejecting a medical system that has decided women don’t deserve quality care because they can just be put on the pill. They are demanding better from healthcare providers and asking for more research because women have been not just left behind, but left to die by doctors who dismiss, downplay, and gaslight them about their symptoms. There’s research showing all of this. So let me ask, who does it serve to write an article that is ignoring millions of women’s experiences, calling for social media to silence those that share their story, and to use the tactic of “othering” to try to put women in their place? Or could we talk about how there’s no incentive to iterate and provide better birth control to women? Of course the pill has utility. Of course we want access to it. Of course we want to be supported when we take it. But we also want quality health care that doesn’t always reduce us to just a set of reproductive parts. #womenshealth #hormonedoctor #womensmentalhealth #womensrights #hormonehealth #birthcontrol #reproductiverights

Is it too much to ask that we listen to women, give them quality healthcare, AND ensure that the pill is available to anyone wanting to use it? Am I being greedy is wanting this? @washingtonpost

Creat a daily hormone healing routine. Comment the 3 you will commit to doing. - MOVE DAILY - DRINK WATER - PRIORITIZE SLEEP - SPEND TIME OUTSIDE - PRACTICE GRATITUDE - GET ENOUGH PROTEIN - EAT 25 GRAMS OF FIBER - CONNECT WITH FRIENDS - GET MORNING SUNSHINE - LIMIT ADDED SUGAR TO <25 GRAMS - AVOID WEARING SHOES IN THE HOUSE - EAT/ SUPPLEMENT WITH NUTRIENTS LIKE VITAMIN B6, OMEGA 3, VITAMIN C, MAGNESIUM, VITAMIN D #pmsproblems #hormonesupport #hormonebalance #hormonehealth #healthyliving #healthylivingtips

Don't go chasing progesterone when cortisol is your problem. Tell your friends. #pms #pmsproblems #lowprogesterone #highcortisol #hormoneimbalance #hormonesupport