Holy Hormones Journal: Laura Beil has written an excellent commentary about the monthly period pain more and more women are experiencing - and the lack of treatment since the mid-1980’s when people were no longer interested. Perhaps there was a great push for going on birth control at that time - up until now… Perhaps, Continue Reading …
Joan Moon: A Nurse Midwife’s Approach to Women’s Health
April 27, 2015 by 1 Comment
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Joan Moon and I had a lovely interview. We stressed the importance of women understanding how menstruation affects every aspect of their lives. The audio is archived here as well as on the The Liberty Beacon Radio Network. Please check out Joan’s informative web site Women’s Health Dynamics. Joan Moon, Ed.D., M.S.N., C.N.M. A Nurse Continue Reading …
Is Menstruation our Friend or Foe?
January 30, 2015 by 4 Comments
Holy Hormones Journal! Is it possible that how we feel about menstruation shapes our experience as menstruating women? The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research believes so. Years ago members published a paper citing research on how not only cultural attitudes, but media marketing affects our menstrual experience. That may be part of the equations - Continue Reading …
The Period Poem: An Anatomy Lesson in Female Politics
June 3, 2014 by 3 Comments
Holy Hormones Journal: Dominique Christina says it all. Author: Leslie Carol Botha Author, publisher, radio talk show host and internationally recognized expert on women’s hormone cycles. Social/political activist on Gardasil the HPV vaccine for adolescent girls. Co-author of “Understanding Your Mood, Mind and Hormone Cycle.” Honorary advisory board member for the Foundation for the Study Continue Reading …
Do Tampons Continue the Stigma Around Menstruation?
July 25, 2013 by 4 Comments
Holy Hormones Journal: It appears that the author of this article got some criticism of her article below. In defense, she wrote another piece on July 11 entitled: I Do Not Think Tampons Are Anti-Feminist, for Chrissakes. According to Roberts “The article is about the continuing stigma around menstruation that leads our culture—through various media Continue Reading …
Dr. Jen Gunter Explains Bleeding After Mirena IUD Insertion
May 26, 2013 by 7 Comments
Holy Hormones Journal: I was delighted to see Dr. Jen Gunter’s blog post come out over the weekend with information on the Mirena IUD. She is so right when she sates that there is a price to pay for unexplained bleeding with the use of long acting reversible contraceptives. The Mirena IUD is no exception. Continue Reading …
Why Aren’t We Talking to Girls About Their Periods - Before they Menstruate?
May 22, 2013 by 3 Comments
Holy Hormones Journal - Why aren’t we talking to girls about what to expect about getting their periods - before they start to menstruate? We can no longer buy into the shaming of young girls about their bodies, and the fact they menstruate. We can’t ignore teaching them how their hormones affect their behaviors. All Continue Reading …
An Honest Conversation About Girls and their Periods
April 27, 2013 by 4 Comments
Leslie Carol Botha: Ok - Girls on their Periods - “possibly the most requested film of all time.” One would think so with over 800,000 views. This goes under Hormone Humor! Love the honesty and candor that younger women have in talking about their periods. This is the conversation that needs to happen to start Continue Reading …
Periods Blamed for Plumbing Pains
March 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Holy Hormones Honey! Great commentary by Beth Greenfield about blaming menstruation - menses again. Why the act alone is Mother Nature’s most perfect plumbing system. It is not our menses that plugs the plumbing - it is the damn tampons - and women did not make them - nor did Mother Nature!
Do the Period Gods Curse you the longer you go without Menstruating?
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I see now, too, that it get worse with every baby. And I don’t know if there’s any science to back this up, but it feels like the longer you get to go without a period, the more the period gods curse you.
