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women\'s health as it relates to hormones in general.  I am continually adding to the list so please check back.  Also if you have any suggestions for me to add to my list I would love to hear from you.  Send me an email at admin@hormonesoup.com</h5>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Books:</strong></span></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Hormone Balance Made Simple</strong></em></span> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Dr. John Lee, MD and Virginia Hopkins</span></strong>\r\n<strong><em></em></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Hormone Solution</span></em> by Dr. Erika Schwartz</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> </span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span>by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em> </span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. 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Mead</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women - Exploding the Estrogen Myth</span> </em>by Barbara Seaman</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Female Brain</span> </em>by Louann Brizendine</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer</span></em> by Dr. David Zara, PhD</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Articles &amp;/or Research:</span></strong></h2>\r\nThe best UNBIASED article I have found about hormones. a MUST read: <a title=\"Harvard Womens Health - What are Bioidentical Hormones\" href=\"http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/What-are-bioidentical-hormones.htm\">http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/What-are-bioidentical-hormones.htm</a>\r\n\r\nPMS:  <a title=\"PMS Treatment Clinic\" href=\"http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html</a>\r\n\r\nAnxiety:  <a title=\"Bio-Identical Hormones Relieve Anxiety\" href=\"http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html</a>\r\n\r\nPioneer of Bioidentical Hormones: <a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\nEstrogen &amp; Depression: <a title=\"Natural Estrogen as an Antidepressant for Women\" href=\"http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/br6206.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Estrogen as an Antidepressant for Women</a>, by Stephen M. 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This Blog cannot and does not address each individual’s situation and needs. I encourage visitors to seek professional advice for any specific questions and concerns.\r\n\r\nI have made every effort to insure that content is accurate, correct and current and are not liable for any unintentional errors. Links to other Websites and contacts have been carefully chosen, but do not imply endorsement and we are not responsible or liable for their information and contents.\r\n\r\nUnder no circumstances, shall the authors and publishers be liable under any theory of recovery for any damages arising out of or in any manner connected with the use of information, services, or documents from the site.\r\n','Who I Am Not','','publish','open','closed','','who-i-am-not','','','2012-10-11 09:19:29','2012-10-11 14:19:29','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?page_id=24',2,'page','',0),(25,1,'2011-12-14 00:35:39','2011-12-14 05:35:39','I am not a doctor or a namedical expert and this is not a substitute for medical advice.\n\nThis is my personal story and is for informational purposes only.\n\nPlease seek medical advice from a professional.','Who I Am Not','','inherit','open','open','','24-revision','','','2011-12-14 00:35:39','2011-12-14 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Post Partum Mood Disorders (esp Anxiety).  Fortunately she was able to solve all of her problems by balancing her hormones but it was a decade long journey of ups and downs.\n\nShe founded HormoneSoup.com in an effort to raise consciousness around hormone issues in women and spark conversation about using bio-identical hormones to treat issues such as miscarriages, infertility, postpartum mood disorder, and PMS.\n\nSonya began advocating for herself about all things hormonal after spending years seeking answers but finding band-aid solutions.  After being offered anti-depressants for hormonal concerns and hearing other women’s similar stories, Sonya became concerned that women’s issues are being labeled as mental health disorders.  Her journey to bio-identical hormones has led her to amazing doctors and natural practitioners that helped her find real solutions to very common problems.  Seeing and hearing an abundance of misinformation, the goal of HormoneSoup.com is to educate, empower and unite women with resources and knowledgeable practitioners to enable them to find answers sooner and more readily than she did.\n\nShe has plans to start a forum on her site to create a safe and supportive place for women to join the hormone conversation and is hoping to find doctors and practitioners who will join the conversation as well.\n\nSonya’s Call to Action:\n\nFor Women:\n<ul>\n	<li>Be informed</li>\n	<li>See yourself in partnership with your doctor/naturopath – it’s <em>your</em> health afterall</li>\n	<li>Trust your intuition</li>\n</ul>\nFor Doctors:\n<ul>\n	<li>More saliva and blood testing for hormones</li>\n	<li>More thought put into diagnostics in women’s issues</li>\n	<li>Treatments that match the cause</li>\n	<li>Doctors who are using bio-identicals to share more information with colleagues</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-autosave-v1','','','2012-08-21 10:08:45','2012-08-21 15:08:45','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/7-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(232,1,'2012-04-28 15:13:41','2012-04-28 20:13:41','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_161\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px;\"><dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-161\" title=\"Sonya\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Sonya</dt></dl></div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #c23c4f;\">I am Sonya,</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #c23c4f;\">I\'m a mother, a lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a patient, a runner, a quilter, a traveller, a shopper, a blogger</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #c23c4f;\">Who needs to share my story;</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #c23c4f;\">Who feels the need to start the hormone conversation;</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: 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#c23c4f;\">A woman whose life changed when she learned how to balance her hormones,</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #c23c4f;\">I am a believer in Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</span>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-04-28 15:13:41','2012-04-28 20:13:41','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/7-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(28,1,'2011-12-14 00:29:20','2011-12-14 05:29:20','I am Sonya,\r\n\r\nI\'m a mother, a lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a patient, a runner, a quilter, a blogger\r\n\r\nWho needs to share my story\r\n\r\nWho loves my partner, my children, the sun on my face,\r\n\r\nWho sees the hope for the future\r\n\r\nWho hates closed mindedness, negativity and hate (we call it the \"h\" word in my family)\r\n\r\nWho fears - not as much as I used to thankfully!\r\n\r\nWho dreams of a day when all women raise each other up instead of put others down,      a day when all doctors understand the intricacies of 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Ghandi\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Worth Repeating','','draft','open','closed','','worth-repeating','','','2012-10-25 15:07:24','2012-10-25 20:07:24','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?page_id=29',5,'page','',0),(30,1,'2011-12-14 00:40:49','2011-12-14 05:40:49','','Worth Repeating','','inherit','open','open','','29-revision','','','2011-12-14 00:40:49','2011-12-14 05:40:49','',29,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/29-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(31,1,'2012-11-17 12:06:51','2012-11-17 17:06:51','<h5>My site is about helping you be better informed because in order to advocate for your own health, you <em>must</em> arm yourself with information.  Here you will find a list of books, research, articles, and websites pertaining to bioidentical hormones &amp; women\'s health as it relates to hormones in general.  I am continually adding to the list so please check back.  Also if you have any suggestions for me to add to my list I would love to hear from you.  Send me an email at admin@hormonesoup.com</h5>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Books:</strong></span></h2>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Hormone Balance Made Simple</strong></em></span> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Dr. John Lee, MD and Virginia Hopkins</span></strong>\n<strong><em></em></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Hormone Solution</span></em> by Dr. Erika Schwartz</span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> </span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span>by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em> </span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause</em></span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Sexy Hormones</em></span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle, MD</span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em></span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Taking Charge of Your Fertility</strong></em></span> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Toni Weschler</span></strong></li>\n	<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Truth about Sexuality Menopause and Testosterone</span> </span></span></strong></em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Susan Rako, MD</span></strong></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Female Brain Gone Insane</em></strong></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Mia Lundin</span></strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the Mood Again</span></em> by Genie James and Dr. C. W. Randolph</span></strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Slim, Sane &amp; Sexy: Pocket Guide to Bioidentical Hormone Balancing</span></em> by Dr. Jay H. Mead</span></strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women - Exploding the Estrogen Myth</span> </em>by Barbara Seaman</span></strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Female Brain</span> </em>by Louann Brizendine</span></strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer</span></em> by Dr. David Zara, PhD</span></strong></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Articles &amp;/or Research:</span></strong></h2>\nThe best UNBIASED article I have found about hormones. a MUST read: <a title=\"Harvard Womens Health - What are Bioidentical Hormones\" href=\"http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/What-are-bioidentical-hormones.htm\">http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/What-are-bioidentical-hormones.htm</a>\n\nPMS:  <a title=\"PMS Treatment Clinic\" href=\"http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html</a>\n\nAnxiety:  <a title=\"Bio-Identical Hormones Relieve Anxiety\" href=\"http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html</a>\n\nPioneer of Bioidentical Hormones: <a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\n\nEstrogen &amp; Depression: <a title=\"Natural Estrogen as an Antidepressant for Women\" href=\"http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/br6206.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Estrogen as an Antidepressant for Women</a>, by Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph.D.\n\nPerimenopause Blog: <a title=\"The Peri-menopause Blog\" href=\"http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><strong>Websites:</strong></h2>\nPostpartum OCD:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a title=\"Beyond the Blues: Postpartum OCD\" href=\"http://www.ocfoundation.org/EO_Postpartum.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the Blues: Postpartum OCD</a>\n\n<a title=\"A Case Series of Women with Postpartum Onset OCD\" href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC181073/\" target=\"_blank\">A Case Series of Women with Postpartum Onset OCD</a>\n\n<a title=\"Postpartum OCD - Fear of Harming Your Baby\" href=\"http://www.steveseay.com/postpartum-ocd-fear-of-harming-your-baby/\" target=\"_blank\">Postpartum OCD - Fear of Harming Your Baby</a>\n\n<a title=\"Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois\" href=\"http://www.ppdil.org/\">Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Learn More','','inherit','open','open','','9-autosave','','','2012-11-17 12:06:51','2012-11-17 17:06:51','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/9-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(32,1,'2011-12-14 00:30:16','2011-12-14 05:30:16','Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom  by Christiane Northrup\r\n\r\nWhat Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause  by John R. 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Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">the ever dreaded.....menstrual cramps<strong></strong></span></p>\r\nI am <strong>extremely elated </strong>to say that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true.  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true.  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant.   Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\r\n\r\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency.\r\n\r\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. 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I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!   I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. 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day in August 2005 the bright blue sky acted as if the sun was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist at Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','publish','open','open','','good-things-come-in-little-white-paper-bags','','','2012-08-01 18:48:41','2012-08-01 23:48:41','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=93',0,'post','',0),(94,1,'2012-01-24 18:12:20','2012-01-24 23:12:20','Rarely does a day offer clarity in so many ways.  One day in August 2005 I recall the bright blue sky acting as if it was specifically shining down on me.  And I can clearly recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  Though I was optimistic, I could never have known that I held a priceless and precious gift in the little bag I carried.  I had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones','Clarity...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision','','','2012-01-24 18:12:20','2012-01-24 23:12:20','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(95,1,'2012-01-24 18:16:02','2012-01-24 23:16:02','Rarely does a day offer clarity in so many ways.  One day in August 2005 I recall the bright blue sky acting as if it was specifically shining down on me.  And I can still clearly hear the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  Though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in the little white paper bag.  I had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-2','','','2012-01-24 18:16:02','2012-01-24 23:16:02','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(96,1,'2012-01-19 14:45:08','2012-01-19 19:45:08','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life, however I went through years of pain to get to the other side - from hormone hell to hormone health! After hearing so many similar stories, I am on a quest to help inform other women in the hopes that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I believe that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve learned to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my personal belief that many women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other options.  I was offered such medications by my family doctor, fortunately I became self-informed.  Through the years of frustration finally sought out a naturopath and doctors who could help treat the cause and not my symptoms through bio-identical hormones.   It is my hope that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms!    And it is my aim to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my own doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than my own family doctor does!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>If you are wondering what kind of hormone hell I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions, alopecia, pms, post-partum mood disorder (anxiety mostly), acne,    menstrual symptoms, low libido. I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!   I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors who can help me navigate the unchartered waters.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-12','','','2012-01-19 14:45:08','2012-01-19 19:45:08','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/19/1-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(98,1,'2012-01-24 18:08:24','2012-01-24 23:08:24','[caption id=\"attachment_75\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"279\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Syringes\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"Progesterone Syringes\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_77\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"200\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Progesterone Clickers\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]','The \"Calming Hormone\" ','','inherit','open','open','','71-revision-6','','','2012-01-24 18:08:24','2012-01-24 23:08:24','',71,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/71-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(101,1,'2012-01-24 20:11:28','2012-01-25 01:11:28','[caption id=\"attachment_77\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>\"Clickers\"</strong> are one method pharmacists use to dispense bio-identical hormones.  These \"clickers\" are filled with natural progesterone which has been made by a compounding pharmacist. It is an easy method and ensures accurate dosing.  You turn the cap and when you hear the click the cap stops turning. A precise amount of hormone rests on the cap waiting to be absorbed by your luscious arm! (or thigh).\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One click equals one dose!</span></strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_76\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"208\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clicker.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-76 \" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clicker\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clicker-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" /></a> One Click = One Dose! 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Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\n\nMy compounding pharmacist at Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\n\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-autosave','','','2012-08-01 18:48:14','2012-08-01 23:48:14','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(296,1,'2012-08-01 18:46:26','2012-08-01 23:46:26','Rarely does a day offer such clarity.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky acted as if the sun was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist at Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-14','','','2012-08-01 18:46:26','2012-08-01 23:46:26','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/93-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(115,1,'2012-01-24 21:24:58','2012-01-25 02:24:58','Rarely does a day offer clarity in so many ways.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky was acting as if it was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag!  Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-6','','','2012-01-24 21:24:58','2012-01-25 02:24:58','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(116,1,'2012-01-24 21:30:15','2012-01-25 02:30:15','Rarely does a day offer clarity in so many ways.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky was acting as if it was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-7','','','2012-01-24 21:30:15','2012-01-25 02:30:15','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(118,1,'2012-01-24 20:17:43','2012-01-25 01:17:43','[caption id=\"attachment_77\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n\"Clickers\" are one method pharmacists use to dispense bio-identical hormones.  