Holy Hormones Journal: Although this article is almost two years old - it is as relevant today as it was then...and as it was in the 1990's when we first heard about the devastating affects of birth control and other endocrine disruptors on the ecosystem - changing the sex in fish. Today those same chemicals are changing the sex in humans. We are seeing this with the rise in … [Read more...]
Pregnant women at risk of violence
Holy Hormones Journal: I guess since 1 in 3 women are abused, from violent assault, rape etc in their lifetime that 1 in 6 women abused during pregnancy is a 50% improvement. That was snarky - but what can anyone possible say in light of any woman being traumatically abused or filled with such despair that she becomes suicidal? I heard this stat about pregnant women years … [Read more...]
Womb Exchange - A New Frontier?
Holy Hormones Journal: National Public Radio reported on this transplant in 2014 - I caught up with the article in August of last year: Uterine Transplants… A New Day has Dawned. At that time, the family did not want to be identified. Now that the baby is thriving they are revealing their identity and heralding the success of the transplant. If I wanted to be rude and … [Read more...]
New Mom loses secret battle with Postpartum Depression
Holy Hormones Journal: I am posting this just as I am preparing to depart for Philadelphia to speak at the National Association for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (NAPMDD)conference. We are losing too many women to severe depressive disorders that result in suicide. This is not something that a drug can fix. but the drug companies are trying to. Postpartum depression (PPD) … [Read more...]
Women are not broken
Holy Hormones Journal: Women's bodies are not broken - but in many respects within a testosterone-driven society - our bodies have become a burden. Would they be a burden if we lived a life without endocrine disruptors- if we lived a life that was fostered on our values... if we lived in a culture that valued our bodies, our thoughts, our instincts? Would our body be a burden … [Read more...]