Why Lena Dunham is wrong about birth control
I literally jumped out of bed to write this post today! If you know me, you know that I don’t ever jump out of bed to write. But today was different because as I lay in bed scrolling through the...
View ArticleDoes the birth control pill make you fat?
We all know that eating a couple boxes of Girl Scout thin mints can make us fat…ah the injustice! We also know that sitting on the couch and watching a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills marathon for 24...
View ArticleBirth Control Options 101
You know that feeling you get when you’re trying to choose a paint color at Home Depot? Yeah that feeling of total bewilderment as you stare at the 437 different shades of yellow. Most of them would...
View ArticleAre Birth Control Side Effects Ruining Your Life?
I have yet to meet a single woman who has taken birth control without experiencing any side effects at all. When I meet women who say they don’t experience any ill effects, I usually ask some specific...
View ArticleGet off the birth control pill the right way
I often hear that millions of women take hormonal birth control without incident. That may indeed be the case but it certainly isn’t my experience in my practice. In fact, the most common question I...
View ArticleFertility Awareness Event in New York City
I’ll be speaking at the event below on Tuesday April 28th. If you’re in NYC I’d loooove to meet you there! FERTILITY AWARENESS EVENT AND MISCON(TRA)CEPTION FILM PREMIERE April 28th, 7-9:30pm $40 Wythe...
View ArticleThe Top 4 Benefits of Using The Fertility Awareness Method for Birth Control
Guest blog post by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, founder of FertilityFriday.com I spoke on Lisa’s Fertility Friday podcast recently & you can listen to the interview at this link: FFP 019 | Fix Your...
View ArticleHow to start using natural birth control
Women write me and comment on my blog posts ALL the time about how much pain and trouble their hormonal birth control is causing them but they are so terrified of coming off that they just continue to...
View ArticleA documentary investigating the safety of hormonal birth control
Did you ever see the documentary The Business of Being Born? It was a serious game-changer for myself and millions of women around the world. Lucky for us, Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake are at it again...
View ArticleHelp! Why am I spotting?
You’ve started spotting on day 10 of your cycle and you have no idea why. Ack! It’s a week before your period and suddenly you find blood in your underwear. What?! Your period was two weeks ago and...
View ArticleHuge study links birth control to depression but doctors don’t care
Birth control is in the news this week in a BIG way! On Monday, a newly released study from the University of Copenhagen confirmed the link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. FINALLY!!!...
View ArticleAre chronic UTI’s killing your sex life?
I remember it like it was yesterday – I was 21, in college and supposed to be having the time of my life partying and having lots of irresponsible sex. Instead, I was sitting in the ER because I had...
View Article6 Things I Wish I Understood Years Ago about Hormonal Birth Control
Written by my Spring 2017 apprentice, Ellie Thomas, this post discusses how the pill wreaks havoc on your hormones! The pill and me, we aren’t exactly BFF’s. There was a time in my life however, where...
View ArticlePost-Pill Acne: Is it inevitable?
Written by my Spring 2017 apprentice, Megan Schwarz, this post discusses the post-pill adjustments you can make to stop acne in its tracks! You likely went on the pill with the best of intentions – to...
View ArticleHormone Testing 101
Written by my Spring 2017 apprentice, Manisha Sharma, this post discusses the challenges with hormone testing and compares the three methods used! In my practice, I often see patients who want me to...
View ArticleFertility Awareness Event in New York City
I’ll be speaking at the event below on Tuesday April 28th. If you’re in NYC I’d loooove to meet you there! FERTILITY AWARENESS EVENT AND MISCON(TRA)CEPTION FILM PREMIERE April 28th, 7-9:30pm $40 Wythe...
View ArticleTired of Hormone Pushers?
Written by my Spring 2018 apprentice, Jill Chmielewski, this post discusses the alternative to taking hormonal birth control. If you are reading this, my guess is that you’ve been told one of the...
View ArticlePseudotumor Cerebri – a side effect of progestin-only birth control
I’m pissed, and you should be too. Here’s why… A friend of mine reached out to me the other day to let me know she was diagnosed with something called Pseudotumor Cerebri (also known as Intracranial...
View ArticlePP# 136: Post Birth Control Syndrome is Real with Dr. Jolene Brighten
Dr. Jolene Brighten is a functional naturopathic medical doctor and nutritional biochemist with a focus on women’s endocrine health. She is recognized as a leading expert in Post-Birth Control...
View ArticlePP# 150: Hormonal Birth Control & Blood Clots with David Rowan
David Rowan is a retired Engineer in Houston, Texas, who, along with his wife, co-founded the Alexandra L. Rowan Foundation in honor of his daughter, Alex, who died from a Massive Pulmonary Embolism...
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