These are \"clickers\" filled with natural progesterone which has been made by a compounding pharmacist. It is an easy method and ensures accurate dosing.\r\n\r\nOne click equals one dose!\r\n\r\nThe cream is then applied to inner forearms or upper arms or the inner thighs.  Change sides from left to right.\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 218px;\"><dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clicker.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-76\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clicker\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clicker-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" /></a></dt></dl>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">One click = one dose!</div>\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;','Worth a Peek','','inherit','open','open','','101-revision-9','','','2012-01-24 20:17:43','2012-01-25 01:17:43','',101,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/101-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(117,1,'2012-01-24 21:34:22','2012-01-25 02:34:22','Rarely does a day offer clarity in so many ways.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky was acting as if it was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-8','','','2012-01-24 21:34:22','2012-01-25 02:34:22','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(119,1,'2011-12-14 00:41:08','2011-12-14 05:41:08','<h1>There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women.  ~Madeleine K. 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Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Worth Reading','','inherit','open','open','','9-revision-9','','','2011-12-14 00:53:32','2011-12-14 05:53:32','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/9-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(121,1,'2011-12-14 01:28:36','2011-12-14 06:28:36','I am <strong>Sonya,</strong>\r\n\r\nI\'m a mother, a lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a patient, a runner, a quilter, a traveller, a shopper, a blogger\r\n\r\nWho needs to <strong>share</strong> my story;\r\n\r\nWho<strong> feels</strong> the need to start the hormone <strong>conversation</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho wants to<strong> inspire</strong> other women and my children to be <strong>Amazing</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho <strong>loves</strong> my partner, my children, the<strong> sun</strong> on my face, high heels, and <strong>chocolate</strong> martinis;\r\n\r\nWho sees <strong>hope</strong> for the <strong>future, </strong>\r\n\r\nWho hates closed mindedness, negativity and hate (we call it the \"h\" word in my <strong>family</strong>);\r\n\r\nWho fears....NOT...(as much as I used to <strong>thankful</strong>ly!)\r\n\r\nWho <strong>dreams</strong> of a day when all women <strong>raise each other up</strong> instead of put others down,  a day when all doctors understand the intricacies of our hormones and how they affect our health; a day when we teach our children to trust their <strong>intuition</strong> and know their own <strong>bodies</strong>;\r\n\r\nI am<strong> passionate</strong>, nurturing, nutty, intelligent, and<strong> fierce</strong> in my convictions!\r\n\r\nA woman whose life <strong>changed</strong> when she learned how to <strong>balance</strong> her hormones,\r\n\r\nI am a believer in <strong>Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</strong>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2011-12-14 01:28:36','2011-12-14 06:28:36','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/7-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(122,1,'2011-12-14 00:36:40','2011-12-14 05:36:40','I am not a doctor or a naturopath, I am not a medical expert of any kind.\r\n\r\nThis site and the information within is not a substitute for medical advice.\r\n\r\nThis is my personal story and is for informational purposes only.\r\n\r\nPlease seek medical advice from a professional.','Who I Am Not','','inherit','open','open','','24-revision-3','','','2011-12-14 00:36:40','2011-12-14 05:36:40','',24,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/24-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(123,1,'2011-12-14 23:51:32','2011-12-15 04:51:32','[si-contact-form form=\'1\']','Contact Me','','inherit','open','open','','50-revision-6','','','2011-12-14 23:51:32','2011-12-15 04:51:32','',50,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2011/12/14/50-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(124,1,'2012-08-01 18:44:14','2012-08-01 23:44:14','Coming Soon....\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Definitions','','draft','open','open','','definitions','','','2012-08-30 20:59:39','2012-08-31 01:59:39','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?page_id=124',0,'page','',0),(392,1,'2012-08-26 23:53:11','2012-08-27 04:53:11','As if the premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) weren\'t enough, I began to believe I might have inflammatory breast cancer. I am being consumed with anxiety, exhausted going on a few hours of sporadic sleep each night, the PVCs and a newborn baby, a preschooler and kindergartner to care for. And then this happens...\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine that by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\n\nBut then again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me once more...this time I was <em>certain</em> it was inflammatory breast cancer.   I <em>knew</em> the scary possibilities of being misdiagnosed as I watched the mom from school fight like a champion, yet get more and more ill from her cancer.  The horrifying possibility that the same thing was happening to me seemed entirely likely!\n\nThat night in the emergency room I was given a prescription for antibiotics to treat my second bout of mastitis but of course my anxiety forced me to book an appointment with my family doctor.  My heart is still flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I have been told I have mastitis again....the postpartum anxiety rages on....I am sure I must be dying.\n\nWhen I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the look of shock on her face.  Once a well-put-together mother-of-three, now I\'m transformed - into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - when I ask about the several dark brown semi-circles that have been carefully drawn under my eyes, my daughter\'s innocently replies, \"Those are the bags under your eyes Mommy!\"  I cried hard that day. I felt so unravelled.\n\nMy doctor came right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\".   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and most other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer.  Of course I\'ve researched it and I know that\'s the only way to rule out the disease.  The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc. aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and I\'m sure it\'s no surprise to you that when the results come in I am fine.  I did actually have mastitis, not once but twice.\n\nAnd although the outcome of the needle punch bioposy did not cure my anxiety, relief was not far off.\n\nRead my blog post \"Love Letter to My Pharmacist\"  <a title=\"Love Letter to My Pharmacist\" href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/love-letter-to-my-pharmacist/\">http://www.hormonesoup.com/love-letter-to-my-pharmacist/</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<div></div>','Postparmum Anxiety Part 2 - I thought I was dying...again...','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision-8','','','2012-08-26 23:53:11','2012-08-27 04:53:11','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(389,1,'2012-08-26 23:48:59','2012-08-27 04:48:59','As if the premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) weren\'t enough, I began to believe I might have inflammatory breast cancer. I am being consumed with anxiety, exhausted going on a few hours of sporadic sleep each night, the PVCs and a newborn baby, a preschooler and kindergartner to care for. And then this happens...\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine that by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\n\nBut then again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me once more...this time I was <em>certain</em> it was inflammatory breast cancer.   I <em>knew</em> the scary possibilities of being misdiagnosed as I watched the mom from school fight like a champion, yet get more and more ill from her cancer.  The horrifying possibility that the same thing was happening to me seemed entirely likely!\n\nThat night in the emergency room I was given a prescription for antibiotics to treat my second bout of mastitis but of course my anxiety forced me to book an appointment with my family doctor.  My heart is still flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I have been told I have mastitis again....the postpartum anxiety rages on....I am sure I must be dying.\n\nWhen I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the look of shock on her face.  Once a well-put-together mother-of-three, now I\'m transformed - into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - when I ask about the several dark brown semi-circles that have been carefully drawn under my eyes, my daughter\'s innocently replies, \"Those are the bags under your eyes Mommy!\"  I cried hard that day. I felt so unravelled.\n\nMy doctor came right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\".   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and most other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer.  Of course I\'ve researched it and I know that\'s the only way to rule out the disease.  The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc. aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and I\'m sure it\'s no surprise to you that when the results come in I am fine.  I did actually have mastitis, not once but twice.\n\nWhile the anxiety for that particular issue did start to dissipate you might think relief would be sweet and lasting but somehow the anxiety for the other issues just take the place of the problem that seemed to be creating the most anxiety!  Anxiety gets replaced by another anxiety.  There really is no true relief while you\'re living it.  And while you\'re in the throes of it, what seems logical to those around you by no means seems logical to you.  E\n\nWhen you\'re the one with the anxiety, you don\'t always get that you are being anxious for no reason that seems logical in anyone else\'s mind.\n<div></div>','Postparmum Anxiety Part 2 - I thought I was dying...again...','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision-7','','','2012-08-26 23:48:59','2012-08-27 04:48:59','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(125,1,'2012-01-24 21:43:35','2012-01-25 02:43:35','Bio-Identical Hormones\n\nProgesterone\n\nEstrogen\n\nTestosterone\n\nDHEA\n\nAndrogens\n\nAndropause\n\nMenopause\n\nPeri-Menopause\n\nPost-Partum Mood Disorder\n\nPost-Partum Depression\n\nPost-Partum Anxiety\n\nPre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS)\n\nNatural Hormone Therapy\n\nHRT - Hormone Replacement T\n\nCompounding Pharmacy\n\n&nbsp;','Definitions','','inherit','open','open','','124-revision','','','2012-01-24 21:43:35','2012-01-25 02:43:35','',124,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/124-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(126,1,'2012-01-24 19:05:34','2012-01-25 00:05:34','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life, however I went through years of pain to get to the other side - from hormone hell to hormone health! After hearing so many similar stories, I am on a quest to help inform other women in the hopes that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I believe that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve learned to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my personal belief that many women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other options.  I was offered such medications by my family doctor, fortunately I became self-informed.  Through the years of frustration finally sought out a naturopath and doctors who could help treat the cause and not my symptoms through bio-identical hormones.   It is my hope that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms!    And it is my aim to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my own doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than my own family doctor does!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>If you are wondering what kind of hormone hell I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions, alopecia, pms, post-partum mood disorder (anxiety mostly), acne,    menstrual symptoms, low libido. I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!   I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors who can help me navigate the unchartered waters.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-13','','','2012-01-24 19:05:34','2012-01-25 00:05:34','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/1-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(127,1,'2012-01-24 22:00:21','2012-01-25 03:00:21','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life!  I went through years of pain to get from hormone hell to hormone health! After hearing so many similar stories...</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I feel that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options!  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my health. Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms!  It is also my hope that naturopaths can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my own doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than my own family doctor does!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-14','','','2012-01-24 22:00:21','2012-01-25 03:00:21','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/1-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(128,1,'2012-01-24 22:07:15','2012-01-25 03:07:15','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life!  I went through years of pain to get from hormone hell to hormone health! After hearing so many similar stories...</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I feel that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options!  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-15','','','2012-01-24 22:07:15','2012-01-25 03:07:15','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/1-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(129,1,'2012-01-24 22:29:45','2012-01-25 03:29:45','Here\'s a perfect example of a natural solution to a painful problem!  After years of battling with a common symptom among women - the ever dreaded.....<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MENSTRUAL CRAMPS!!!  </strong></span>I am <strong>EXTREMELY ELATED</strong> to report that Magnesium has rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!\n\nSince adolescence I have dreaded the monthly cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and of course she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-revision-3','','','2012-01-24 22:29:45','2012-01-25 03:29:45','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/55-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(130,1,'2012-01-24 22:38:33','2012-01-25 03:38:33','It was around the time my infertility issues came to light that I realized how little I knew about my own body!  Sure, I had giggled and blushed my way through the mandatory sex ed classes in school. And at age 11, my mom had given me a brief and embarrassing talk about how I would bleed once a month. But beyond that I never questioned what was happening in my body every month. Being on birth control pills as a young woman controlled my cramps and regulated my period so I didn\'t question what was happening. And in fact, when I went off birth control pills, I was delighted that I didn\'t get a period every month!  What a treat it seemed to go all that time, two months or sometimes three before my period would arrive! The only problem is, had I known anything at all about how our reproductive organs and hormones work I could have saved myself some definite heartache.\r\n\r\n(insert menstruation info here - get more info from Taking Charge of Your Infertility)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Menstrual Cycles 101','','draft','open','open','','','','','2012-01-27 07:56:05','2012-01-27 12:56:05','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=130',0,'post','',0),(131,1,'2012-01-24 22:36:53','2012-01-25 03:36:53','It was around the time my infertility issues came to light that I realized how little I knew about my own body!  Sure, I had giggled and blushed my way through the mandatory sex ed classes in school. And at age 11, my mom had given me a brief and embarrassing talk about how I would bleed once a month. But beyond that I never questioned what was happening in my body every month. Being on birth control pills as a young woman controlled my cramps and regulated my period so I didn\'t question what was happening. And in fact, when I went off birth control pills, I was delighted that I didn\'t get a period every month!  What a treat it seemed to go all that time, two months or sometimes three before my period would arrive! The only problem is, had I known anything at all about how our reproductive organs and hormones work I could have saved myself some definite heartache.\n\n&nbsp;','Your Menstrual Cycle 101','','inherit','open','open','','130-revision','','','2012-01-24 22:36:53','2012-01-25 03:36:53','',130,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/130-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(132,1,'2012-01-24 22:37:35','2012-01-25 03:37:35','It was around the time my infertility issues came to light that I realized how little I knew about my own body!  Sure, I had giggled and blushed my way through the mandatory sex ed classes in school. And at age 11, my mom had given me a brief and embarrassing talk about how I would bleed once a month. But beyond that I never questioned what was happening in my body every month. Being on birth control pills as a young woman controlled my cramps and regulated my period so I didn\'t question what was happening. And in fact, when I went off birth control pills, I was delighted that I didn\'t get a period every month!  What a treat it seemed to go all that time, two months or sometimes three before my period would arrive! The only problem is, had I known anything at all about how our reproductive organs and hormones work I could have saved myself some definite heartache.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Menstrual Cycles 101','','inherit','open','open','','130-revision-2','','','2012-01-24 22:37:35','2012-01-25 03:37:35','',130,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/130-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(133,1,'2012-03-20 11:19:06','2012-03-20 16:19:06','[caption id=\"attachment_255\" align=\"alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em}\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM.png\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" title=\"A Healthy Cervix\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Source: Beautiful Cervix Project[/caption]\r\n\r\nYour cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open. &nbsp;Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches. &nbsp; It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception. &nbsp;Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing! &nbsp;If you are trying to conceive, knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse. &nbsp;Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.\r\n\r\nOf course, during pregnancy your cervix is closed for business! &nbsp;It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby. &nbsp;Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage in the second or third trimester. &nbsp;I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix. &nbsp;Thankfully she went on to have a successful pregnancy with bed rest and a surgical procedure to help that cervix stay closed. Thankfully the condition is rare, but despite that, during my pregnancies I always \"kept an eye\" on my cervix and spoke with my doctor about it. &nbsp;Your doctor may do an internal exam to check that your cervix is behaving!\r\n\r\nTo see photos of real women\'s cervixes during different phases of a woman\'s menstrual cycle and different phases of life check out the beautiful cervix project\'s gallery of cervixes at  <a href=\"http://www.beautifulcervix.com/\" title=\"The Beautiful Cervix Project\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.beautifulcervix.com/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Get to know your Cervix!','','publish','open','open','','get-to-know-your-cervix','','','2012-08-21 10:37:49','2012-08-21 15:37:49','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=133',0,'post','',0),(258,1,'2012-07-10 09:03:28','2012-07-10 14:03:28','Your cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open.  Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches.   It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception.  Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing!  If you are trying to conceive, knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse.  Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.[gallery]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, during pregnancy your cervix is closed for business!  It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby.  Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage in the second or third trimester.  I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix.  Thankfully she went on to have a successful pregnancy with bed rest and a surgical procedure to help that cervix stay closed. Thankfully the condition is rare, but despite that, during my pregnancies I always \"kept an eye\" on my cervix and spoke with my doctor about it.  Your doctor may do an internal exam to check that your cervix is behaving!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-10','','','2012-07-10 09:03:28','2012-07-10 14:03:28','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/133-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(180,1,'2012-04-26 10:58:27','2012-04-26 15:58:27','Your cervix is a magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle, switching from soft to firm and open to closed.  Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches.   It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception.  Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing!  Knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse if you are trying to conceive.   Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.\n\nAuring your pregnancy your cervix is closed for business!  It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby.  Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage.  I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix.  During my pregnancies after that I always \"kept and eye\" on my cervix and spoke with my doctor about it.  If your doctor does an internal exam during pregnancy one of the things she/he is probably checking for is to ensure that your cervix is tightly closed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAdd info from Taking Charge of Your Fertility','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-4','','','2012-04-26 10:58:27','2012-04-26 15:58:27','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/133-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(134,1,'2012-01-24 22:39:42','2012-01-25 03:39:42','<strong>Cervical Fluid....not Vaginal Discharge!</strong>','Cervical Fluid 101','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision','','','2012-01-24 22:39:42','2012-01-25 03:39:42','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/133-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(136,1,'2012-01-24 22:53:48','2012-01-25 03:53:48','First of all, the white fluid that changes consistency throughout your monthly cycle is called <strong>Cervical Fluid....not Vaginal Discharge!  </strong>Vaginal discharge sounds so....ewwww...disgusting but it has a bad wrap!  Cervical fluid is actually a wonderful thing.\n\nIt is normal for it to change in color and consistency over the course of the month!  Who knew?!  I didn\'t know either until I was faced with infertility!  I learned more about my cervix than I ever thought possible.\n\nI learned that during the time of ovulation - when you are most fertile - your cervical fluid should look like egg whites!  It should be thickish and clear, apparently this consistency helps those little sperm swim better!  And, who knows, maybe because it\'s not milky at that time of month it also helps them find their way to the waiting ovum ;-)\n\nAlso during ovulation your cervix actually moves down closer to your vaginal opening!  It is actually trying to get closer to those little sperm to help them out!  Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing!\n\nAt a certain time during your pregnancy your cervix is closed for business!  It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your swee\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAdd info from Taking Charge of Your Fertility','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-2','','','2012-01-24 22:53:48','2012-01-25 03:53:48','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/133-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(137,1,'2012-01-24 22:56:07','2012-01-25 03:56:07','Bio-Identical Hormones\n\nCervix\n\nCervical Fluid\n\nIncompetent Cervix\n\nProgesterone\n\nEstrogen\n\nTestosterone\n\nDHEA\n\nAndrogens\n\nAndropause\n\nMenopause\n\nPeri-Menopause\n\nPost-Partum Mood Disorder\n\nPost-Partum Depression\n\nPost-Partum Anxiety\n\nPre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS)\n\nNatural Hormone Therapy\n\nHRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy\n\nSynthetic Hormones -\n\nCompounding Pharmacy -\n\nPulmonary Ventricular Contractions PVCs -\n\nAlopecia -\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Definitions','','inherit','open','open','','124-revision-2','','','2012-01-24 22:56:07','2012-01-25 03:56:07','',124,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/124-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(138,1,'2012-01-24 19:50:49','2012-01-25 00:50:49','[caption id=\"attachment_75\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"279\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Syringe\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"Progesterone Syringes\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]','The \"Calming Hormone\"','','inherit','open','open','','71-revision-8','','','2012-01-24 19:50:49','2012-01-25 00:50:49','',71,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/71-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(139,1,'2012-01-24 23:49:50','2012-01-25 04:49:50','Since adolescence I have dreaded the cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and, of course, she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.  There have been times in my life when my cramps were debilitating, especially when I was a teenager and a young woman. I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\n\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\n\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the ever dreaded.....</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MENSTRUAL CRAMPS!!!  </strong></span></p>\nI am <strong>EXTREMELY ELATED</strong> to report that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!!!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true!  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true!  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant!!!  Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\n\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency!\n\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide.\n\nPlease Note: I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. That being said, I doubt most doctors even know to tell their patients to take Magnesium to prevent menstrual cramps!  Due to moving around a lot, I have had several different doctors over the years and not one has suggested Magnesium until a few months ago.  If your doctor doesn\'t know then do the research for yourself and let your body guide you!\n\nOh and by the way... in case your doctor/practitioner doesn\'t warn you Magnesium can cause loose stools!\n\n&nbsp;','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-revision-4','','','2012-01-24 23:49:50','2012-01-25 04:49:50','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/55-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(140,1,'2012-01-24 23:50:29','2012-01-25 04:50:29','Since adolescence I have dreaded the cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and, of course, she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.  There have been times in my life when my cramps were debilitating, especially when I was a teenager and a young woman. I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\r\n\r\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\r\n\r\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the ever dreaded.....</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MENSTRUAL CRAMPS!!!  </strong></span></p>\r\nI am <strong>EXTREMELY ELATED</strong> to report that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!!!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true!  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true!  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant!!!  Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\r\n\r\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency!\r\n\r\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. That being said, I doubt most doctors even know to tell their patients to take Magnesium to prevent menstrual cramps!  Due to moving around a lot, I have had several different doctors over the years and not one has suggested Magnesium until a few months ago.  If your doctor doesn\'t know then do the research for yourself and let your body guide you!\r\n\r\nOh and by the way... in case your doctor/practitioner doesn\'t warn you Magnesium can cause loose stools!  It\'s a natural laxative!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-revision-5','','','2012-01-24 23:50:29','2012-01-25 04:50:29','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/55-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(141,1,'2012-01-25 00:14:53','2012-01-25 05:14:53','There are a few ways to find a practitioner who is knowledgeable about <strong>bio-identical</strong> hormones.  To find a <strong>medical doctor</strong> who prescribes bio-identical hormones contact your local <strong>compounding pharmacy</strong>.  Keep in mind that it has to be a pharmacy that compounds medications so your local drugstore pharmacy isn\'t the guy or girl to call.  Google \"compounding pharmacy\" for your area and you should be able to find one near you.   You\'ll need a compounding pharmacy once you get started on bio-identical hormones anyway as they will be the ones making your fresh hormones especially for you!  Ask them for a current list of doctors that they know are prescribing bio-identical hormones.  They will very likely be more than willing to give you some names.  That is how I got the name of my OB/GYN when I was pregnant with my son.\n\nI contacted a compounding pharmacy in the area and they gave me the  names of a few doctors.  As it turned out a couple of good friends had also highly recommended this doctor but not because he prescribed natural hormones, just because he is known to be a fantastic Obstetrician!  So that is how I came to be a patient of the phenomenal man Dr. Arnold.  He is passionate about helping his patients with bio-identical hormone therapy and I owe him a deep debt of gratitude for helping me overcome my Post-Partum Anxiety naturally!!!  I can\'t even imagine what the outcome would have been if I hadn\'t have had Dr. Arnold to turn to for help!  I wish every woman could be so fortunate!\n\nA few years later, I had switched to a different compounding pharmacy and they had a business card from a nearby doctor that was knowledgeable about bio-identical hormones.  He wasn\'t a gynecologist but his brochures advised that he did saliva hormone testing and nutritional testing, etc.  Some time after my third pregnancy, I felt like it was time to get another saliva hormone test done and I was also intrigued by a medical doctor that had a wellness focus to his practise!  He believes in natural, preventative medicine, and as an added bonus anti-aging!  I told him I plan to live to 103 and he pushed me to try for 120!!   This is how I came to be a patient of Dr. Wojcicki\'s.\n\nI am so fortunate to have access to the best doctors in the area!  It took me time to find these amazing physicians!  I also believe though that because I know my body and because I have some knowledge I am able to work in consultation with such great doctors to optimize my own health!\n\nI urge you not to give up looking for <strong>the best doctor for you! </strong>\n\nIt\'s your body, your health, your life!  Get to know your body! Never let your doctor make you feel like you don\'t know what you\'re talking about when it comes to this stuff!  And start looking for a great doctor/practitioner if you don\'t already have one!','Find a Knowledgeable Doctor or Practitioner','','inherit','open','open','','63-revision-4','','','2012-01-25 00:14:53','2012-01-25 05:14:53','',63,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/25/63-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(142,1,'2012-01-24 21:37:36','2012-01-25 02:37:36','Rarely does a day offer clarity in so many ways.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky was acting as if it was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-9','','','2012-01-24 21:37:36','2012-01-25 02:37:36','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/93-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(143,1,'2012-01-24 21:38:19','2012-01-25 02:38:19','[caption id=\"attachment_77\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n\"Clickers\" are one method pharmacists use to dispense bio-identical hormones.  These are \"clickers\" filled with natural progesterone which has been made by a compounding pharmacist. It is an easy method and ensures accurate dosing.\r\n\r\nOne click equals one dose!\r\n\r\nThe cream is then applied to inner forearms or upper arms or the inner thighs.  Change sides from left to right.\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 218px;\"><dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clicker.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-76\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clicker\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clicker-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" /></a></dt></dl>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">One click = one dose!</div>\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;','Worth a Peek','','inherit','open','open','','101-revision-10','','','2012-01-24 21:38:19','2012-01-25 02:38:19','',101,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/101-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(144,1,'2012-01-25 00:28:41','2012-01-25 05:28:41','[caption id=\"attachment_77\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Clickers\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Progesterone-Clickers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>\"Clickers\"</strong> are one method pharmacists use to dispense bio-identical hormones.  These \"clickers\" are filled with natural progesterone which has been made by a compounding pharmacist. It is an easy method and ensures accurate dosing.  You turn the cap and when you hear the click the cap stops turning. A precise amount of hormone rests on the cap waiting to be absorbed by your luscious arm! (or thigh).\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One click equals one dose!</span></strong>\r\n\r\n(The cream is usually applied to inner forearms or upper arms or the inner thighs.)  It is recommended to change sides from your left arm to your right arm with each dose (or left thigh to right thigh).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_76\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"208\" caption=\"One Click = One Dose! 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And also, maybe it goes without saying, but don\'t have a shower right after you\'ve applied your hormones.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Random Thought:  This idea of our skin being such a quick pathway to our bloodstream makes me wonder about all of the yucky stuff we apply to our skin.  And to our babies and children\'s skin.  If this also concerns you, check out the Environmental Working Group\'s website <a title=\"Environmental Working Group\" href=\"http://www.ewg.org\">www.ewg.org</a> they have lots of information about safe and unsafe products for our skin.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Don\'t be a Pill Popper!','','publish','open','open','','dont-be-a-pill-popper','','','2012-08-01 19:03:42','2012-08-02 00:03:42','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=145',0,'post','',0),(146,1,'2012-01-25 00:41:59','2012-01-25 05:41:59','I learned something interesting in a Medical Anthropology University class I took.  Apparently many doctors in France, feel the need to protect the liver from medication and so often prescribe medications in suppository form.  What does this have to do with us suppl','Why is Cream Applied to our Skin Better?','','inherit','open','open','','145-revision','','','2012-01-25 00:41:59','2012-01-25 05:41:59','',145,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/25/145-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(147,1,'2012-01-24 22:56:35','2012-01-25 03:56:35','Bio-Identical Hormones\r\n\r\nCervix\r\n\r\nCervical Fluid\r\n\r\nIncompetent Cervix\r\n\r\nProgesterone\r\n\r\nEstrogen\r\n\r\nTestosterone\r\n\r\nDHEA\r\n\r\nAndrogens\r\n\r\nAndropause\r\n\r\nMenopause\r\n\r\nPeri-Menopause\r\n\r\nPost-Partum Mood Disorder\r\n\r\nPost-Partum Depression\r\n\r\nPost-Partum Anxiety\r\n\r\nPre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS)\r\n\r\nNatural Hormone Therapy\r\n\r\nHRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy\r\n\r\nSynthetic Hormones -\r\n\r\nCompounding Pharmacy -\r\n\r\nPulmonary Ventricular Contractions PVCs -\r\n\r\nAlopecia -\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Definitions','','inherit','open','open','','124-revision-3','','','2012-01-24 22:56:35','2012-01-25 03:56:35','',124,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/124-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(148,1,'2012-01-25 00:58:03','2012-01-25 05:58:03','I learned something interesting in a Medical Anthropology University class I took before I was every taking Bio-Identical Hormones.  Apparently many doctors in France, feel the need to protect the liver from medication and so often prescribe medications in suppository form.\n\nWhat does this have to do with us applying hormone cream \"transdermally\" (on our skin)?\n\nIf you recall from Biology class, our Skin is our Largest Organ!  Look at the inside of your arm and see all those beautiful veins popping out!  And now imagine rubbing cream into your skin and how quickly and effortlessly it absorbs into your bloodstream!  No stomach acid to get marinated and tossed around in, no liver, no kidneys...all that beautiful cream just gets nicely and quietly absorbed through your skin and into your bloodstream where it needs to be!\n\n<strong>There is a time to share and a time to keep your lotions to yourself!!!  </strong>\n\n<strong></strong>Protect your family and especially your children from your newly applied hormone cream!  have heard anywhere from 2 to 4 hours!  If they touch your skin the hormones can actually absorb into their skin!  You don\'t want your husband to absorb your progesterone and you certainly don\'t want your children exposed to more hormones that are already in our environment!  Always wash your hands thoroughly after applying hormone creams.  And also, maybe it goes without saying, but don\'t have a shower right after you\'ve applied your hormones!\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Random Thought:  This idea of our skin being such a quick pathway to our bloodstream makes me wonder about all of the yucky stuff we apply to our skin!  And to our babies and children\'s skin!  If this also makes you wond</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Don\'t be a Pill Popper! 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She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-10','','','2012-01-25 00:15:58','2012-01-25 05:15:58','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/25/93-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(151,1,'2012-04-28 15:17:15','2012-04-28 20:17:15','I learned something interesting in a Medical Anthropology University class I took before I had ever heard about Bio-Identical Hormones.  Apparently many doctors in France, feel the need to protect the liver from medication and so often prescribe medications in suppository form.  While suppositories aren\'t my favorite way to save my liver from exposure to medications and the like, the idea of avoiding exposing my precious organs unnecessarily appeals to me on an intuitive level.\n\nThe idea of applying hormones \"transdermally\" (on our skin) just makes so much sense doesn\'t it?  If you recall from Biology class, our Skin is our Largest Organ!  