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I am FIRED UP for today's episode about what hormonal birth control ACTUALLY DOES to your body!

First off, I want to preface by saying I of course believe there is a time and place for hormonal birth control & that we need access to it!

But I ALSO believe we need INFORMED CONSENT about what the pill is ACTUALLY doing to our bodies. I believe doctors need to recommend NATURAL treatments (that actually HEAL the problem) BEFORE turning towards birth control as a “fix all” approach.

Birth control DOES NOT HEAL acne, PCOS or IRREGULAR periods. It puts a BANDAID on it!

I also am NOT SAYING to just stop your birth control pill. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT. If you are interested in transitioning off I recommend talking to your doctor or working with someone to help you transition off so you have less negative side effects. (For more info on how to connect with me see below!). 

Here’s what we dive into today:

1. You’re not getting a real period
2. How it affects your mood/anxiety & depression
3. How it alters your gut microbiome & depletes you of nutrients
4. How it lowers your sex drive

A problem with the pill is that you aren’t getting a crucial piece of information about your overall health. Your period is not just your period. It’s a vital sign of your underlying health. It’s like a monthly report card that you’re missing out on when you’re on the pill because you don’t get an actual period when you’re on the pill! It’s SUPPRESSES OVULATION. It completely turns it off!

It TURNS OFF the communication from your brain to your ovaries so you’re not getting an actual period. It’s not a bleed that comes after ovulation like it would if you weren’t on the pill and you were getting an actual period. It’s a withdrawal bleed from the drugs that stimulate your uterine lining to shed but shut down your ovaries.

A pill bleed is about the dosing of a drug not about the health of your period or your overall health. When you’re on the pill you have no sex hormones of your own. You have steroid drugs given to you as a kind of hormone replacement. They are not the same as your own estrogen and progesterone.

QUOTE: “I don’t think it’s necessary to shut down a woman’s entire hormonal system just to accomplish the simple job of preventing pregnancy....Fertility is an expression of health not a disease to be treated with a drug.” LARA BRIDEN in Period Repair Manual Page 17.

You’re not making progesterone on the pill because you’re not ovulating. You have a synthetic form of progesterone called progestin in birth control but is does not give you the benefits that our own progesterone gives, such as: improving brain health and cognition, supporting your mood, bones, thyroid, muscles and metabolism.

Birth Control is proven to increase anxiety and depression! How it affects your mood is it makes your nervous system more sensitive to stress and also changes the structure of your brain. 

It lowers your sex drive because it switches off the testosterone you need for libido. Libido isn’t just for sex, it’s part of your vitality and motivation for life. 

Since most people start the birth control pill at such a young age you don’t even know what your period naturally looks like nor do you know what your libido naturally looks like.

The pill also makes you nutrient deficient, alters your intestinal and vaginal bacteria which can lead to digestive problems & yeast infections.

Your gut is responsible for removing excess hormones and waste from the body so if you’re experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, headaches, joint pain, fatigue and/or difficulty gaining and losing weight that can be a symptom of gut dysbiosis and hormone imbalance. You need a healthy gut to remove excess estrogen.

When you come off the pill you can experience: Post pill acne, post pill PMS & post pill PCOS.

It so important to start natural treatment at least one month before you stop the pill to reduce the severity of post pill problems.

RESOURCES FROM TODAY’S EPISODE:

• Sustain NATURAL condoms
• Beyond the Pill by Dr. Jolene Brighten
• Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden

As always I am so grateful to be on this journey with you! Here's more information on ways to connect & opportunities I have for you!

• Click here to get on the list to be the first to know when registration opens for the next round of my 10 WEEK GROUP COURSE how to EAT, MOVE & LIVE for your hormones (starting in 2021). This course teaches you SIMPLE STRATEGIES you can implement into your BUSY LIFE to help you NATURALLY heal your hormonal symptoms of an irregular period, PCOS, acne, migraines, fatigue, low fertility, constipation & bloating. It's AMAZING! 
• Join my FREE TEXT COMMUNITY to get weekly HORMONE HEALTH & MINDSET TIPS texted right to your phone! Text the word "CORINNE" to (855) 691-0508
• Come say hi & hang out with me on Instagram! @corinneangelica 
• Do you know what imbalances you have? Take this free HORMONE IMBALANCE QUIZ to find out!
• Interested in setting up a complimentary call with me to chat about your health goals, transitioning off birth control & the services I offer? Head to my calendar to book in a call!

XO Corinne