EF#9: Healing the Gut & CNS Reduces Endo Pain and Infertility with Dr Jessica Drummond

Today's guest is an amazing woman, and I feel honoured to have had the pleasure to chat with her. Dr Jessica Drummond DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC is the founder and CEO of The Integrative Women's Health Institute (IWHI) and the author of Outsmart Endometriosis. I have learnt a huge amount from Jessica as I have been attending the Institute for a variety of specialities from functional nutrition to optimal fertility as I further my education. She is incredibly knowledgeable on the subject of women's health, in particular Endometriosis, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum. We had a great conversation and there is SOOO much great information and actionable nuggets for you to take away and use to improve your health, reduce your pain and better your Endometriosis and how optimising your fertility will benefit your baby in the long term.

Jessica is passionate about caring for and empowering people who struggle with women's and pelvic health concerns. She is equally passionate about educating and supporting clinicians and wellness professionals in confidently and safely using integrative tools to transform women's and pelvic healthcare.

She has two decades of clinical experience as a licensed physical therapist, licensed clinical nutritionist, and board-certified health coach working with women with pelvic pain, including endometriosis, vulvodynia, and bladder pain syndrome. She brings a unique, conservative and integrative approach to supporting women to overcome hormonal imbalances and chronic pain conditions. She is a sought after international speaker on topics such as integrative pelvic pain management, natural fertility options, optimal hormone health, menopause, and female athlete nutrition.

She loves farmer's markets, art museums, eating great food, and having girls' movie nights with her daughters. She lives and works from her home and offices in Fairfield, Connecticut and Houston, Texas reaching thousands of clients and professional students in over 60 countries through her virtual practice and educational programs.

Dr Drummond was educated at the University of Virginia, Emory University, Duke Integrative Medicine, and the Maryland University of Integrative Health.

The topics we discussed were:

• Jessica's training as a physical therapist and working with women health,
• Her personal health journey with secondary infertility and postpartum struggles, and how this changed how she practised to include integrative and functional medicine.
• The importance of understanding someone's health history and story, and how their symptoms evolve to determine what the key issues are and how to help someone.
• How COVID has changed behaviours and made people slow down a bit, from forcing people to look into alternatives to support their health instead of Endo surgery and IVF, to reducing the number of premature births.
• Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)
• Digestive and gut health on Endometriosis and fertility
• The importance of the Central Nervous System health and pain
• Whether Endometriosis is really an issue of estrogen dominance
• Methylation and metabolism of estrogen in the liver
• Benefits of optimising fertility associated systems to improve conception, pregnancy and post-partum journey
• Preconception and pregnancy supplements
• Using heart rate monitors to monitor health with Endometriosis and stress.

PLUS, how you can get your hands on your FREE copy of Jessica's book Outsmart Endometriosis.

Resources Mentioned:

• Outsmart Endometriosis book – get your FREE copy at: outsmartendo.com

Connect with Dr Jessica Drummon at:

• Website: https://iwhi.wpengine.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessrdrummond
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/integrativepelvichealth
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativewomenshealth/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicarobilottodrummond/
• Email: jessica@integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com

Further EndoFertility links and resources:

• Join my Endo Fertility community! Find us in the Thrive and Conceive with Endometriosis Facebook Group.
• The Endo Fertility Specialist website: https://www.endofertilityspecialist.com
• Follow me on Instagram (@endofertilityspecialist) and Facebook (@endofertilityspecialist)
• Intro/Outro Music Credits: Optimistic Future

This episode is sponsored by the Endo Fertility Resource Library where you can get your 3 amazing freebies: E-Book: 5 Things I Learnt to Drop My Pain & Optimise My Fertility, Your Guide to Super Sperm, and 88 Ways I Dropped My Pain and Got Pregnant.

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