Periods After Amenorrhea: Interview with Nicole Jardim

What should you know about periods after hypothalamic amenorrhea?

Today, I'd like to introduce you Nicole Jardim, aka. The Period Girl, and pick her brain on that topic.

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I've covered a lot about recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea. But what happens next? From my personal experience, I can tell you that keeping your ovulation and period takes work too! How do you do it right?

Today, Nicole and I are talking about irregular periods, late ovulation, problems with the Pill and other hormonal birth control, and how food and environment can affect our reproductive health.

Here we go!

Here are the timestamps for this interview:

00:25 Introduction: Meet Nicole

01:50 Why is Nicole so interested in periods!

02:30 Nicole's own story: Going on the Pill to “solve” irregularity and heaviness of her periods

03:20 When the Pill started causing issues for her

06:20 Why it's important to have regular cycles

08:00 Why we should actually focus on ovulation even more than on period

09:45 How a healthy cycle looks like and what happens during it

12:00 What happens in our bodies when we take the Pill or another form of hormonal birth control

12:35 Why normal estrogen and progesterone production is critical for a woman's health

14:05 What to do when your period came back after amenorrhea, but is very irregular at first

19:35 Why we shouldn't be dreading having a sensitive body and appreciate it instead

21:45 Why we may not even know what our natural weight is

23:30 What happens when a body senses that it doesn't get enough food and calories

24:20 Why it's important to have enough enough body fat

25:30 Why your ovulation might be late

27:55 When estrogen is not peaking enough to cause ovulation

30:20 Can soy help to ovulate

33:30 How blood sugar spikes and high cortisol can cause issues with your hormones

35:00 Painful periods after recovering from amenorrhea

36:30 Liver's role in balancing your hormones

38:10 Why it's important to see a doctor if you have severe period pain

40:00 Hormone testing – who is it for and what information it can give

43:20 Learn about Nicole's e-programs and get in touch with her

 

Mentioned in this interview: The Dutch Test

Get in touch with Nicole:

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