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Coming Off the Pill, the Patch, the Shot and other Hormonal Contraceptives: Learning How to Restore Menstrual Cycle Health and Endocrine Balance after Stopping Use of Hormonal Contraceptives
Healthy menstrual cycles are the 5th vital sign of a woman's health.
If a woman’s menstrual cycle is not healthy she is not healthy. Her health depends on regular ovulation and true menstruation. Stopping the use of hormonal contraceptives and making the necessary changes to return to regular ovulation and healthy menstrual cycling, is one of the most important things a woman can do for her health, short term and long term.
This concise, clinical-based guide teaches women and their care providers how to restore menstrual cycle health (fertility) and endocrine balance after stopping the use of hormonal contraceptives.
Included are holistic and nutritional suggestions to support menstrual cycle health, including non-pharmaceutical approaches to managing difficult periods and restoring nutritional status.
Included are narratives of various women's experiences women when they stop using hormonal contraceptives.
This is a companion book to "Justisse Method Fertility Awareness and Body Literacy: A User's Guide"
Why A Book About Coming Off the Pill?
WE SEE WOMEN every day in our clinic that experience reproductive and other health problems while on and after discontinuing the birth control pill or other forms of hormonal contraception. They report find- ing few, if any, resources to help them deal with the physiological upheaval these drugs create in their bodies. Many women also report using hormonal contraception to deal with very difficult periods or other hormonal disorders. They report finding little support on or information for using non-hormonal forms of birth control or ways to deal with hormonal disorders without the use of drugs. The intention of this book is to share with women some of those hard to find bits of information; information that we use in our clinical practices every day.
If a woman’s menstrual cycle is not healthy she is not healthy. Her health depends on regular ovulation and true menstruation. Stopping the use of hormonal contraceptives and making the necessary changes to return to regular ovulation and healthy menstrual cycling, is one of the most important things a woman can do for her health, short term and long term.
This concise, clinical-based guide teaches women and their care providers how to restore menstrual cycle health (fertility) and endocrine balance after stopping the use of hormonal contraceptives.
Included are holistic and nutritional suggestions to support menstrual cycle health, including non-pharmaceutical approaches to managing difficult periods and restoring nutritional status.
Included are narratives of various women's experiences women when they stop using hormonal contraceptives.
This is a companion book to "Justisse Method Fertility Awareness and Body Literacy: A User's Guide"
Why A Book About Coming Off the Pill?
WE SEE WOMEN every day in our clinic that experience reproductive and other health problems while on and after discontinuing the birth control pill or other forms of hormonal contraception. They report find- ing few, if any, resources to help them deal with the physiological upheaval these drugs create in their bodies. Many women also report using hormonal contraception to deal with very difficult periods or other hormonal disorders. They report finding little support on or information for using non-hormonal forms of birth control or ways to deal with hormonal disorders without the use of drugs. The intention of this book is to share with women some of those hard to find bits of information; information that we use in our clinical practices every day.
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113 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2014
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February 22, 2022
Good, well researched but very brief. Some shared anecdotes but could have been just as effective as a pamphlet.
August 16, 2019
This has info on the side effects of hormonal contraception and how to support recovery but it is very very basic. There are better books out there which provide more in depth info. As previous reviewers have written, I thought from the title it would be a guide but it’s really not.
July 16, 2017
This was a good and well researched overview of how hormonal contraception impacts the body and some idea of what can happen when you come off. However, the title suggested to me that it was more of a how to guide. While there were recommendations scattered throughout the book, it was more of a narrative than a self-help book.
Also: there's a clear bias against hormonal BC and even their forms of medication. That's part of why I'm reading it but it's good to know.
Honestly at this point I feel MORE overwhelmed about what to expect and how to help myself. I hope that when I'm in the midst of going off, I'll be able to refer to this but don't quite feel the organization lends itself for use as a reference guide
Also: there's a clear bias against hormonal BC and even their forms of medication. That's part of why I'm reading it but it's good to know.
Honestly at this point I feel MORE overwhelmed about what to expect and how to help myself. I hope that when I'm in the midst of going off, I'll be able to refer to this but don't quite feel the organization lends itself for use as a reference guide
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