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THREAD INDEX 🧵🌡️💧📈🩸 FIND RESOURCES HERE
Welcome to Learn Body Literacy, a resource hub for fertility awareness, body literacy, and autonomous menstrual management.
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Intro to Fertility Awareness Method🌡️📈💧🩸
[Sympto-Thermal Method]
This is a user dependent contraceptive method that is non-invasive and non-hormonal
#FAMTaughtMe
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MENSTRUAL PAIN 🩸
Where It Comes From & What To Do About It
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- ~200 yrs ago white male doctors created the myth that larger labia was symbolic of sexual deviance
- modern forms of this mythology persist from surgeons
- obgyns & cosmetic surgeons both don’t understand the nerves& vasculature of the vulva, can cause permanent damage
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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.
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There’s 3 sets of tests!
- cervical fluid selects the best sperm and holds back the lesser quality ones (100 million down to 250)
- the egg releases chemoattractants for about 25 of those to select 1
- the uterine wall can detect abnormalities & choose not to allow attachment
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PSA: One of the categories of peak fertility fluid is literally called watery, yes it will run down your legs, and it’s totally normal.
You do not need to see a doctor if you notice watery fluid lol
I don’t wear underwear to the gym ever and people always ask ‘where does your discharge go, does it go down your leg’ ??? like BFFR. if yours is running down your leg you gotta see a doctor ASAP
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AUTONOMOUS MENSTRUAL MANAGEMENT: TAKING CHARGE IN THE POST-ROE AGE
The fight to keep abortion legal and accessible in the US, by any means necessary.
webinar now available on Youtube:
#FAMTaughtMe
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The Science Behind Attraction, the Hormonal Changes of the Menstrual Cycle, and Contraceptive Use 👃
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Let's talk about IRREGULAR CYCLES ✨
What are they, why do they happen, and what can you do about them?
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BIRTH CONTROL & WEIGHT GAIN.
Let's talk about it ⬇️
How it happens, why it happens, why you'll be told it isn't happening, and how fatphobia negatively affects people who menstruate
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Eliminating carbs increases cortisol, slows thyroid, and causes insomnia, constipation, and hair loss.
We need carbohydrates to ovulate.
It takes extra cellular energy to do menstrual WORK!
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Menstrual cycles are not just for making babies; menstrual cycles are for making hormones.
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The immuno-menstrual axis will become a popular area of study in the future, I’m confident of this!
There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every ~28 days using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.
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This is incorrect. Sperm can live inside a CERVIX (cervical crypts) for up to 5 days leading up to ovulation. The vaginal environment is inhospitable to sperm survival.
Sperm can live inside a woman's vagina for up to five days waiting for her to begin ovulating
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What Is The Immuno-Menstrual Axis?
The immuno-menstrual axis describes the communication and interrelationship between the immune system and the menstrual cycle.
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A Guide to Vaginal pH
#FAMTaughtMe
Our reproductive system is built to create and sustain varying pH levels throughout the cycle.
We do not have "a vaginal pH" -- we have a cycling of vaginal pH.
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It’s a shame that so many know and mention the fact that sperm can live inside the body for several days leading up to ovulation, but we are never told *how*
The how is via cervical fluid. Understanding your cervical fluid is the major key to understanding when you’re fertile.
The fact that so many people (women & men) don’t know you can only get pregnant a few days out of each month (during ovulation) is troubling. These are basic facts people need to know to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Sex education has failed when there’s 800K abortions a year.
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@nastassiapo
Here’s a summary thread on this topic 💕
The Science Behind Attraction, the Hormonal Changes of the Menstrual Cycle, and Contraceptive Use 👃
#FAMTaughtMe
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If you study the anthropology of menstruation this is definitely not true. The infradian (menstrual-hormonal) rhythm has been acknowledged and integrated into many cultures. It has nothing to do with strength vs weakness or sickness vs health. It’s culturally normal to cycle rest
This is a sign of extreme ill health in a woman, if she becomes physically debilitated by her period. Even before the plague of feminism, women worked very hard throughout the month on a variety of chores. Painful periods indicate hormone dysfunction and crap nutrition.
