💊 Birth Control vs. Bioidentical Hormones ⚖️ Let’s clear something up: Birth control pills are NOT “low dose” hormone therapy, even when they are marketed as such. In fact, they’re often high-dose synthetic hormone therapy—not at all similar to the bioidentical...

PCOS + Pregnancy + Progesterone

Progesterone might not be the hormone that gets you pregnant…it’s definitely the one that helps you STAY pregnant. Especially for women with PCOS, where miscarriage rates can be as high as 50%—yes, fifty! If you’ve got a confirmed pregnancy and a diagnosis of PCOS,...

Understanding Progesterone and Cancer

Preventing Cancer, The Dreaded Endometrial Stripe and PCOS Let’s talk about the *dangerous* endometrial stripe and why it matters in perimenopause and PCOS. Let’s talk about why. In women who still menstruate, we shed the endometrial linking each month—think of it as...