Fertility Awareness Is Power with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

On Health for Women

Aviva Romm

Arts, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week we are diving deep into fertility awareness, body autonomy, and cycle tracking with the author of The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. With forms of contraception at risk of becoming harder to access in a post-Roe world, now more than ever we need options that allow us to be in sync with our cycles and decide exactly when we would like to have children, if at all. Lisa shares her expertise on the fertility awareness method, the various biomarkers that signal you’re fertile, and how conception occurs—or doesn’t. If you’re looking to take control of your reproductive health, this episode is for you. Aviva and Lisa discuss: The common myth that pregnancy can occur every day of the cycle Ovulation and the fertile window length, and signs and symptoms to help you track and understand your cycle Popular fertility awareness methods, their efficacy, and how to begin using tracking methods safely and effectively Emergency contraception methods, how they work, and information to help you choose the right option for you Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is 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. Lisa is the author of The Fifth Vital Sign and host of the Fertility Friday Podcast. Find Lisa’s charting workbook HERE Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow me on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation. Follow Lisa @fertilityfriday.

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0:00.0	I find especially for the younger generation, so women in their 20s.
0:08.6	I feel like they have been hit the hardest with this kind of myth, as you said, that we
0:13.2	can always get pregnant.
0:14.2	They're being taught that condoms aren't even effective.
0:16.6	They're being taught that really if you're not on the pill, it's just a matter of time
0:19.2	before you get pregnant.
0:20.6	But what happens with that is that they lack the basic knowledge of how the cycle works.
0:25.2	And as you said, it just causes a lot of anxiety because we're scared when we don't understand
0:29.2	things.
0:30.2	But if you believe that you can get pregnant every day, but you really don't understand
0:32.6	why or how, that just generates fear.
0:37.8	From this stuff your mother never told you, to the stuff your doctor never learned, on
0:42.0	health is what happens when a midwife, plus a Yale trained MD, shares about all things
0:47.0	women's health.
0:48.3	From periods to menopause, sex to reproductive health politics, motherhood to mental health,
0:54.0	giving me for taboo busting conversations that demystify and destigmatize our bodies,
0:59.4	all while bridging the gap between conventional medicine and wellness.
1:03.2	Along the way, we'll be exploring the science and wisdom of how our bodies work, what makes
1:07.6	us well, what gets in the way, and how we can live our best lives on our terms.
1:13.2	When it comes to women's health and wellbeing, there's nothing we won't talk about.
1:16.9	The new medicine for women is here.
1:18.7	I'm Dr. Avivaram, welcome to the podcast.
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