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NEW EPISODE 🔊 Ep 54: PMS and PMDD
Learn the difference between
#PMS
and
#PMDD
, the history of the debate about the condition, and get accurate and updated information about the underlying causes and how to treat it
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Stages of Arousal
#FAMTaughtMe
There are a few stages to our sexual response. Understanding them can increase pleasure, intimacy, and creativity.
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Read Your Bleed
What does healthy
#menstruation
look and feel like?
Most of us were never taught about the parameters of a healthy bleed and what it might tell us about our health.
#FAMTaughtMe
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Nancy King Reame actually tested tampon absorbency in the 80s with venous blood, she submitted her final report in 1983, but it remained confidential for years.
She's the reason why we know that it's the tampon manufacturers who refused to test blood at her request!
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‘Scientists check the absorbency of period products with blood for the first time’
No, that is not a study from the 70s, 80s this is from a study released this month. Until this study, scientists checked the absorbency of period products with saline solution…SALINE.
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Always menstrual pads were tested and found to contain several chemicals of concern, including:
•Styrene: carcinogen
•Chloromethane: reproductive toxicant
•Chloroethane: carcinogen
•Chloroform: carcinogen, reproductive toxicant, neurotoxin
•Acetone: irritant
I’m not being funny but as soon as I stopped using Always pads, majority of my period problems disappeared
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Menstrual scientists have a hunch.
Full moon > archetypically associated with the fertile window > light at night disturbs sleep > opportunity to have fertile sex
The lunar cycle is in our evolution.
It’s scientifically proven that people sleep less during the Full Moon and scientists are unaware of why that exactly happens. Yet people still think there’s no correlation of the cosmic / lunar cycles and our internal cycles, which is literally how astrology works.
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Pregnancy is NOT possible on every day of your menstrual cycle.
It’s only possible during days when the cervix is open and producing cervical fluid!
In a typical cycle, the fertile window is 6-9 days long.
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Menstrual Cycle in traditional Chinese medicine
📍Short cycles may be the result of Spleen Qi deficiency or of Heat in the Blood.
📍Long cycles, where the cycle lasts 40–50 days, may be caused by Blood deficiency, a cold Uterus, Kidney Yang deficiency or by Qi stagnation.
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INFRADIAN 🩸 CYCLE DAY 1
The menstrual cycle under the microscope
This is a public menstrual art project!
I’m going to be posting a daily image or video of my cycle under the microscope, day by day.
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“We’re in them” — but what’s in YOU?
We want these corporations to DISCLOSE THE INGREDIENTS in their products!
Did you know that tampons are categorized as class II medical devices which “grandfathered” in these products WITHOUT safety tests? We don’t know what’s in them!
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This is a concept called the basic infertile pattern!
Some people have a break (BIP) and some people don’t (no BIP)
Let’s explain 🥰
there’s really no break between your cycle and ovulation week.
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MENSTRUAL PAIN: GETTING TO THE ROOT
FREE webinar! Nov 13th, 2021 @ 1pm EST
This live webinar will discuss the root causes of menstrual pain and how to address pain with proven strategies.
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You can't get your period when you're pregnant!
But other types of bleeding may occur, and we should learn the difference.
#FAMTaughtMe
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Patriarchal myths about conception have molded our understanding of
#reproduction
and have reinforced gendered notions of female passivity and male agency
Let's break it down.
Myth
#1
: The sperm "swims" to the egg
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Let's talk about matrilineal social structures & the evolution of
#menopause
Did you know that menopause is unique to humans and just a few species of whales? The most compelling theory is the "grandmother hypothesis"
Patriarchal evolutionary science is perplexed by menopause
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UTERUS DIVERSITY
🍐 The uterus is typically pear shaped, hollow, and slightly wider at the top than on the bottom. But for about 4% of people, the uterus may be shaped differently. Here are some examples of uterus diversity!
