FFP 259 | Thyroid, Adrenals, and Fertility | Dr. Aviva Romm, MD

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4.8 • 869 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Romm is a midwife, herbalist, and Yale-trained MD, Board Certified in Family Medicine with Obstetrics, who has been bridging the best of traditional medicine with good science for over three decades.

She is considered one of the world's leaders in botanical medicine and is the author of 7 books on natural medicine, including the textbook Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health (Elsevier) and The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution (Harper One).

And in today’s episode we dive into thyroid and adrenal health, and how it can impact fertility and the menstrual cycle.

Today’s episode is sponsored by The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. The Fifth Vital Sign is available for purchase on Amazon. Exciting news!! The audiobookis finally here! Listen to The Fifth Vital Signfor FREE when you sign up for a 30 day free trial with Audible. Click here to download now.

Topics discussed in today's episode:

How Dr. Romm’s scientific curiosity at a young age led her to her career path
The lack of in-depth women’s health studies in traditional medical school
How to choose the right practitioner
The function of the adrenals vs. thyroid
What factors keep the stress response system chronically activated
How insulin resistance is a main cause of PCOS
Signs your adrenals may be in overdrive
The 3 key things to reset your adrenals
The importance of keeping your blood sugar balanced
How getting enough sleep benefits your body and stress system
How cortisol impacts thyroid function
Does the pill affect thyroid function?
How problems with your adrenals or thyroid affect fertility
How to handle hypothyroidism when pregnant

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

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The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by my very first book, The Fifth Vital Sign, Master your
0:04.9	Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility. With over 1,000 research citations, it is the most comprehensive
0:10.0	resource on fertility awareness and the menstrual cycle to date. The Fifth Vital Sign is available
0:15.1	in paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats on Amazon.com. Listen to the Fifth Vital sign for free when you sign up for a 30-day
0:22.8	trial with Audible. Visit fertility friday.com slash audible for details. That's fertility friday.com
0:29.1	slash audible. This episode is brought to you by my free three-part video series FAM 101. Discover
0:36.5	how to chart your cycles by tracking the three main fertile signs, cervical mucous,
0:41.1	basal body temperature, and cervical position, and ultimately develop body literacy by paying
0:46.5	attention to your fertile signs.
0:47.9	Head over to fertility friday.com slash fam 101 to grab your free copy.
0:53.7	That's fertility friday.com slash fam 101.
0:57.0	This is the fertility Friday podcast episode number 259.
1:04.7	Welcome to the 259th episode of the fertility Friday podcast. Thank you for joining me today.
1:11.6	I'm Lisa from FertilityFriety.com and this is your source for information about the fertility
1:15.6	awareness method and all things fertility.
1:21.6	Okay, I know I say this every time, like literally every time I release a new episode, I tell you how excited I am to share it with you.
1:30.1	But it's actually true because, you know, over the years, I've had so many great guests and episodes for you.
1:36.0	And today is no different.
1:37.4	In today's episode, I'm sharing an interview with Dr. Aviva Rom.
1:41.8	And, you know, this episode, I found it to be so powerful. You know,
1:45.5	I had to go back and listen to it a couple of times after our initial recording. What I loved
1:50.6	about the conversation that we had together is we really dove into, you know, modern medicine
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