Look at the inside of your arm and see all those beautiful veins popping out!  And now imagine rubbing cream into your skin and how quickly and effortlessly it absorbs into your bloodstream!  No stomach acid to get marinated and tossed around in, no liver to meander through, no kidneys to flush it out...all that beautiful cream just gets nicely and quietly absorbed through your skin and into your bloodstream where it needs to be.\n\n<strong>There is a time to share and a time to keep your lotions to yourself:</strong>\n\n<strong></strong>Protect your family and especially your children from your newly applied hormone cream.  I have heard that you should avoid anyone touching the skin where the cream has been applied for anywhere from 2 to 4 hours but probably longer is even better.  If they touch <em>your</em> skin the hormones can actually absorb into<em> their</em> skin!  You don\'t want your husband to absorb your progesterone - one hormonally unbalanced person in the family is plenty.  And you certainly don\'t want your children exposed to more hormones that are already in our environment.  Always wash your hands thoroughly after applying hormone creams.  Don\'t forget to protect your pets as well, don\'t let them lick your skin after applying hormone creams. 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a day when we teach our children to trust their <strong>intuition</strong> and know their own <strong>bodies</strong>;\r\n\r\nI am<strong> passionate</strong>, nurturing, nutty, intelligent, and<strong> fierce</strong> in my convictions!\r\n\r\nA woman whose life <strong>changed</strong> when she learned how to <strong>balance</strong> her hormones,\r\n\r\nI am a believer in <strong>Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</strong>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-01-24 21:39:02','2012-01-25 02:39:02','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/7-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(161,1,'2012-01-27 09:41:42','2012-01-27 14:41:42','','Sonya-2011','','inherit','open','open','','sonya-2011','','','2012-01-27 09:41:42','2012-01-27 14:41:42','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(162,1,'2012-01-27 08:37:35','2012-01-27 13:37:35','I am <strong>Sonya,</strong>\r\n\r\nI\'m a mother, a lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a patient, a runner, a quilter, a traveller, a shopper, a blogger\r\n\r\nWho needs to <strong>share</strong> my story;\r\n\r\nWho<strong> feels</strong> the need to start the hormone <strong>conversation</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho wants to<strong> inspire</strong> other women and my children to be <strong>Amazing</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho <strong>loves</strong> my partner, my children, the<strong> sun</strong> on my face, high heels, and <strong>chocolate</strong> martinis;\r\n\r\nWho sees <strong>hope</strong> for the <strong>future, </strong>\r\n\r\nWho hates closed mindedness, negativity and hate (we call it the \"h\" word in my <strong>family</strong>);\r\n\r\nWho fears....NOT...(as much as I used to <strong>thankful</strong>ly!)\r\n\r\nWho <strong>dreams</strong> of a day when all women <strong>raise each other up</strong> instead of put others down,  a day when all doctors understand the intricacies of our hormones and how they affect our health; a day when we teach our children to trust their <strong>intuition</strong> and know their own <strong>bodies</strong>;\r\n\r\nI am<strong> passionate</strong>, nurturing, nutty, intelligent, and<strong> fierce</strong> in my convictions!\r\n\r\nA woman whose life <strong>changed</strong> when she learned how to <strong>balance</strong> her hormones,\r\n\r\nI am a believer in <strong>Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</strong>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-01-27 08:37:35','2012-01-27 13:37:35','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/27/7-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(163,1,'2012-01-27 09:42:44','2012-01-27 14:42:44','[caption id=\"attachment_161\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Sonya\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-161\" title=\"Sonya\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI am <strong>Sonya,</strong>\r\n\r\nI\'m a mother, a lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a patient, a runner, a quilter, a traveller, a shopper, a blogger\r\n\r\nWho needs to <strong>share</strong> my story;\r\n\r\nWho<strong> feels</strong> the need to start the hormone <strong>conversation</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho wants to<strong> inspire</strong> other women and my children to be <strong>Amazing</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho <strong>loves</strong> my partner, my children, the<strong> sun</strong> on my face, high heels, and <strong>chocolate</strong> martinis;\r\n\r\nWho sees <strong>hope</strong> for the <strong>future, </strong>\r\n\r\nWho hates closed mindedness, negativity and hate (we call it the \"h\" word in my <strong>family</strong>);\r\n\r\nWho fears....NOT...(as much as I used to <strong>thankful</strong>ly!)\r\n\r\nWho <strong>dreams</strong> of a day when all women <strong>raise each other up</strong> instead of put others down,  a day when all doctors understand the intricacies of our hormones and how they affect our health; a day when we teach our children to trust their <strong>intuition</strong> and know their own <strong>bodies</strong>;\r\n\r\nI am<strong> passionate</strong>, nurturing, nutty, intelligent, and<strong> fierce</strong> in my convictions!\r\n\r\nA woman whose life <strong>changed</strong> when she learned how to <strong>balance</strong> her hormones,\r\n\r\nI am a believer in <strong>Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</strong>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-01-27 09:42:44','2012-01-27 14:42:44','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/27/7-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(164,1,'2012-01-27 09:43:28','2012-01-27 14:43:28','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_161\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px;\"><dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-161\" title=\"Sonya\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Sonya</dt></dl></div>\r\nI am <strong>Sonya,</strong>\r\n\r\nI\'m a mother, a lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a patient, a runner, a quilter, a traveller, a shopper, a blogger\r\n\r\nWho needs to <strong>share</strong> my story;\r\n\r\nWho<strong> feels</strong> the need to start the hormone <strong>conversation</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho wants to<strong> inspire</strong> other women and my children to be <strong>Amazing</strong>;\r\n\r\nWho <strong>loves</strong> my partner, my children, the<strong> sun</strong> on my face, high heels, and <strong>chocolate</strong> martinis;\r\n\r\nWho sees <strong>hope</strong> for the <strong>future, </strong>\r\n\r\nWho hates closed mindedness, negativity and hate (we call it the \"h\" word in my <strong>family</strong>);\r\n\r\nWho fears....NOT...(as much as I used to <strong>thankful</strong>ly!)\r\n\r\nWho <strong>dreams</strong> of a day when all women <strong>raise each other up</strong> instead of put others down,  a day when all doctors understand the intricacies of our hormones and how they affect our health; a day when we teach our children to trust their <strong>intuition</strong> and know their own <strong>bodies</strong>;\r\n\r\nI am<strong> passionate</strong>, nurturing, nutty, intelligent, and<strong> fierce</strong> in my convictions!\r\n\r\nA woman whose life <strong>changed</strong> when she learned how to <strong>balance</strong> her hormones,\r\n\r\nI am a believer in <strong>Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</strong>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-01-27 09:43:28','2012-01-27 14:43:28','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/27/7-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(165,1,'2012-08-25 09:09:52','2012-08-25 14:09:52','Since adolescence I have dreaded the cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and, of course, she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.  There have been times in my life when my cramps were debilitating, especially when I was a teenager and a young woman. I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\n\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\n\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">the ever dreaded.....menstrual cramps<strong></strong></span></p>\nI am <strong>extremely elated </strong>to say that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true.  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true.  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant.   Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\n\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency.\n\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. That being said, I doubt most doctors even know to tell their patients to take Magnesium to prevent menstrual cramps!  Due to moving around a lot, I have had several different doctors over the years and not one has suggested Magnesium until a few months ago.  If your doctor doesn\'t know then do the research for yourself and let your body guide you.\n\nOh and by the way... in case your doctor/practitioner doesn\'t warn you Magnesium can cause loose stools!  It\'s a natural laxative!\n\nCheck out this article about Magnesium and PMS <a title=\"Magnesium and PMS\" href=\"http://www.magnesiumsupreme.eu/content/21-natural-relief-from-pms\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.magnesiumsupreme.eu/content/21-natural-relief-from-pms</a>\n\n&nbsp;','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-autosave','','','2012-08-25 09:09:52','2012-08-25 14:09:52','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/55-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(166,1,'2012-01-24 23:50:50','2012-01-25 04:50:50','Since adolescence I have dreaded the cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and, of course, she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.  There have been times in my life when my cramps were debilitating, especially when I was a teenager and a young woman. I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\r\n\r\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\r\n\r\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the ever dreaded.....</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MENSTRUAL CRAMPS!!!  </strong></span></p>\r\nI am <strong>EXTREMELY ELATED</strong> to report that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!!!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true!  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true!  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant!!!  Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\r\n\r\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency!\r\n\r\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. That being said, I doubt most doctors even know to tell their patients to take Magnesium to prevent menstrual cramps!  Due to moving around a lot, I have had several different doctors over the years and not one has suggested Magnesium until a few months ago.  If your doctor doesn\'t know then do the research for yourself and let your body guide you!\r\n\r\nOh and by the way... in case your doctor/practitioner doesn\'t warn you Magnesium can cause loose stools!  It\'s a natural laxative!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-revision-6','','','2012-01-24 23:50:50','2012-01-25 04:50:50','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/55-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(167,1,'2012-01-25 01:19:20','2012-01-25 06:19:20','I learned something interesting in a Medical Anthropology University class I took before I had ever heard about Bio-Identical Hormones.  Apparently many doctors in France, feel the need to protect the liver from medication and so often prescribe medications in suppository form.  While suppositories aren\'t my favorite way to save my liver from exposure to medications and the like, the idea of avoiding exposing my precious organs unnecessarily appeals to me on an intuitive level.\r\n\r\nThe idea of applying hormones \"transdermally\" (on our skin) just makes so much sense doesn\'t it?  If you recall from Biology class, our Skin is our Largest Organ!  Look at the inside of your arm and see all those beautiful veins popping out!  And now imagine rubbing cream into your skin and how quickly and effortlessly it absorbs into your bloodstream!  No stomach acid to get marinated and tossed around in, no liver to meander through, no kidneys to flush it out...all that beautiful cream just gets nicely and quietly absorbed through your skin and into your bloodstream where it needs to be!\r\n\r\n<strong>There is a time to share and a time to keep your lotions to yourself!!!  </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>Protect your family and especially your children from your newly applied hormone cream!  I have heard that you should avoid anyone touching the skin where the cream has been applied for anywhere from 2 to 4 hours!  If they touch <em>your</em> skin the hormones can actually absorb into<em> their</em> skin!  You don\'t want your husband to absorb your progesterone - one hormonally unbalanced person in the family is plenty!  And you certainly don\'t want your children exposed to more hormones that are already in our environment!  Always wash your hands thoroughly after applying hormone creams.  And also, maybe it goes without saying, but don\'t have a shower right after you\'ve applied your hormones!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Random Thought:  This idea of our skin being such a quick pathway to our bloodstream makes me wonder about all of the yucky stuff we apply to our skin!  And to our babies and children\'s skin!  If this also concerns you, check out the Environmental Working Group\'s website <a title=\"Environmental Working Group\" href=\"http://www.ewg.org\">www.ewg.org</a> they have lots of information about safe and unsafe products for our skin.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Don\'t be a Pill Popper! ','','inherit','open','open','','145-revision-7','','','2012-01-25 01:19:20','2012-01-25 06:19:20','',145,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/25/145-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(168,1,'2012-04-26 09:16:45','2012-04-26 14:16:45','There are a few ways to find a practitioner who is knowledgeable about <strong>bio-identical</strong> hormones.  To find a <strong>medical doctor</strong> who prescribes bio-identical hormones contact your local <strong>compounding pharmacy</strong>.  Keep in mind that it has to be a pharmacy that compounds medications so your local drugstore pharmacy isn\'t the guy or girl to call.  Google \"compounding pharmacy\" for your area and you should be able to find one near you.   You\'ll need a compounding pharmacy once you get started on bio-identical hormones anyway as they will be the ones making your fresh hormones especially for you!  Ask them for a current list of doctors that they know are prescribing bio-identical hormones.  They will very likely be more than willing to give you some names.  That is how I got the name of my Obstetrician/Gynecologist when I was pregnant with my son.\n\nI contacted a compounding pharmacy in the area and they gave me the  names of a few doctors.  As it turned out a couple of good friends had also highly recommended this doctor but not because he prescribed natural hormones, just because he is known to be a fantastic Obstetrician.  So that is how I came to be a patient of the phenomenal man Dr. Arnold.  He is passionate about helping his patients with bio-identical hormone therapy and I owe him a deep debt of gratitude for helping me overcome my Post-Partum Anxiety naturally!  I can\'t even imagine what the outcome would have been if I hadn\'t have had Dr. Arnold to turn to for help.  I wish every woman could be so fortunate.\n\nA few years later, I had switched to a different compounding pharmacy and they had a business card from a nearby doctor that was knowledgeable about bio-identical hormones.  He wasn\'t a gynecologist but his brochures advised that he did saliva hormone testing and nutritional testing, etc.  Some time after my third pregnancy, I felt like it was time to get another saliva hormone test done and I was also intrigued by a medical doctor that had a wellness focus to his practise!  He believes in natural, preventative medicine, and as an added bonus anti-aging!  I told him I plan to live to 103 and he pushed me to try for 120!!   This is how I came to be a patient of Dr. Wojcicki\'s.\n\nI am so fortunate to have access to the best doctors in the area!  It took me time to find these amazing physicians!  I also believe though that because I know my body and because I have some knowledge I am able to work in consultation with such great doctors to optimize my own health!\n\nI urge you not to give up looking for <strong>the best doctor for you! </strong>\n\nIt\'s your body, your health, your life!  Get to know your body! Never let your doctor make you feel like you don\'t know what you\'re talking about when it comes to this stuff!  And start looking for a great doctor/practitioner if you don\'t already have one!','Find a Knowledgeable Doctor or Practitioner','','inherit','open','open','','63-autosave','','','2012-04-26 09:16:45','2012-04-26 14:16:45','',63,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/63-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(169,1,'2012-01-25 00:15:10','2012-01-25 05:15:10','There are a few ways to find a practitioner who is knowledgeable about <strong>bio-identical</strong> hormones.  To find a <strong>medical doctor</strong> who prescribes bio-identical hormones contact your local <strong>compounding pharmacy</strong>.  Keep in mind that it has to be a pharmacy that compounds medications so your local drugstore pharmacy isn\'t the guy or girl to call.  Google \"compounding pharmacy\" for your area and you should be able to find one near you.   You\'ll need a compounding pharmacy once you get started on bio-identical hormones anyway as they will be the ones making your fresh hormones especially for you!  Ask them for a current list of doctors that they know are prescribing bio-identical hormones.  They will very likely be more than willing to give you some names.  That is how I got the name of my OB/GYN when I was pregnant with my son.\r\n\r\nI contacted a compounding pharmacy in the area and they gave me the  names of a few doctors.  As it turned out a couple of good friends had also highly recommended this doctor but not because he prescribed natural hormones, just because he is known to be a fantastic Obstetrician!  So that is how I came to be a patient of the phenomenal man Dr. Arnold.  He is passionate about helping his patients with bio-identical hormone therapy and I owe him a deep debt of gratitude for helping me overcome my Post-Partum Anxiety naturally!!!  I can\'t even imagine what the outcome would have been if I hadn\'t have had Dr. Arnold to turn to for help!  I wish every woman could be so fortunate!\r\n\r\nA few years later, I had switched to a different compounding pharmacy and they had a business card from a nearby doctor that was knowledgeable about bio-identical hormones.  He wasn\'t a gynecologist but his brochures advised that he did saliva hormone testing and nutritional testing, etc.  Some time after my third pregnancy, I felt like it was time to get another saliva hormone test done and I was also intrigued by a medical doctor that had a wellness focus to his practise!  He believes in natural, preventative medicine, and as an added bonus anti-aging!  I told him I plan to live to 103 and he pushed me to try for 120!!   This is how I came to be a patient of Dr. Wojcicki\'s.\r\n\r\nI am so fortunate to have access to the best doctors in the area!  It took me time to find these amazing physicians!  I also believe though that because I know my body and because I have some knowledge I am able to work in consultation with such great doctors to optimize my own health!\r\n\r\nI urge you not to give up looking for <strong>the best doctor for you! </strong>\r\n\r\nIt\'s your body, your health, your life!  Get to know your body! Never let your doctor make you feel like you don\'t know what you\'re talking about when it comes to this stuff!  And start looking for a great doctor/practitioner if you don\'t already have one!','Find a Knowledgeable Doctor or Practitioner','','inherit','open','open','','63-revision-5','','','2012-01-25 00:15:10','2012-01-25 05:15:10','',63,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/25/63-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(170,1,'2012-04-26 09:17:37','2012-04-26 14:17:37','There are a few ways to find a practitioner who is knowledgeable about <strong>bio-identical</strong> hormones.  