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It's not exactly that they didn't think to test actual blood...
Let me introduce you to the Syngina and Nancy King Reame.
#FAMTaughtMe
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um? I assumed those commercials used water because they couldn’t show blood but it’s really because no one…thought to test actual blood?
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How to Organize For Reproductive Justice during the 4 Phases of the Menstrual Cycle ❄️🌷☀️🍁
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If you’re following your infradian rhythm of your menstrual cycle then you probably noticed you’re also changing with the seasons. More darkness will encourage more rest. And rest is important for regulating your ovarian hormones, stabilizing cortisol, and insulin sensitivity.
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🩸Protip if you’re bleeding right now…
gently massage in small circles to make a large circle
come down the left side below the rib cage, then left pelvis to right, then up towards the right rib cage & across. Try this for 10-15 mins. Also can try it with a warm coffee mug.
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- male preference and porn are likely used as cultural scapegoats to cover for the deeply imbedded misogyny present in gynecology, obstetrics, and cosmetic surgery
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The mental clarity that comes from bleeding if you know how to use the psychological power of your hormones… it actually makes you feel elevated, relaxed, clear headed, and able to reflect while looking ahead.
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Patriarchal myths about conception have molded our understanding of
#reproduction
and have reinforced gendered notions of female passivity and male agency
Let's break it down.
Myth
#2
: The fastest sperm combine with the egg
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Menses provide us with the space to express how we really feel, raw and unencumbered. It can be empowering to recognize these energetic shifts
is it how you really feel or are you just getting your period?
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- the labia minora are important for sexual function. labia minora “reductions” may result in total amputation and severing of the nerve supply to the clitoris. this not only causes sexual dysfunction but UTIs and other complications. It deserves serious scrutiny
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Fertility awareness is a secular, scientific method of determining the small window in which a person is fertile each menstrual cycle.
It involves charting daily changes to the body on a graph, which gives us a window into our fertility, our hormones, and our health.
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The Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on Brain Structure
I've been wanting to make a series of posts on different aspects of how the menstrual cycle affects the brain.
This is a huge topic! So let's start with brain structure.
#FAMTaughtMe
#OvulationBrain
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🟣 BREAKING UP WITH BIRTH CONTROL 🟣
A 3 month self study course to transition you from your current contraceptive (💊) to birth control sovereign with fertility awareness! 🌡️💧📈
#FAMTaughtMe
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If you're using hormonal contraceptives, the bleeding you're experiencing is called breakthrough bleeding, not menstruation.
Menstruation is the result of an ovulation that occurred ~12-16 days before.
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This isn't your regular anatomy book!
Let's take a look at how THE BODY LITERACY COLORING BOOK & VISUAL READER deal with representing parts of the body we don't normally see...
#BodyLiteracy
THE BODY LITERACY COLORING BOOK & VISUAL READER!
An interactive field guide to anatomy | the menstrual cycle | sex ed
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We need to talk about abolishing gynecology not venerating it as the reason for our success as a species. Way off base here, especially during such a vicious menstrual and maternal crisis.
Stop assigning the successes of traditional midwifery to racist gynecology
The most important human invention—the very reason we’ve managed to succeed as a species—was gynecology, writes
@catbohannon
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THE BODY LITERACY COLORING BOOK & VISUAL READER!
An interactive field guide to anatomy | the menstrual cycle | sex ed
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LABIA DIVERSITY IS BEAUTIFUL ‼️‼️‼️
🔅 labia are the vulva lips - the labia majora are the fleshy outer lips and the labia minora are the inner lips that lead to the vestibule/urethra/vaginal opening
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Patriarchal myths about conception have molded our understanding of
#reproduction
and have reinforced gendered notions of female passivity and male agency.
Let's break them down.
