Our next round of FAM is starting soon.

Are you ready to elevate your women's health practice?

To have the tools to support your clients with menstrual cycle issues, including irregular cycles,

hormone imbalances, abnormal bleeding, period pain, and other similar situations?

Are you ready to gain the skills to teach fertility awareness to your clients and have the tools to

interpret even the most complex menstrual cycle charts? That's where our fertility awareness mastery

mentorship comes in. Join the waiting list to be notified when registration opens before anyone

else. Head over to fertility friday.com slash fam w l to join the waiting list today that's

fertility friday dot com slash f a m m w l this is the fertility friday podcast episode number

558 welcome to it today Welcome to today's episode. In today's episode, we are going to be focused on the topic that I have been talking about since the beginning of this podcast, which is that we should be considering our menstrual cycle as a vital sign.

And we're going to talk about what that means, why that is.

And of course, today's episode is in celebration of my first book, The Fifth Vital Sign.

This week marks the sixth anniversary.

It is wild to consider that this book has been out for six years.

So I'm also going to share some fantastic book testimonies that were shared on Amazon. And we're going to jump in and get

into the nitty gritty. So without further ado, let's go ahead and get started.

So I want to start with the question, what is a vital sign?

When I'm interviewed on other podcasts, often this is the first question that I'm being asked.

And a vital sign is simply a tool that we use to measure how the body is functioning.

And some of the most common vital signs

that are measured are things like our heart rate, our respiratory rate, how many breasts we take

each minute, our blood pressure, and even our body temperature. Now, when I argue that our menstrual

...