To find a <strong>medical doctor</strong> who prescribes bio-identical hormones contact your local <strong>compounding pharmacy</strong>.  Keep in mind that it has to be a pharmacy that compounds medications so your local drugstore pharmacy isn\'t the guy or girl to call.  Google \"compounding pharmacy\" for your area and you should be able to find one near you.   You\'ll need a compounding pharmacy once you get started on bio-identical hormones anyway as they will be the ones making your fresh hormones especially for you!  Ask them for a current list of doctors that they know are prescribing bio-identical hormones.  They will very likely be more than willing to give you some names.  That is how I got the name of my Obstetrician/Gynecologist when I was pregnant with my son.\r\n\r\nI contacted a compounding pharmacy in the area and they gave me the  names of a few doctors.  As it turned out a couple of good friends had also highly recommended this doctor but not because he prescribed natural hormones, just because he is known to be a fantastic Obstetrician.  So that is how I came to be a patient of the phenomenal man Dr. Arnold.  He is passionate about helping his patients with bio-identical hormone therapy and I owe him a deep debt of gratitude for helping me overcome my Post-Partum Anxiety naturally!  I can\'t even imagine what the outcome would have been if I hadn\'t have had Dr. Arnold to turn to for help.  I wish every woman could be so fortunate.\r\n\r\nA few years later, I had switched to a different compounding pharmacy and they had a business card from a nearby doctor that was knowledgeable about bio-identical hormones.  He wasn\'t a gynecologist but his brochures advised that he did saliva hormone testing and nutritional testing, etc.  Some time after my third pregnancy, I felt like it was time to get another saliva hormone test done and I was also intrigued by a medical doctor that had a wellness focus to his practise.  He believes in natural, preventative medicine, and as an added bonus anti-aging.  I told him I plan to live to 103 and he pushed me to try for 120.   This is how I came to be a patient of Dr. Wojcicki\'s.\r\n\r\nI am so fortunate to have access to the best doctors in the area!  It took me time to find these amazing physicians!  I also believe though that because I know my body and because I have some knowledge I am able to work in consultation with such great doctors to optimize my own health.\r\n\r\nI urge you not to give up looking for <strong>the best doctor for you.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt\'s your body, your health, your life!  Get to know your body.  Never let your doctor make you feel like you don\'t know what you\'re talking about when it comes to this stuff.  And start looking for a great doctor/practitioner if you don\'t already have one.','Find a Knowledgeable Doctor or Practitioner','','inherit','open','open','','63-revision-6','','','2012-04-26 09:17:37','2012-04-26 14:17:37','',63,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/63-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(171,1,'2012-04-26 09:18:05','2012-04-26 14:18:05','There are a few ways to find a practitioner who is knowledgeable about <strong>bio-identical</strong> hormones.  To find a <strong>medical doctor</strong> who prescribes bio-identical hormones contact your local <strong>compounding pharmacy</strong>.  Keep in mind that it has to be a pharmacy that compounds medications so your local drugstore pharmacy isn\'t the guy or girl to call.  Google \"compounding pharmacy\" for your area and you should be able to find one near you.   You\'ll need a compounding pharmacy once you get started on bio-identical hormones anyway as they will be the ones making your fresh hormones especially for you!  Ask them for a current list of doctors that they know are prescribing bio-identical hormones.  They will very likely be more than willing to give you some names.  That is how I got the name of my Obstetrician/Gynecologist when I was pregnant with my son.\r\n\r\nI contacted a compounding pharmacy in the area and they gave me the  names of a few doctors.  As it turned out a couple of good friends had also highly recommended this doctor but not because he prescribed natural hormones, just because he is known to be a fantastic Obstetrician.  So that is how I came to be a patient of the phenomenal man Dr. Arnold.  He is passionate about helping his patients with bio-identical hormone therapy and I owe him a deep debt of gratitude for helping me overcome my Post-Partum Anxiety naturally!  I can\'t even imagine what the outcome would have been if I hadn\'t have had Dr. Arnold to turn to for help.  I wish every woman could be so fortunate.\r\n\r\nA few years later, I had switched to a different compounding pharmacy and they had a business card from a nearby doctor that was knowledgeable about bio-identical hormones.  He wasn\'t a gynecologist but his brochures advised that he did saliva hormone testing and nutritional testing, etc.  Some time after my third pregnancy, I felt like it was time to get another saliva hormone test done and I was also intrigued by a medical doctor that had a wellness focus to his practise.  He believes in natural, preventative medicine, and as an added bonus anti-aging.  I told him I plan to live to 103 and he pushed me to try for 120.   This is how I came to be a patient of Dr. Wojcicki\'s.\r\n\r\nI am so fortunate to have access to the best doctors in the area!  It took me time to find these amazing physicians!  I also believe though that because I know my body and because I have some knowledge I am able to work in consultation with such great doctors to optimize my own health.\r\n\r\nI urge you not to give up looking for <strong>the best doctor for you.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt\'s your body, your health, your life!  Get to know your body.  Never let your doctor make you feel like you don\'t know what you\'re talking about when it comes to this stuff.  And start looking for a great doctor/practitioner if you don\'t already have one.','Find a Knowledgeable Doctor or Practitioner','','inherit','open','open','','63-revision-7','','','2012-04-26 09:18:05','2012-04-26 14:18:05','',63,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/63-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(172,1,'2012-04-26 10:00:37','2012-04-26 15:00:37','[caption id=\"attachment_75\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"279\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Syringe\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"Progesterone Syringes\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAhhhhh....the calming effects of Natural Progesterone....\n\nProgesterone has a natural calming influence on the body.  It balances the effects of estrogen.   For a women who is estrogen dominant, balancing all that unopposed estrogen roaming freely through your body is important.\n\nSo for women who have PMS related mood swings or postpartum anxiety like I did, the calming effects of progesterone can\'t be overstated. The compounding pharmacist I used during the height of my postpartum anxiety gave me the suggestion to apply a small amount of natural progesterone cream on the inside of my wrist.  Take a look at the inside of your wrist and see that beautiful bulging vein so nice and close to the surface - it\'s just waiting to absorb the progesterone cream into your bloodstream.\n\nI believe there are millions of women being unnecessarily prescribed anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication when really balancing their hormones would go a longer way in addressing their needs.  My belief is based on my own personal history and conversations I have had with my doctors and practitioners.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','The \"Calming Hormone\"','','inherit','open','open','','71-revision-10','','','2012-04-26 10:00:37','2012-04-26 15:00:37','',71,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/71-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(173,1,'2012-04-26 10:00:44','2012-04-26 15:00:44','[caption id=\"attachment_75\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"279\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Syringe\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"Progesterone Syringes\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAhhhhh....the calming effects of Natural Progesterone....\r\n\r\nProgesterone has a natural calming influence on the body.  It balances the effects of estrogen.   For a women who is estrogen dominant, balancing all that unopposed estrogen roaming freely through your body is important.\r\n\r\nSo for women who have PMS related mood swings or postpartum anxiety like I did, the calming effects of progesterone can\'t be overstated. The compounding pharmacist I used during the height of my postpartum anxiety gave me the suggestion to apply a small amount of natural progesterone cream on the inside of my wrist.  Take a look at the inside of your wrist and see that beautiful bulging vein so nice and close to the surface - it\'s just waiting to absorb the progesterone cream into your bloodstream.\r\n\r\nI believe there are millions of women being unnecessarily prescribed anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication when really balancing their hormones would go a longer way in addressing their needs.  My belief is based on my own personal history and conversations I have had with my doctors and practitioners.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','The \"Calming Hormone\"','','inherit','open','open','','71-revision-11','','','2012-04-26 10:00:44','2012-04-26 15:00:44','',71,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/71-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(174,1,'2012-01-24 22:08:07','2012-01-25 03:08:07','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life!  I went through years of pain to get from hormone hell to hormone health! After hearing so many similar stories...</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I feel that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options!  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-16','','','2012-01-24 22:08:07','2012-01-25 03:08:07','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/01/24/1-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(175,1,'2012-04-26 10:05:45','2012-04-26 15:05:45','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life!  I went through years of pain to get from hormone hell to hormone health! After hearing so many similar stories...</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I feel that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options!  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear!  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-17','','','2012-04-26 10:05:45','2012-04-26 15:05:45','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/1-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(176,1,'2012-04-26 10:49:12','2012-04-26 15:49:12','First of all, the white fluid that changes consistency throughout your monthly cycle is called Cervical Fluid....not Vaginal Discharge!  Vaginal discharge sounds so....ewwww...disgusting but it has a bad wrap!  Cervical fluid is actually a wonderful thing.\n\nIt is normal for it to change in color and consistency over the course of the month.  Who knew?!  I didn\'t know much about my cervix or cervical fluid until I was faced with infertility.  I learned more about my cervix than I ever thought possible.\n\nI learned that during the time of ovulation - when you are most fertile - your cervical fluid should look like egg whites!  It should be thickish and clear, apparently this consistency helps those little sperm swim better!  If you are trying to get pregnant this is important for you to know.   During my infertility challenges, Tony Weschler\'s best-selling book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility became my bible.  In her book, she teaches women how to identify and examine their cervical fluid and has pictures of different consistencies of cervical fluid.\n\nYour cervix actually changes position throughout your menstrual cycle.  It also switches from soft to firm and open to closed.  Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches.   It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception.  Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing!  Knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse if you are trying to conceive.   Once you get to know your cervix you will start to recognize ovulation.\n\nAt a certain time during your pregnancy your cervix is closed for business!  It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby.  Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage.  I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAdd info from Taking Charge of Your Fertility','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-3','','','2012-04-26 10:49:12','2012-04-26 15:49:12','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/133-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(178,1,'2012-04-26 10:50:47','2012-04-26 15:50:47','First of all, the white fluid that changes consistency throughout your monthly cycle is called Cervical Fluid....not Vaginal Discharge!  Vaginal discharge sounds so....ewwww...disgusting but it has a bad wrap!  Cervical fluid is actually a wonderful thing.\n\nIt is normal for it to change in color and consistency over the course of the month.  Who knew?!  I didn\'t know much about my cervix or cervical fluid until I was faced with infertility.  I learned more about my cervix than I ever thought possible.\n\nI learned that during the time of ovulation - when you are most fertile - your cervical fluid should look like egg whites!  It should be thickish and clear, apparently this consistency helps those little sperm swim better!  If you are trying to get pregnant this is important for you to know.   During my infertility challenges, Tony Weschler\'s best-selling book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility became my bible.  In her book, she teaches women how to identify and examine their cervical fluid and has pictures of different consistencies of cervical fluid.\n<div></div>','Cervical Fluid....aka... 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 Vaginal discharge sounds so....ewwww...disgusting but it has a bad wrap!  Cervical fluid is actually a wonderful thing.\r\n\r\nIt is normal for it to change in color and consistency over the course of the month.  Who knew?!  I didn\'t know much about my cervix or cervical fluid until I was faced with infertility.  I learned more about my cervix than I ever thought possible.\r\n\r\nI learned that during the time of ovulation - when you are most fertile - your cervical fluid should look like egg whites!  It should be thickish and clear, apparently this consistency helps those little sperm swim better!  If you are trying to get pregnant this is important for you to know.   During my infertility challenges, Tony Weschler\'s best-selling book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility became my bible.  In her book, she teaches women how to identify and examine their cervical fluid and has pictures of different consistencies of cervical fluid.\r\n<div></div>','Cervical Fluid....aka...Vaginal Discharge','','inherit','open','open','','177-revision-2','','','2012-04-26 10:50:53','2012-04-26 15:50:53','',177,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/177-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(181,1,'2012-04-26 11:07:53','2012-04-26 16:07:53','Your cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open.  Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches.   It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception.  Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing!  If you are trying to conceive, knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse.  Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.\n\nOf course, during pregnancy your cervix is closed for business!  It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby.  Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage.  I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix.  During my pregnancies after that I always \"kept an eye\" on my cervix and spoke with my doctor about it.  If your doctor does an internal exam during pregnancy one of the things she/he is probably checking for is to ensure that your cervix is tightly closed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAdd info from Taking Charge of Your Fertility','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-5','','','2012-04-26 11:07:53','2012-04-26 16:07:53','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/26/133-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(182,1,'2012-04-26 11:18:47','2012-04-26 16:18:47','Your cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open.  Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches.   It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception.  Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing! 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It is not a substitute for medical care, rehabilitation, educational consultation, or legal advice. Information on this Blog is general as it can not address each individual’s situation and needs. This Blog contains general information and personal stories which may or may not apply to another individuals. This Blog cannot and does not address each individual’s situation and needs. I encourage you concerned parties to seek professional advice for any specific questions and concerns.\n\nWe have made every effort to insure that content is accurate, correct and current and are not liable for any unintentional errors. Links to other Websites and contacts have been carefully chosen, but do not imply endorsement and we are not responsible or liable for their information and contents.\n\nUnder no circumstances, shall the authors and publishers be liable under any theory of recovery for any damages arising out of or in any manner connected with the use of information, services, or documents from the site.\n','Who I Am Not','','inherit','open','open','','24-autosave','','','2012-10-11 09:18:54','2012-10-11 14:18:54','',24,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/28/24-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(217,1,'2012-04-28 15:06:30','2012-04-28 20:06:30','I am not a doctor or a naturopath, I am not a medical expert of any kind.\r\n\r\nThis site and the information within is not a substitute for medical advice.\r\n\r\nThis is my personal story and is for informational purposes only.\r\n\r\nPlease seek medical advice from a professional.','Who I Am Not','','inherit','open','open','','24-revision-5','','','2012-04-28 15:06:30','2012-04-28 20:06:30','',24,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/2012/04/28/24-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(218,1,'2012-04-26 14:11:28','2012-04-26 19:11:28','<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"> by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em>  <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Sexy Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna R. 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After hearing so many similar stories...</span></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I actually believe that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options.  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear.  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-20','','','2012-05-03 17:21:33','2012-05-03 22:21:33','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/1-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(224,1,'2012-04-26 12:51:36','2012-04-26 17:51:36','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\"You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World\"  Gandhi</span></strong></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life.  I went through years of pain to get from hormone hell to hormone health. After hearing so many similar stories...</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I actually believe that it would be selfish of me to keep the information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options.  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear.  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-19','','','2012-04-26 12:51:36','2012-04-26 17:51:36','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/1-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(227,1,'2012-05-03 17:30:27','2012-05-03 22:30:27','','Bio-Identical Progesterone-Clicker-150x150','','inherit','open','open','','progesterone-clicker-150x150','','','2012-05-03 17:30:27','2012-05-03 22:30:27','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Progesterone-Clicker-150x150.