Myth
#3
The womb is a soft and inviting place for the embryo.
#FAMTaughtMe
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Now would be a good time to talk about The Menstrual Concealment Imperative...
What it is and why it matters to resist it 🧵
#CriticalMenstrualStudies
#BodyLiteracy
#FAMTaughtMe
We don't have to know when you're on your period. Please
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Let's talk about the basic pathophysiology of
#PCOS
Pathophysiology = disordered physiological processes associated with a condition
#FAMTaughtMe
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Polycystic ovaries are not ovarian cysts.
Polycystic ovaries are underdeveloped but normal (painless) ovarian follicles, whose cell walls are thickened by the presence of androgens, preventing ovulation.
Ovarian cysts are an overdeveloped follicle that can burst & cause pain.
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THE CERVIX IS A GLAND!
It makes different kinds of cervical fluid 💦💦💦
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"Period shaming is a consequence of the social construction of menstruation as an undesirable bodily event... using euphemisms to discuss menstruation hides the shame of periods and the "offensive feelings associated with it""
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Fertility Sign 2: Cervical Position
Cervical position changes are also directed by estrogen.
The cervix baseline during infertile phases is low, hard to the touch, and closed
The cervix during the fertile window rises higher in the vaginal canal, is soft to the touch, & opens
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The way that various entities and persons in the medical and pharma industries stereotype and deliberately sabotage Black women’s fertility is racist as hell.
Las Vegas Mother Suffers Devastating Loss After CVS Mistakenly Gives Her Abortion Medicine [Video]
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Comprehensive document about Covid and pregnancy ! Please share widely!
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It’s interesting that the concept of egg freezing is an inversion of freezing sperm, but ignores the differences in our physiology such as the way the menstrual cycle prepares new follicles for ovulation, egg available for a short time, & eggs are kept fully inside the warm body
I find the “freeze your eggs just in case” discourse interesting because… egg freezing doesn’t work very well? Feels like young, professional women are being encouraged to, uh… put all their eggs in one very expensive and leaky basket
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There’s a difference between PCOS cure and PCOS reversal
A cure = no management needed to maintain homeostasis
A reversal = finding a lifelong management regimen that improves the underlying factors which return if stopped
Management = mid process w finding the right strategy
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- evidence shows that (studied in a heterosexual context) men don’t prefer smaller labia or even care about vulva diversity
- evidence shows that beauty standards in porn are not responsible and that many successful porn actors have labia minora larger than their labia majora
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PSA: Labia are the outer and inner folds of the vulva. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Inner labia may stick out through the outer labia in about half the population. There is no “excessively developed” (“hypertrophic”) labia, only normal human variation.
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ALL CERVICAL FLUID IS POTENTIALLY FERTILE.
If you are pre-ovulatory, and you see any kind of fluid, you are currently fertile. This is because cervical fluid is *required* for sperm to survive in the vaginal canal.
We use the categories to gauge how close to ovulation you are.
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✨ OVULATION CHALLENGE !!! ✨
join me for this free exercise
1. During your follicular/ovulatory phase record a short video of yourself talking about how you feel about yourself (anything you want!)
2. Two-ish weeks later during your luteal phase watch your recording
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"The cervix is a precision organ as complex as the eye"
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When you used to search for the lateral view of the reproductive system and no one had depicted a clitoris + every graphic was racialized white, so you made your own and now you're up there with them.
#MedicalIllustration
#FAMTaughtMe
#BodyLiteracy
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The first day you observe cervical fluid in the cycle is considered the beginning of the fertile window.
Many of us have been taught about 'vaginal discharge' and have never been told that we have a cycling of cervical fluid that is a major indicator of our fertility status.
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The Menstrual Cycle Under The Microscope
Now on youtube!
This is the first day-to-day microscopic documentation of human menstrual blood / cervical fluid... ever to exist on the internet!
