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For plenty of women, periods are pretty regular. However, if there are underlying women’s health issues, you may experience irregular periods or no periods at all. Not knowing when, or if, your period shows up can be very stressful, let alone unhealthy as tissue gets backed up. There are several reasons why you can have irregular periods, including: Chronic stress Estrogen issues Extreme exercise or dieting Eating disorders Thyroid disorders Medicine reactions PCOS Diabetes While they require different treatment options, a common factor could be low progesterone . Since progesterone is an essential building block of hormones, like testosterone, estrogen, and cortisol, it plays a crucial role in balancing hormones, a women’s reproductive system, and the menstrual cycle. Progesterone helps trigger the uterine endometrial lining that helps nourish an implanted egg, increasing the chance of the fertilized egg actually lasting and growing, and reducing the risk of early miscarriage. If ther...

Hey! As promised, here is more info about the best kinds of vitamins to take to help your body be healthy and balanced. Today’s focus is on vitamins/supplements I’ve found to help with PCOS and infertility. I’ll write more posts about other women’s health issues, Endometriosis, Thyroid problems, low estrogen, hair loss, hirsutism, male infertility, general infertility, etc., in the future :) Disclaimer: what I've found to work for me may not work with your body and symptoms. It's essential to research what works for your specific body and interact poorly with any current meds or vitamins you are taking. Prenatal DHA, 830 mg Omega-3 + 400 IU Vitamin D-3: Omega-3 fish oil is beneficial, even if you’re not pregnant, since it helps lower blood pressure, reduces triglycerides, slows the development of plaque in the arteries, reduces the chance of abnormal heart rhythm, heart attack and stroke. It can also help prevent pre-term labor and delivery during pregnancy, lower the risk of ...

With women’s health issues, you can have so many different symptoms and issues that it can seem impossible to tackle them all and quickly become overwhelming. So many different things wrong, how can you focus on all of it at once? By taking one bite from the elephant at a time. Eventually, you'll be able to incorporate everything you need to into your busy life, to be healthy. For me, I've lumped what I need to do into 3 categories, vitamins, healthy eating, and exercise. I currently take 12 capsules a day...which for anyone that knows how difficult it is for me to swallow pills (like 2-5 minutes per pill), this is a real challenge every morning haha. We are working on consistently eating healthier, and working out daily...that will probably be the last beast I conquer. For those interested in the end result of much trial and error of which vitamins to take, based on hundreds of hours of research and multiple doctor/fertility specialists' opinions, read on. :) Disclaimer: w...