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(226,1,'2012-05-03 17:23:57','2012-05-03 22:23:57','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #d12e4b;\">\r\n</span></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Misc-Bio-identical-Hormone-Syringes-150x1501.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-223 alignleft\" title=\"Bio-identical-Hormone-Syringes-150x150\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Misc-Bio-identical-Hormone-Syringes-150x1501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life.  I went through years of pain to get from hormone hell to hormone health. 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Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. 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the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 180 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense postpartum anxiety.\r\n\r\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\r\n\r\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I still didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\r\n\r\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  They were Premature Ventricular Contractions which the doctor confirmed were likely due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!    Fortunately for me, I already had an OB/GYN who prescribed natural progesterone cream.  Not surprisingly the progesterone I took to help with the postpartum anxiety instantly \"cured\" my premature ventricular contractions!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Postpartum Anxiety Part 1 - 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I am being consumed with anxiety, exhausted going on a few hours of sporadic sleep each night, the PVCs and a newborn baby, a preschooler and kindergartner to care for. And then this happens...\r\n\r\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine that by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\r\n\r\nBut then again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me once more...this time I was <em>certain</em> it was inflammatory breast cancer.   I <em>knew</em> the scary possibilities of being misdiagnosed as I watched the mom from school fight like a champion, yet get more and more ill from her cancer.  The horrifying possibility that the same thing was happening to me seemed entirely likely!\r\n\r\nThat night in the emergency room I was given a prescription for antibiotics to treat my second bout of mastitis but of course my anxiety forced me to book an appointment with my family doctor.  My heart is still flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I have been told I have mastitis again....the postpartum anxiety rages on....I am sure I must be dying.\r\n\r\nWhen I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the look of shock on her face.  Once a well-put-together mother-of-three, now I\'m transformed - into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - when I ask about the several dark brown semi-circles that have been carefully drawn under my eyes, my daughter\'s innocently replies, \"Those are the bags under your eyes Mommy!\"  I cried hard that day. I felt so unravelled.\r\n\r\nMy doctor came right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\".   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and most other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer.  Of course I\'ve researched it and I know that\'s the only way to rule out the disease.  The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc. aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and I\'m sure it\'s no surprise to you that when the results come in I am fine.  I did actually have mastitis, not once but twice.\r\n\r\nAnd although the outcome of the needle punch bioposy did not cure my anxiety, relief was not far off.\r\n\r\nRead my blog post <a title=\"Love Letter to My Pharmacist\" href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/love-letter-to-my-pharmacist/\">\"Love Letter to My Pharmacist\"</a>  to hear more about how I found relief.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>','Postparmum Anxiety Part 2 - I thought I was dying...again...','','publish','open','open','','postpartum-anxiety-part-2-i-thought-i-was-dying-again','','','2012-08-26 23:55:11','2012-08-27 04:55:11','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=289',0,'post','',0),(290,1,'2012-08-01 18:25:06','2012-08-01 23:25:06','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision','','','2012-08-01 18:25:06','2012-08-01 23:25:06','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(288,1,'2012-08-01 18:24:21','2012-08-01 23:24:21','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\n\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked me up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I still didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school who had three children almost the same age as mine was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through.   I had never heard of it before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer that has symptoms similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three children I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my anxiety is raging.   In my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared, but the heart-flipping continued.  Finally I was referred to a specialist and while waiting to get in to see the heart specialist, I was hooked up to a 24 hour Holter Monitor to track what was happening with my heart.\n\nAnd again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me again...this time I was sure it was inflammatory breast cancer and that the same thing was happening to me - a misdiagnosis!  I was given the antibiotic in the emergency room but booked an appointment with my family doctor.  By now the heart is flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I am being told I have mastitis again....I am sure I must be dying.  The post partum anxiety rages on.  When I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the surprise on her face.  No more am I the well-put-togeher mother-of-three.  I have transformed into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week confirms it - dark brown semi-circles under my eyes which she is quick to relay are the bags under my eyes!  My doctor comes right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\"   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and frankly all other anxiety-ridden people are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer. The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and of course I am fine.  But now my anxi\n\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  But it did turn out to be due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying - Part 1','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-7','','','2012-08-01 18:24:21','2012-08-01 23:24:21','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(278,1,'2012-05-03 17:35:03','2012-05-03 22:35:03','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #d12e4b;\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Progesterone-Clicker-150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-227\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone-Clicker-150x150\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Progesterone-Clicker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n</span></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life.  My journey from hormone hell to hormone health was</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">lengthy and challenging.  It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I actually believe that it would be selfish of me to keep the</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before</div>\r\n<div>exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options.  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear.  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-23','','','2012-05-03 17:35:03','2012-05-03 22:35:03','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/1-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(279,1,'2012-01-25 01:08:39','2012-01-25 06:08:39','Rarely does a day offer such clarity.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky acted as if the sun was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-11','','','2012-01-25 01:08:39','2012-01-25 06:08:39','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/93-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(281,1,'2012-07-10 22:34:57','2012-07-11 03:34:57','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense ANXIETY.','My Heart Did Loop-de-loops','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision','','','2012-07-10 22:34:57','2012-07-11 03:34:57','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(282,1,'2012-07-10 22:53:09','2012-07-11 03:53:09','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them crying and on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night crying while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone with me to talk to me and calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing.','My Heart Did Loop-de-loops','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-2','','','2012-07-10 22:53:09','2012-07-11 03:53:09','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(283,1,'2012-07-10 23:16:26','2012-07-11 04:16:26','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\n\nI ended up taking myself to the emergency room on two occasions and they hooked me up to their machines and drew blood and basically determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.  I didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\n\nIt was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school who had three children almost the same age as mine was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through.   I had never heard of it before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer that has symptoms similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many months of breastfeeding three children I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my anxiety is raging.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOnce I was so full of anxiety and had been going on no sleep and running around after two children while caring for a newborn that I looked like death-warmed-over.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying - Part 1','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-3','','','2012-07-10 23:16:26','2012-07-11 04:16:26','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(284,1,'2012-07-10 23:16:45','2012-07-11 04:16:45','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\r\n\r\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\r\n\r\nI ended up taking myself to the emergency room on two occasions and they hooked me up to their machines and drew blood and basically determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.  I didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\r\n\r\nIt was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school who had three children almost the same age as mine was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through.   I had never heard of it before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer that has symptoms similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many months of breastfeeding three children I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my anxiety is raging.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOnce I was so full of anxiety and had been going on no sleep and running around after two children while caring for a newborn that I looked like death-warmed-over.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying - Part 1','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-4','','','2012-07-10 23:16:45','2012-07-11 04:16:45','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(285,1,'2012-07-10 23:21:31','2012-07-11 04:21:31','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\n\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked me up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.  I didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school who had three children almost the same age as mine was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through.   I had never heard of it before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer that has symptoms similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three children I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my anxiety is raging.   In my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOnce I was so full of anxiety and had been going on no sleep and running around after two children while caring for a newborn that I looked like death-warmed-over.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying - Part 1','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-5','','','2012-07-10 23:21:31','2012-07-11 04:21:31','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(286,1,'2012-07-10 23:34:24','2012-07-11 04:34:24','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\n\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked me up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school who had three children almost the same age as mine was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through.   I had never heard of it before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer that has symptoms similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three children I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my anxiety is raging.   In my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared, but the heart-flipping continued.  Finally I was referred to a specialist and while waiting to get in to see the heart specialist, I was hooked up to a 24 hour Holter Monitor to track what was happening with my heart.\n\nAnd again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me again...this time I was sure it was inflammatory breast cancer and that the same thing was happening to me - a misdiagnosis!  I was given the antibiotic in the emergency room but booked an appointment with my family doctor.  By now the heart is flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I am being told I have mastitis again....I am sure I must be dying.  The post partum anxiety rages on.  When I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the surprise on her face.  No more am I the well-put-togeher mother-of-three.  I have transformed into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week confirms it - dark brown semi-circles under my eyes which she is quick to relay are the bags under my eyes!  My doctor comes right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\"   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and frankly all other anxiety-ridden people are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer. The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  But it did turn out to be due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOnce I was so full of anxiety and had been going on no sleep and running around after two children while caring for a newborn that I looked like death-warmed-over.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying - Part 1','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-6','','','2012-07-10 23:34:24','2012-07-11 04:34:24','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(428,1,'2012-08-30 20:21:45','2012-08-31 01:21:45','http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cropped-Were-the-Queens-and-King-of-the-World-Version-2-1000x288.jpg','cropped-Were-the-Queens-and-King-of-the-World-Version-2-1000x288.jpg','','inherit','open','open','','cropped-were-the-queens-and-king-of-the-world-version-2-1000x288-jpg','','','2012-08-30 20:21:45','2012-08-31 01:21:45','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cropped-Were-the-Queens-and-King-of-the-World-Version-2-1000x288.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(291,1,'2012-08-01 18:33:00','2012-08-01 23:33:00','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\n\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked me up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I still didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\n\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  They were Premature Ventricular Contractions which the doctor confirmed were likely due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!    Fortunately for me, I already had an OB/GYN who prescribed natural progesterone cream.  Not surprisingly the progesterone I took to help with the postpartum anxiety instantly \"cured\" my premature ventricular contractions!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying...','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-8','','','2012-08-01 18:33:00','2012-08-01 23:33:00','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(292,1,'2012-04-28 15:10:17','2012-04-28 20:10:17','<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"> by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em>  <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Sexy Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Taking Charge of Your Fertility</strong></em> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Toni Weschler</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Worth Reading','','inherit','open','open','','9-revision-12','','','2012-04-28 15:10:17','2012-04-28 20:10:17','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/9-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(293,1,'2012-01-25 00:43:12','2012-01-25 05:43:12','Bio-Identical Hormones\r\n\r\nCervix\r\n\r\nCervical Fluid\r\n\r\nIncompetent Cervix\r\n\r\nProgesterone\r\n\r\nEstrogen\r\n\r\nTestosterone\r\n\r\nDHEA\r\n\r\nAndrogens\r\n\r\nAndropause\r\n\r\nMenopause\r\n\r\nPeri-Menopause\r\n\r\nPost-Partum Mood Disorder\r\n\r\nPost-Partum Depression\r\n\r\nPost-Partum Anxiety\r\n\r\nPre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS)\r\n\r\nNatural Hormone Therapy\r\n\r\nHRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy\r\n\r\nSynthetic Hormones -\r\n\r\nCompounding Pharmacy -\r\n\r\nPulmonary Ventricular Contractions PVCs -\r\n\r\nAlopecia -\r\n\r\nTransdermally - Applied to the derma or skin\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Definitions','','inherit','open','open','','124-revision-4','','','2012-01-25 00:43:12','2012-01-25 05:43:12','',124,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/124-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(294,1,'2012-07-10 21:33:17','2012-07-11 02:33:17','Rarely does a day offer such clarity.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky acted as if the sun was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-12','','','2012-07-10 21:33:17','2012-07-11 02:33:17','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/93-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(295,1,'2012-08-01 18:45:58','2012-08-01 23:45:58','Rarely does a day offer such clarity.  On a clear day in August 2005 the bright blue sky acted as if the sun was shining down especially on me.   I can still recall the click of my sandals as I crossed the pavement to get to my car.  My eyes were damp but my hopes were high.  And though I was optimistic, I could never have known what a priceless and precious gift I carried in my little white paper bag.\r\n\r\nI had just walked out of the compounding pharmacy with my first dose of bio-identical hormones.  Like a kid at Christmas I could hardly wait to get home and tear open the bag! Inside I found syringes full of natural progesterone cream, compounded from wild yams to be bio-identical so my body wouldn\'t know the difference.\r\n\r\nMy compounding pharmacist, Lillian Hall, of Pickering Village Pharmacy, has no idea how important she was in my life that day and in my future. She shared so much information with me and I was a sponge for information about balancing my hormones. She told me that day that some women experience immediate relief and others find their hormones balance over 3 months or so.  She applauded me for giving myself an amazing Christmas gift!  That\'s when the tears came, the realization struck me that my 10 year emotional journey through hormone hell was finally coming to an end!  My progesterone deficiency had affected me, and in turn, my family in so many profound ways, the idea that I was finally gaining control of my hormone health was overwhelming!\r\n\r\nThe precious and utterly unexpected gift in the little white paper bag would reveal itself 10 months later....','Good things come in little white paper bags...','','inherit','open','open','','93-revision-13','','','2012-08-01 18:45:58','2012-08-01 23:45:58','',93,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/93-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(297,1,'2012-05-21 09:49:04','2012-05-21 14:49:04','I am not a doctor or a naturopath, I am not a medical expert of any kind.