#BodyLiteracy
#CervicalFluid
#MenstrualBlood
#FAMTaughtMe
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10 Ways to Protect Yourself In A Post-Roe World
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The clitoris's involvement in
#childbirth
is a complex and too often overlooked phenomenon!
Understanding its role can shed light on creating safer birthing experiences and reducing
#birth
injuries.
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I hope you enjoyed this intro to the Sympto-Thermal Method of fertility awareness! As you begin to chart and learn more body literacy, you will discover many of the additional benefits to charting besides contraception as well!
Learn more at
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What is the difference between a menstrual bleed and continuous or erratic patterned bleeding?
Let's break this down.
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COVID-19 VACCINES AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Bleeding Patterns and Potential Menstrual Effects of COVID-19 Vaccinations
✨ new
#FAMTaughtMe
study alert ✨ share widely!
🔬 the first survey to include fertility awareness charts in analysis of vaccinations
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⚠️ PCOS makes you prone to leptin resistance
When leptin resistant, the brain thinks you’re starving & tells the body to store more fat
PCOS is hijacking the body’s natural hunger mechanisms creating a cycle of insulin resistance, leptin resistance, & androgen excess
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7. Intersex anatomy is included and shown as homologous to endosex bodies
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Introducing my new self study course, PCOS Intensive
A ten module course to explore your interest in managing and reversing
#PCOS
, with a focus on fertility awareness for achieving
#bodyliteracy
#FAMTaughtMe
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@DrIndyEinstein
Here’s an intro thread if anyone is curious about the method 💕
Intro to Fertility Awareness Method🌡️📈💧🩸
[Sympto-Thermal Method]
This is a user dependent contraceptive method that is non-invasive and non-hormonal
#FAMTaughtMe
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In bed last night remarking how sexy post orgasm fat pussy lips are (thanks to engorgement) and I gotta wake up to some labia shaming jokes on the TL! How sad.
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If its irresponsible to talk about body literacy, then you're arguing that the responsible thing to do is to conceal this information.
It's an inherently misogynist viewpoint to suggest concealing the menstrual cycle and the basic knowledge on how it works is the answer here.
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This is how.
Progesterone and estrogen are hormones that regulate our mental state. Each menstrual cycle, these hormones drop to baseline.
In pregnancy you make WAY WAY more of these hormones than a typical cycle. And then birth is triggered by a more intense and rapid drop.
SERIOUS question, Ladies. How do y’all have postpartum depression from having a child you oh so wanted to have and be a mother?
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Cervical fluid is our most reliable diagnostic fertility sign. When we feel cervical fluid and vaginal sensation, we have a good indication that we are currently fertile. The fertility window with cervical fluid is typically around 6 days.
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The menstrual cycle occurs for a long time and that gives people a pretty long range of choosing the right time for pregnancy. The “run out of eggs” fear is more patriarchal nonsense and we should focus on how to increase egg quality, cervical fluid, and endocrine signaling.
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#Perimenopause
is a critical window for health.
This part of menstrual life is an unfolding of events, a transition between your menstrual years into the graduated phase of life that is
#menopause
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"Fertility Awareness Method" is an umbrella term for several different categories of methods.
It's important to note that we only wish to share the most accurate scientific knowledge, which is why we use the *Sympo-Thermal Method* It is the most reliable and most effective.
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Body literacy easily identifies estrogen dominance, two ways. No blood test necessary.
- Chart your daily cervical secretions (wipe test, underwear observations, vaginal sensation)
- Measure/estimate your blood loss with menstrual cup or # of products used. Note color & clots
@PutrinoLab
How do I find this out? What tests would show? I went to an endo to try to understand what might be happening with my sex hormones with LC and was belittled for even asking about it.
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The first thing to establish is whether you have experienced any identifiable fluid that day [Yes/No]
If no, you consider this a dry, infertile day.
If yes, attempt to categorize that fluid
- Sticky/Tacky
- Creamy/Lotiony
- Wet/Watery/Slippery
- Stretchy/Egg-white
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