What is Emergency Contraception?
Oops. The condom broke. You missed a birth control pill or two. Or perhaps your form of birth control failed in some way. Now what? Well, emergency contraception comes to the rescue. But where to...
What is GnRH and How Does it Impact Fertility?
If you’ve started to learn more about fertility and the reproductive system, you’ve probably come across the importance of hormones. You might also be familiar with the star players like estrogen a...
The Different Fertility Hormones And Their Role In Your Menstrual Cycle
You've probably heard about the term "hormones" before. They are chemical messengers that help regulate essential processes occurring in your body. But what are fertility hormones? Well, fertili...
The Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Surge: Am I Ovulating?
If you've been learning how to track your cycle, you may have heard of the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. But what is luteinizing hormone to begin with? And how does this hormone affect your bod...
With so much attention being placed on female reproductive health, it’s easy to forget about the other essential half of conception relying on the male and their sperm. Almost 50% of couples strugg...
How Hormones Pass from the Environment to Our Bodies
Over the past 50 years, monumental shifts in food and pharmaceutical industries have transformed the world we live in. Supermarkets are able to offer an abundance of choice all year round. Cosmetic...
The relationship between skin health and sex hormones
Our skin is an ever-changing organ that responds to conditions such as climate, diet, and our menstrual cycle. The rise and fall of hormones released in our bodies have a direct impact on the way o...
How do I increase progesterone naturally?
A common question we hear is: How can I naturally increase my progesterone levels? This is a great question to be asking, as healthy levels of progesterone are necessary for a healthy female reprod...
How Hormones Change Postpartum
So many emotions come to mind when we think of having a baby: love, joy, pain, fatigue, excitement, stress, and relief. The dichotomy between the highs and lows of childbirth and postpartum life al...
Hormonal changes during pregnancy
The human body is made up of almost a hundred hormones. Each of them has its own unique function (1). As you might have guessed, during pregnancy, the body undergoes important hormonal changes. A f...
The menstrual cycle is a valuable, yet understated, indication of a woman’s overall health. It is even considered to be a “vital sign” by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, meaning...
Hormones, saliva & menstrual cycles
What is saliva and what are its functions? Saliva is a fluid produced in your mouth and is involved in all sorts of important functions, from moistening food so that it’s easier to chew and swallow...
What influence do our hormones have? Progesterone and Estrogen are the two main sex hormones that influence biological processes in the female body. Firstly, they are vitally important to reproduct...
How Does Progesterone Affect Mental Health?
There are two main sexual hormones which help with managing reproductive function in women: progesterone and estrogen. In this article, we’ll be diving deeper to learn more about progesterone. Wh...
Detecting ovulation with my hormones or my temperature (BBT)?
What does my temperature have to do with my menstrual cycle? At the beginning of the 20th century, Dutch gynaecologist Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde first described the relationship between basal b...
When was the last time you had a good flirt? Do you remember that day when everyone looked a little more attractive? How about the newfound sexiness you felt moving through your body? These experie...
Progesterone: Understanding the highs and lows
The role of progesterone in all stages of pregnancy Progesterone is a hormone secreted from the corpus luteum, a structure of cells formed within the ovaries, and plays an essential role in all st...
