Breaking Down Birth Control with Dr. Jolene Brighten
Girls Gotta Eat
Ashley Hesseltine
4.6 • 29.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
We have the long-awaited Dr. Jolene Brighten in the studio to break down what’s normal (and not normal) when it comes to birth control and our bodies. We’re covering menstrual cycles, how birth control affects our sex drive and lubrication, the fertility awareness method, Plan B, and even “whisky vagina.” Jolene also explains how to get off the pill and how to optimize your health both on and off the pill. Before she joins us, we discuss our own birth control methods (and Ashley has a big update). Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | There's so much we're told is normal like you were born with ovaries so it's supposed to suck like emotional rollercoaster check painful periods |
| 0:07.2 | Definitely bleeding through all of your clothing. Yeah, yeah, that's just the way it is and it's not in fact normal |
| 0:12.5 | Hi guys, welcome back to another episode of Girl's Gotta Eat welcome back |
| 0:31.0 | I come in to the studio and you go why'd you dress like me and I was like you got changed well |
| 0:41.3 | I've been over so this new way is really pretty pink slacks and like a nice little sweater |
| 0:46.7 | What do you call that like a slew of sweater shirts? It's a shirt. Yeah |
| 0:53.0 | But we have filming videos for vibes only and I thought you were gonna wear your nice outfit |
| 0:58.1 | I was impressed when you were like absolutely not. I was like that was gonna change just something more comfortable |
| 1:01.7 | Accord and slack |
| 1:04.8 | You know what I'm glad it's never changed that I've never stopped for you sweatshirts to record this podcast |
| 1:09.3 | We have been in like at leisure to record this podcast for six years. Why not? I wore a pair of jeans twice |
| 1:14.7 | One time it were jeans remember that the love is blind reunion recap |
| 1:18.5 | We were about to go record another podcast so only time I've worn jeans to record anything. I remember it |
| 1:24.0 | It looks good. I've worn jeans twice one time. We had a very important business meeting afterwards. Yeah, like like a really important |
| 1:30.6 | Investor meeting so I wore jeans and then another time here I think we also probably like a meeting after that's it |
| 1:36.2 | Oh, I wore them when we did Grace Beverly's |
| 1:38.5 | I was gonna say what's crazier wearing jeans to record a podcast or jeans on an airplane |
| 1:44.4 | When I saw more your friend cave wear jeans to go to an airport |
| 1:48.6 | I think about it all the time. You know, she's kind of being old school about it when people used to dress nicer for the airport |
| 1:54.0 | She dresses nice for the airport. She looks great and she feels comfortable. I mean live your truth |
| 1:57.2 | I had a friend that used to lounge in jeans. I cannot watch in a movie. We'd be watching a movie. She'd be in jeans |
| 2:03.1 | You will never catch me in a jean when I'm trying to relax |
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