FFP 369 | Hormonal Contraceptives & Gall Bladder Problems | Pill Reality Series | Lucie Fink
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🗓️ 18 June 2021
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Hormonal contraceptives and gall bladder disease? Is there a connection? In today's pill-reality series, Lucie Fink is on the show to share her experience with the pill and how the unexpected side effects lead to a number of painful gall bladder attacks culminating in having her gall bladder removed altogether.
Lucie Fink is a 28-year-old video producer, lifestyle host, stop motion artist, and digital educator. She has made numerous appearances on NBC's TODAY Show as a Millennial spokesperson, discussing a wide range of topics relevant to her generation. From 2015-2019, Lucie worked at Refinery29 where she created and hosted their hit YouTube shows, Try Living with Lucie and Lucie for Hire. Today, Lucie is signed with United Talent Agency and creates entertaining and educational content for a global audience of millions across her various social platforms.
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- Lucie's period history
- Lucie's experience with birth control
- Lucie's side effects from birth control
- How Lucie discovered her gall bladder problem
- Why Lucie ended up getting her gall bladder out
- Lucie's recovery process after the removal of her gall bladder
- What Lucie learned about the connection between birth control and her gall bladder issue
Connect with Lucie:
You can connect with Lucie on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and on her website.
Resources mentioned:
- The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook
- Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program
Related podcasts & blog posts:
- FFP 341 | Copper IUD Benefits & Side Effects | Pill Reality Series | Lisa & Frances
- [On-Air Client Session] FFP 318 | Overcoming Period Pain + Natural Birth Control | Lisa & Lauren
- FFP 310 | The Pill Gave Her A Stroke | Pill Reality Series | Lisa & Amanda
- FFP 257 | Mercier Therapy for Pelvic Pain and Infertility | Dr. Jennifer Mercier, ND, PhD
- [On-Air Client Session] FFP 236 | Unexplained Pelvic Pain & Fertility Awareness Charting | Lisa & Leah B
- [On-Air Client Session] FFP 219 | Investigating Period Problems | Georgia & Lisa
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by my fertility awareness mastery online self-study program. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn fertility awareness from the comfort of your own home at your own pace for a fraction of the cost. |
| 0:11.2 | Head over to fertility friday.com slash mastery for details. |
| 0:15.1 | That's fertility friday.com slash mastery. |
| 0:18.1 | This is the fertility Friday, episode number 369. |
| 0:28.2 | Welcome to the Fertility Friday podcast, your source for information about the fertility |
| 0:32.7 | awareness method and all things fertility. I'm your host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack. I'm the author of the fifth vital |
| 0:38.8 | sign and the fertility awareness mastery charting journal. I'm a certified fertility awareness educator |
| 0:44.0 | and holistic reproductive health practitioner with nearly 20 years of experience teaching women |
| 0:48.9 | to connect to their fifth vital sign through menstrual cycle charting, balancing hormonal |
| 0:53.7 | health, and optimizing the menstrual |
| 0:55.5 | cycle without hormones. I'm outspoken about hormonal birth control and its impact on fertility |
| 1:01.6 | and overall health because you have the right to know how your body works and how artificial |
| 1:06.3 | hormones disrupt that natural process. I host live coaching programs to help you achieve optimal fertility |
| 1:12.4 | and health because it's important to have healthy menstrual cycles regardless of whether or not |
| 1:17.5 | you want to have babies. I'm also a wife and mother of two beautiful boys. I know, I know, I'm a busy |
| 1:24.0 | girl, but I managed to fit it all in. This podcast is designed to empower you |
| 1:28.7 | to take full control of your cycles, your fertility, and your overall health. And I'm so excited |
| 1:33.8 | that you're here with us today. Today I'm sharing a brand new episode of the Pill Reality series, and in today's episode, |
| 1:46.6 | I'm touching on one particular side effect that has not yet really made its way onto the podcast, |
| 1:51.7 | which is gallbladder problems. And so I'm sharing my interview with Lucy Fink. She is a popular |
| 1:57.9 | YouTuber. She's a 28-year-old video producer, lifestyle host, stop motion artist, and digital educator. She's made numerous appearances on NBC Today's show as a millennial spokesperson, discussing a wide range of topics relevant to her generation. And from 2015 to 2019, Lucy worked at Refinery 29, where she created and hosted their hit YouTube shows, |
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