\r\n\r\nThis site and the information within is not a substitute for medical advice.\r\n\r\nThis is my personal story and contains my personal views and is for informational purposes only.\r\n\r\nPlease seek medical advice from a professional.','Who I Am Not','','inherit','open','open','','24-revision-8','','','2012-05-21 09:49:04','2012-05-21 14:49:04','',24,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/24-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(298,1,'2012-04-26 09:12:54','2012-04-26 14:12:54','Since adolescence I have dreaded the cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and, of course, she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.  There have been times in my life when my cramps were debilitating, especially when I was a teenager and a young woman. I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\r\n\r\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\r\n\r\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">the ever dreaded.....menstrual cramps<strong></strong></span></p>\r\nI am <strong>extremely elated </strong>to say that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true.  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true.  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant.   Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\r\n\r\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency.\r\n\r\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. That being said, I doubt most doctors even know to tell their patients to take Magnesium to prevent menstrual cramps!  Due to moving around a lot, I have had several different doctors over the years and not one has suggested Magnesium until a few months ago.  If your doctor doesn\'t know then do the research for yourself and let your body guide you.\r\n\r\nOh and by the way... in case your doctor/practitioner doesn\'t warn you Magnesium can cause loose stools!  It\'s a natural laxative!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-revision-7','','','2012-04-26 09:12:54','2012-04-26 14:12:54','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/55-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(299,1,'2012-04-26 10:01:42','2012-04-26 15:01:42','[caption id=\"attachment_75\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"279\" caption=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone Syringe\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"Progesterone Syringes\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1580-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAhhhhh....the calming effects of Natural Progesterone....\r\n\r\nProgesterone has a natural calming influence on the body.  It balances the effects of estrogen.   For a women who is estrogen dominant, balancing all that unopposed estrogen roaming freely through your body is important.\r\n\r\nSo for women who have PMS related mood swings or postpartum anxiety like I did, the calming effects of progesterone can\'t be overstated. The compounding pharmacist I used during the height of my postpartum anxiety gave me the suggestion to apply a small amount of natural progesterone cream on the inside of my wrist.  Take a look at the inside of your wrist and see that beautiful bulging vein so nice and close to the surface - it\'s just waiting to absorb the progesterone cream into your bloodstream.\r\n\r\nI believe there are millions of women being unnecessarily prescribed anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication when really balancing their hormones would go a longer way in addressing their needs.  My belief is based on my own personal history and conversations I have had with my doctors and practitioners.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','The \"Calming Hormone\"','','inherit','open','open','','71-revision-12','','','2012-04-26 10:01:42','2012-04-26 15:01:42','',71,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/71-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(300,1,'2012-04-26 13:03:23','2012-04-26 18:03:23','I learned something interesting in a Medical Anthropology University class I took before I had ever heard about Bio-Identical Hormones.  Apparently many doctors in France, feel the need to protect the liver from medication and so often prescribe medications in suppository form.  While suppositories aren\'t my favorite way to save my liver from exposure to medications and the like, the idea of avoiding exposing my precious organs unnecessarily appeals to me on an intuitive level.\r\n\r\nThe idea of applying hormones \"transdermally\" (on our skin) just makes so much sense doesn\'t it?  If you recall from Biology class, our Skin is our Largest Organ!  Look at the inside of your arm and see all those beautiful veins popping out!  And now imagine rubbing cream into your skin and how quickly and effortlessly it absorbs into your bloodstream!  No stomach acid to get marinated and tossed around in, no liver to meander through, no kidneys to flush it out...all that beautiful cream just gets nicely and quietly absorbed through your skin and into your bloodstream where it needs to be.\r\n\r\n<strong>There is a time to share and a time to keep your lotions to yourself:</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>Protect your family and especially your children from your newly applied hormone cream.  I have heard that you should avoid anyone touching the skin where the cream has been applied for anywhere from 2 to 4 hours but probably longer is even better.  If they touch <em>your</em> skin the hormones can actually absorb into<em> their</em> skin!  You don\'t want your husband to absorb your progesterone - one hormonally unbalanced person in the family is plenty.  And you certainly don\'t want your children exposed to more hormones that are already in our environment.  Always wash your hands thoroughly after applying hormone creams.  Don\'t forget to protect your pets as well, don\'t let them lick your skin after applying hormone creams. And also, maybe it goes without saying, but don\'t have a shower right after you\'ve applied your hormones.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Random Thought:  This idea of our skin being such a quick pathway to our bloodstream makes me wonder about all of the yucky stuff we apply to our skin.  And to our babies and children\'s skin.  If this also concerns you, check out the Environmental Working Group\'s website <a title=\"Environmental Working Group\" href=\"http://www.ewg.org\">www.ewg.org</a> they have lots of information about safe and unsafe products for our skin.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Don\'t be a Pill Popper! ','','inherit','open','open','','145-revision-9','','','2012-04-26 13:03:23','2012-04-26 18:03:23','',145,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/145-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(301,1,'2012-04-26 09:18:33','2012-04-26 14:18:33','There are a few ways to find a practitioner who is knowledgeable about <strong>bio-identical</strong> hormones.  To find a <strong>medical doctor</strong> who prescribes bio-identical hormones contact your local <strong>compounding pharmacy</strong>.  Keep in mind that it has to be a pharmacy that compounds medications so your local drugstore pharmacy isn\'t the guy or girl to call.  Google \"compounding pharmacy\" for your area and you should be able to find one near you.   You\'ll need a compounding pharmacy once you get started on bio-identical hormones anyway as they will be the ones making your fresh hormones especially for you!  Ask them for a current list of doctors that they know are prescribing bio-identical hormones.  They will very likely be more than willing to give you some names.  That is how I got the name of my Obstetrician/Gynecologist when I was pregnant with my son.\r\n\r\nI contacted a compounding pharmacy in the area and they gave me the  names of a few doctors.  As it turned out a couple of good friends had also highly recommended this doctor but not because he prescribed natural hormones, just because he is known to be a fantastic Obstetrician.  So that is how I came to be a patient of the phenomenal man Dr. Arnold.  He is passionate about helping his patients with bio-identical hormone therapy and I owe him a deep debt of gratitude for helping me overcome my Post-Partum Anxiety naturally!  I can\'t even imagine what the outcome would have been if I hadn\'t have had Dr. Arnold to turn to for help.  I wish every woman could be so fortunate.\r\n\r\nA few years later, I had switched to a different compounding pharmacy and they had a business card from a nearby doctor that was knowledgeable about bio-identical hormones.  He wasn\'t a gynecologist but his brochures advised that he did saliva hormone testing and nutritional testing, etc.  Some time after my third pregnancy, I felt like it was time to get another saliva hormone test done and I was also intrigued by a medical doctor that had a wellness focus to his practise.  He believes in natural, preventative medicine, and as an added bonus anti-aging.  I told him I plan to live to 103 and he pushed me to try for 120.   This is how I came to be a patient of Dr. Wojcicki\'s.\r\n\r\nI am so fortunate to have access to the best doctors in the area!  It took me time to find these amazing physicians!  I also believe though that because I know my body and because I have some knowledge I am able to work in consultation with such great doctors to optimize my own health.\r\n\r\nI urge you not to give up looking for <strong>the best doctor for you.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt\'s your body, your health, your life!  Get to know your body.  Never let your doctor make you feel like you don\'t know what you\'re talking about when it comes to this stuff.  And start looking for a great doctor/practitioner if you don\'t already have one.','Find a Knowledgeable Doctor or Practitioner','','inherit','open','open','','63-revision-8','','','2012-04-26 09:18:33','2012-04-26 14:18:33','',63,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/63-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(302,1,'2012-07-10 21:33:17','2012-07-11 02:33:17','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #d12e4b;\"><a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Progesterone-Clicker-150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-227\" title=\"Bio-Identical Progesterone-Clicker-150x150\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Progesterone-Clicker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n</span></h1>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Bio-Identical Hormones have changed my life.  My journey from hormone hell to hormone health was</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">lengthy and challenging.  It is my <strong>quest</strong> to help inform other women in the hope that they may be able</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">to avoid the same challenges I faced.  I actually believe that it would be selfish of me to keep the</div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">information I\'ve spent years uncovering to myself.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>personal belief</strong> that millions of women are needlessly being prescribed medications such as anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, birth control pills, as well as going through invasive procedures before</div>\r\n<div>exploring other, more natural, less invasive, less risky and less expensive options.  I too, have been offered such medications by my family doctor, I feel fortunate everyday that I am now the one in charge of my own health! Through the years of frustration being offered solutions that didn\'t fit with my intuition, I finally sought out a naturopath and eventually medical doctors, who could help treat the cause and not just my symptoms.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>hope</strong> that some day more doctors treat the cause instead of the symptoms and become informed about bio-identical hormones!  It is also my hope that naturopathic doctors continue to gain acceptance for their expertise in this area and can one day write a prescription for bio-identical hormones.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>It is my <strong>aim</strong> to inform more women about the options available that their own doctors don\'t even know about.  I know that sounds crazy because we expect our doctors to know everything, however this is one area where knowledge is lacking.   One of my current doctors told me I very likely know more about bio-identical hormones than most family physicians.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I mentioned I went through hormone hell....you are wondering what I went through...it\'s a long story.  Actually several long stories.  Some of my issues have been infertility, miscarriages, pulmonary ventricular contractions (PVCs), alopecia, PMS, both mild and severe post-partum mood disorder involving anxiety and mood swings more than depression, acne, menstrual symptoms such as bad cramps, and low libido.</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>I have yet to face menopause, however when I do it will be without fear.  I will enter peri-menopause/menopause with knowledge about my body and I trust in myself that I know my body now. Besides I have found amazing doctors whom I trust to help me navigate the unchartered waters. It feels amazing!</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Welcome to Hormone Soup!','','inherit','open','open','','1-revision-24','','','2012-07-10 21:33:17','2012-07-11 02:33:17','',1,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/1-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(303,1,'2012-08-04 09:41:26','2012-08-04 14:41:26','','DSC00052','','inherit','open','open','','dsc00052','','','2012-08-04 09:41:26','2012-08-04 14:41:26','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC00052.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(305,1,'2012-08-06 07:20:44','2012-08-06 12:20:44','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\n\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\n\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I still didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\n\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  They were Premature Ventricular Contractions which the doctor confirmed were likely due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!    Fortunately for me, I already had an OB/GYN who prescribed natural progesterone cream.  Not surprisingly the progesterone I took to help with the postpartum anxiety instantly \"cured\" my premature ventricular contractions!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying...','','inherit','open','open','','280-autosave','','','2012-08-06 07:20:44','2012-08-06 12:20:44','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(306,1,'2012-08-01 18:33:09','2012-08-01 23:33:09','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\r\n\r\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\r\n\r\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked me up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I still didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\r\n\r\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  They were Premature Ventricular Contractions which the doctor confirmed were likely due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!    Fortunately for me, I already had an OB/GYN who prescribed natural progesterone cream.  Not surprisingly the progesterone I took to help with the postpartum anxiety instantly \"cured\" my premature ventricular contractions!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying...','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-9','','','2012-08-01 18:33:09','2012-08-01 23:33:09','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(307,1,'2012-08-05 20:08:32','2012-08-06 01:08:32','It was during one of my favourite times of day - the house is all quiet, not a toddler nor kindergartener nor husband stirring - just me and my precious newborn baby up for a late night feed in the rocking chair.  All seemed quiet and serene until suddenly my heart felt like it did a 360 degree flip inside my chest!   If I hadn\'t been so freaked out by the sensation, I would have thought my heart was doing loop-de-loops over the fact that I had fallen madly in love for my newborn baby boy!   I was shocked and stunned and didn\'t know what to think and so let it go thinking it was just some weird random event that would never happen again.  Boy was I wrong.  And so began my journey of intense post-partum anxiety.\r\n\r\nI began to have the heart-flipping sensations daily and they would be more noticeable at certain times than others.  Sometimes it was a small \"blip\" and other times they were so severe they woke me from my sleep!   On a couple of occasions I was up late at night with them (they seemed more noticeable at night when life was not so busy and chaotic) and crying on the phone to my mom who lived a 4 hour plane ride away!  She is an LPN (Licenced Practical Nurse) and I called her one night  while she was on the night shift.  She put the RN on the phone to calm me down and find out what was happening.  It seemed that everyone I spoke to just chalked it up to heart palpitations or rapid heart beat but I knew that didn\'t jive with what I was experiencing and so the anxiety seemed worse because I didn\'t feel like I was getting any answers.  No one seemed to know what I was trying to explain.\r\n\r\nI took myself to the emergency room on two occasions where I was hooked me up to their machines, had blood drawn and it was determined that I hadn\'t had a heart attack and I was fine.   I still didn\'t feel like I had any answers.  I must have looked like a wreck, on one of the visits the doctor walked into the examining room and within minutes was giving me Ativan for the anxiety the heart problem was creating.\r\n\r\nAlthough I loved my baby to bits I knew the loop-de-loops weren\'t because of my undying love for him!  They were Premature Ventricular Contractions which the doctor confirmed were likely due to the sudden hormonal changes from giving birth to him!    Fortunately for me, I already had an OB/GYN who prescribed natural progesterone cream.  Not surprisingly the progesterone I took to help with the postpartum anxiety instantly \"cured\" my premature ventricular contractions!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','My Heart did Loop-de-loops - I thought I was dying...','','inherit','open','open','','280-revision-10','','','2012-08-05 20:08:32','2012-08-06 01:08:32','',280,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/280-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(308,1,'2012-08-11 12:32:17','2012-08-11 17:32:17','<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Joyful-Sunshine-Intuition.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-449\" title=\"Embracing the Sun - Intuition\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Joyful-Sunshine-Intuition-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman with Arms Extended Embracing the Sun\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>My experiences have made me realize that we have been denied the opportunity to trust our intuition and listen to our bodies.  Instead of embracing our intuition we have succeeded in stilfling it and pushing it down so deep that one it may seem impossible that we are ever going to find it.  Becoming in tune with our bodies is life saving.\r\n\r\nBe informed. Be in-tune.  Be forgiving – of yourself and others. Be persistent.  Listen to your body.','Embrace Your Intuition!','','publish','open','open','','embrace-your-intuition','','','2012-08-31 11:40:16','2012-08-31 16:40:16','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=308',0,'post','',4),(309,1,'2012-08-11 12:32:10','2012-08-11 17:32:10','My experiences have made me realize that we have been denied the opportunity to trust our intuition and listen to our bodies.  Instead of embracing our intuition we have succeeded in stilfling it and pushing it down so deep that one it may seem impossible that we are ever going to find it.  Becoming in tune with our bodies is life saving.\n\nBe informed. Be in-tune.  Be forgiving – of yourself and others. 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a day when we teach our children to trust their intuition and know their own bodies;</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #474747;\">I am passionate, nurturing, nutty, intelligent, and fierce in my convictions!