EF#34: Using Fertility Awareness to learn to love your cycle and improve your fertility with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

My guest today is Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and monitoring overall health.

In her new book The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa debunks the myth that regular ovulation is only important when you want children by recognizing the menstrual cycle as a vital sign. Drawing heavily from the current scientific literature, Lisa presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization. She hosts the Fertility Friday Podcast, a weekly radio show devoted to helping women connect to their fifth vital sign by uncovering the connection between menstrual cycle health, fertility, and overall health.

Some of the highlights included:

• The concept of how our menstrual cycles is our "Fifth Vital"
• What the Fertility Awareness Method and the 3 key indicators
• The importance of having healthy cervical fluid
• Some reasons for early ovulation and implications for fertility
• How a woman's demanding life affects the health of her cycle
• How our cycles are highly susceptible to stress, sleep and exercise
• Period pain management strategies: timing your supplements with your cycle to reduce inflammation and pain

Get full show notes and more information at: https://www.endofertilityspecialist.com/endo-fertility-podcast/

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Lizzie is a certified integrative and functional health coach, holistic massage therapist, Endo sufferer and mum of one. Lizzie works with women with Endometriosis to help them find a way to get back to a healthy fertile cycle through her 1:1 coaching programmes. Find out more at endofertilityspecialist.com.