Not all women have a 28 day cycle. A lot of women do, and a lot of women do ovulate on cycle

day 14. But even if a woman does, you would see from cycle to cycle, you're not always ovulating the same time every single day, every single cycle. And even if you do have a 28 day cycle, sometimes that will vary. Maybe it'll be 27 days, maybe 29 days. One month, it will be 30 days. So we are not robots. And because we're not robots,

we are cyclical beings. And as a cyclical being, as a woman, our body is always responding to

the environment around us. And we all have seasons and phases in our life. You know, whether it's,

you're going through a really busy season or phase with work, whether you're traveling, whether you

are, you know, moving through some issues with your partner or familial things. This is, you know,

everything in life is going to create an environment around you that is going to impact the menstrual

cycle. Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can ever hope to experience in this life.

The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the best information, which is why you're here today.

I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of experience as a professional childbirth educator,

doula and lover of all things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, I'm here to make preparing for

your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy. Each week, I'll cover different topics,

interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty birth stories from mamas just like you.

And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the My Essential Birth course at myessentialbirth.com,

where I take you step by step through exactly how to prepare your mind, body, spirit, and partner for a

birth you love. So let's get started.

Thank you. and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started. All right. If you guys are pregnant right now, which can be the case for many of my pregnant

mamas who are listening, then it might seem your cycle is in a far distant past, which is

the best feeling in the world. But your cycle has a lot

to do with how you are going to recover postpartum and particularly how you are going to get

pregnant again if you choose to have more children. So I have with me today, Nora DeBora,

and she is a functional fertility coach, a holistic nutritionist and fertility awareness practitioner.

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