</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #474747;\">A woman whose life changed when she learned how to balance her hormones,</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #474747;\">I am a believer in Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy!</span>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-05-21 09:47:38','2012-05-21 14:47:38','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/7-revision-26/',0,'revision','',0),(312,1,'2012-08-21 10:04:11','2012-08-21 15:04:11','<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-161\" title=\"Sonya\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-2011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSonya is a survivor of infertility, miscarriages, PMS, and Post Partum Mood Disorders (esp Anxiety).  Fortunately she was able to solve all of her problems by balancing her hormones but it was a decade long journey of ups and downs.\r\n\r\nShe founded HormoneSoup.com in an effort to raise consciousness around hormone issues in women and spark conversation about using bio-identical hormones to treat issues such as miscarriages, infertility, postpartum mood disorder, and PMS.\r\n\r\nSonya began advocating for herself about all things hormonal after spending years seeking answers but finding band-aid solutions.  After being offered anti-depressants for hormonal concerns and hearing other women’s similar stories, Sonya became concerned that women’s issues are being labeled as mental health disorders.  Her journey to bio-identical hormones has led her to amazing doctors and natural practitioners that helped her find real solutions to very common problems.  Seeing and hearing an abundance of misinformation, the goal of HormoneSoup.com is to educate, empower and unite women with resources and knowledgeable practitioners to enable them to find answers sooner and more readily than she did.\r\n\r\nShe has plans to start a forum on her site to create a safe and supportive place for women to join the hormone conversation and is hoping to find doctors and practitioners who will join the conversation as well.\r\n\r\nSonya’s Call to Action:\r\n\r\nFor Women:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Be informed</li>\r\n	<li>See yourself in partnership with your doctor/naturopath – it’s <em>your</em> health afterall</li>\r\n	<li>Trust your intuition</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFor Doctors:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>More saliva and blood testing for hormones</li>\r\n	<li>More thought put into diagnostics in women’s issues</li>\r\n	<li>Treatments that match the cause</li>\r\n	<li>Doctors who are using bio-identicals to share more information with colleagues</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Who Am I','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-v1','','','2012-08-21 10:04:11','2012-08-21 15:04:11','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/7-revision-27/',0,'revision','',0),(314,1,'2012-07-10 09:40:22','2012-07-10 14:40:22','[caption id=\"attachment_255\" align=\"alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em}\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM.png\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" title=\"A Healthy Cervix\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Source: Beautiful Cervix Project[/caption]\r\n\r\nYour cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open. &nbsp;Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches. &nbsp; It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception. &nbsp;Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing! &nbsp;If you are trying to conceive, knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse. &nbsp;Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.\r\n\r\nOf course, during pregnancy your cervix is closed for business! &nbsp;It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby. &nbsp;Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage in the second or third trimester. &nbsp;I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix. &nbsp;Thankfully she went on to have a successful pregnancy with bed rest and a surgical procedure to help that cervix stay closed. Thankfully the condition is rare, but despite that, during my pregnancies I always \"kept an eye\" on my cervix and spoke with my doctor about it. &nbsp;Your doctor may do an internal exam to check that your cervix is behaving!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-23','','','2012-07-10 09:40:22','2012-07-10 14:40:22','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/133-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(315,1,'2012-08-21 10:20:54','2012-08-21 15:20:54','[caption id=\"attachment_255\" align=\"alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em}\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM.png\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" title=\"A Healthy Cervix\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Source: Beautiful Cervix Project[/caption]\r\n\r\nYour cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open. &nbsp;Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches. &nbsp; It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception. &nbsp;Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing! &nbsp;If you are trying to conceive, knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse. &nbsp;Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.\r\n\r\nOf course, during pregnancy your cervix is closed for business! &nbsp;It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby. &nbsp;Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage in the second or third trimester. &nbsp;I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix. &nbsp;Thankfully she went on to have a successful pregnancy with bed rest and a surgical procedure to help that cervix stay closed. Thankfully the condition is rare, but despite that, during my pregnancies I always \"kept an eye\" on my cervix and spoke with my doctor about it. &nbsp;Your doctor may do an internal exam to check that your cervix is behaving!\r\n\r\nTo see photos of real women\'s cervixes during different phases of a woman\'s menstrual cycle and different phases of life check out the beautiful cervix project\'s gallery of cervixes at  <a href=\"http://www.beautifulcervix.com/\" title=\"The Beautiful Cervix Project\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.beautifulcervix.com/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Get to know your Cervix!','','inherit','open','open','','133-revision-24','','','2012-08-21 10:20:54','2012-08-21 15:20:54','',133,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/133-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(316,1,'2012-08-21 10:22:12','2012-08-21 15:22:12','[caption id=\"attachment_255\" align=\"alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em}\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM.png\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" title=\"A Healthy Cervix\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-02-09-at-4.04.55-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Source: Beautiful Cervix Project[/caption]\r\n\r\nYour cervix is a seemingly magical body part, actually changing position throughout your menstrual cycle and switching from firm to soft and closed to open. &nbsp;Your cervix is at it\'s friendliest during ovulation - it puts out a welcome mat for the sperm - becoming high, open and soft as ovulation approaches. &nbsp; It is actually trying to help those little sperm achieve conception. &nbsp;Your body does this every month without you even thinking about it - isn\'t that amazing! &nbsp;If you are trying to conceive, knowing when your cervix is ready to welcome sperm is one of the easiest ways to detect the optimal time for intercourse. &nbsp;Once you get to know your cervix, she will be a great source of information for you - allowing you to recognize the signs of pending ovulation.\r\n\r\nOf course, during pregnancy your cervix is closed for business! &nbsp;It actually closes up nice and tight to make sure nothing gets in or out of your womb protecting your precious little baby. &nbsp;Now sadly, some women have what is referred to as an \"incompetent cervix\" and it doesn\'t stay closed leading to miscarriage in the second or third trimester. &nbsp;I had a friend who tragically lost twins due to an incompetent cervix. &nbsp;Thankfully she went on to have a successful pregnancy with bed rest and a surgical procedure to help that cervix stay closed. 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it makes a great curse word!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','What the Heck is Mittelschmerz and Why Do I Love Mine?','','publish','open','open','','what-the-heck-is-mittelschmertz-and-why-do-i-love-it','','','2012-08-30 22:54:08','2012-08-31 03:54:08','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=317',0,'post','',0),(318,1,'2012-08-21 11:47:09','2012-08-21 16:47:09','Have you ever noticed pain in one side of your abdomen around half-way through your menstrual cycle?  It might be crampy or sharp pains that go on for minutes or hours or a day or even two.  It might switch sides from month to month.  Those pains of ovulation are referred to as Mittelschmertz.\n\nEven though they can be uncomfortable, annoying and sometimes painful they actually can be useful to let you know when you are ovulating, especially if you are trying to get pregnant!  I didn\'t know what those little cramps were until I began researching infertility.   Since I was \"anovulatory\" I wasn\'t ovulating regularly and didn\'t notice any cramping.  Besides I was so out-of-tune with my body back-in-the-day that even if I experienced the odd twinge or cramp I would never have realized that it was from that little egg celebrating it\'s release and rolling down my fallopian tube!\n\nSo it\'s not surprising that once I balanced my hormones and started experiencing Mittelschmertz that I embraced those little pains!  I knew that my body was finally working the way it was supposed to.  I could tell which ovary had released an egg that month.\n\nNot every woman gets Mittleschmertz, I think about 20% report the monthly pains so if you don\'t notice them I don\'t want you to go away thinking you don\'t ovulate!  And if you do have pain and you think there is something wrong definitely see your doctor and/or naturopath.\n\nRead more about Anovulation here....','What the Heck is Mittelschmertz and Why Do I Love it?','','inherit','open','open','','317-revision','','','2012-08-21 11:47:09','2012-08-21 16:47:09','',317,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/317-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(319,1,'2012-08-30 20:52:07','2012-08-31 01:52:07','Coming Soon....\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Definitions','','inherit','open','open','','124-autosave','','','2012-08-30 20:52:07','2012-08-31 01:52:07','',124,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/124-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(322,1,'2012-09-11 13:51:08','2012-09-11 18:51:08','It was during a hair appointment that my hairdresser told me that I had bald <a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dreamstime_xs_21646133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-471\" title=\"http://www.dreamstime.com/-image21646133\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dreamstime_xs_21646133-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Am I Going Bald?\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>patches on my scalp! I didn\'t even know I had them, although when I thought about it I realized that I did seem to have an awful lot of hair clogging the drains everyday.  As women often do at their hairdresser\'s, I got involved in a deep discussion with my stylist. On this occasion the conversation was about alopecia.\r\n\r\nAt the time I didn\'t even know what alopecia was.  The hairdresser mentioned her sister developed alopecia as a result of a severe stressor in her life.  At the time I was going through my terrible episode of PMS and being treated with oral contraceptives, but who would think to link their PMS or birth to a clogged drain? Certainly not me.\r\n\r\nFor a long time I had suspected my body was not in synch in a whole lot of ways, especially hormonally.  When I thought back to how my hair suddenly seemed to fall out after my pregnancies, I began to wonder if the hair loss was all part of the same hormonal craziness.\r\n\r\nSure enough, I soon found myself at the naturopath\'s office discussing androgenic alopecia. To put it simply when your hormones are out of balance it can cause your hair to fall out!  At the time my PMS was being “treated” with oral contraceptives (it didn’t help but that’s for another blog post), which I later learned can be linked with hair loss in women! My research eventually revealed that the type of oral contraceptive I was taking is on the American Hair Loss Association’s list as having <strong><em>significant potential of causing or exacerbating hair loss! </em></strong>  To see if your oral contraceptive is on the list and for more information check out American Hair Loss Association’s website\r\n\r\n<a title=\"American Hair Loss Association\" href=\"http://www.americanhairloss.org/women_hair_loss/oral_contraceptives.asp\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.americanhairloss.org/women_hair_loss/oral_contraceptives.asp</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Help I\'m Going Bald! - How I Discovered I had Androgenic Alopecia','','publish','open','open','','help-im-going-bald-how-i-discovered-i-had-androgenic-alopecia','','','2012-09-11 18:51:39','2012-09-11 23:51:39','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=322',0,'post','',0),(323,1,'2012-08-21 12:05:31','2012-08-21 17:05:31','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','322-revision','','','2012-08-21 12:05:31','2012-08-21 17:05:31','',322,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/322-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(327,1,'2012-08-21 13:28:51','2012-08-21 18:28:51','<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Books:</strong></span></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Hormone Balance Made Simple</strong></em></span> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Dr. John Lee, MD and Virginia Hopkins</span></strong>\r\n<strong><em></em></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"> by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em>  <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Sexy Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Taking Charge of Your Fertility</strong></em> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Toni Weschler</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Truth about Sexuality Menopause and Testosterone </span></span></strong></em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Susan Rako, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Female Brain Gone Insane</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Mia Lundin</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2></h2>\r\n<h2>Articles &amp;/or Research:</h2>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"PMS Treatment Clinic\" href=\"http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Bio-Identical Hormones Relieve Anxiety\" href=\"http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a title=\"The Peri-menopause Blog\" href=\"http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Books, Articles & Research ','','inherit','open','open','','9-revision-15','','','2012-08-21 13:28:51','2012-08-21 18:28:51','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/9-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(325,1,'2012-08-01 18:42:21','2012-08-01 23:42:21','<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"> by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em>  <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. 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Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Taking Charge of Your Fertility</strong></em> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Toni Weschler</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Truth about Sexuality, Menopause and Testosterone </span></span></strong></em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Susan Rako, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\r\n</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Worth Reading','','inherit','open','open','','9-revision-13','','','2012-08-01 18:42:21','2012-08-01 23:42:21','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/9-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(326,1,'2012-08-21 13:27:42','2012-08-21 18:27:42','<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Books:</strong></span></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Hormone Balance Made Simple</strong></em></span> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Dr. John Lee, MD and Virginia Hopkins</span></strong>\r\n<strong><em></em></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"> by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em>  <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Sexy Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Taking Charge of Your Fertility</strong></em> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Toni Weschler</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Truth about Sexuality Menopause and Testosterone </span></span></strong></em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Susan Rako, MD<span style=\"color: #000000;\"></span></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Female Brain Gone Insane</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Mia Lundin</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2></h2>\r\n<h2>Articles &amp;/or Research:</h2>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"PMS Treatment Clinic\" href=\"http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Bio-Identical Hormones Relieve Anxiety\" href=\"http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a title=\"The Peri-menopause Blog\" href=\"http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Books, Articles & Research Worth Reading','','inherit','open','open','','9-revision-14','','','2012-08-21 13:27:42','2012-08-21 18:27:42','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/9-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(329,1,'2012-08-23 07:39:34','2012-08-23 12:39:34','Have you ever noticed pain in one side of your abdomen around half-way through your menstrual cycle?  It might be crampy or sharp pains that go on for minutes or hours or a day or even two.  It might switch sides from month to month.  Those pains of ovulation are referred to as Mittelschmertz.\n\nEven though they can be uncomfortable, annoying and sometimes painful they actually can be useful to let you know when you are ovulating, especially if you are trying to get pregnant!  I didn\'t know what those little cramps were until I began researching infertility.   Since I was \"anovulatory\" I wasn\'t ovulating regularly and didn\'t notice any cramping.  Besides I was so out-of-tune with my body back-in-the-day that even if I experienced the odd twinge or cramp I would never have realized that it was from that little egg celebrating it\'s release and rolling down my fallopian tube!\n\nSo it\'s not surprising that once I balanced my hormones and started experiencing Mittelschmertz that I embraced those little pains!  I knew that my body was finally working the way it was supposed to.  I could tell which ovary had released an egg that month.\n\nNot every woman gets Mittleschmertz, I think about 20% report the monthly pains so if you don\'t notice them I don\'t want you to go away thinking you don\'t ovulate!  And if you do have pain and you think there is something wrong definitely see your doctor and/or naturopath.\n\n&nbsp;','What the Heck is Mittelschmertz and Why Do I Love it?','','inherit','open','open','','317-revision-2','','','2012-08-23 07:39:34','2012-08-23 12:39:34','',317,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/317-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(330,1,'2012-08-23 07:59:56','2012-08-23 12:59:56','Have you ever noticed pain in one side of your abdomen around half-way through your menstrual cycle?  It might be crampy or sharp pains that go on for minutes or hours or a day or even two.  It might switch sides from month to month.  Those pains of ovulation are referred to as Mittelschmerz.  It\'s a German word that means \"middle pain\" but I think it sounds like a great curse word! And almost no one will know what you\'\n\nEven though they can be uncomfortable, annoying and sometimes painful they actually can be useful to let you know when you are ovulating, especially if you are trying to get pregnant!  I didn\'t know what those little cramps were until I began researching infertility.   Since I was \"anovulatory\" I wasn\'t ovulating regularly and didn\'t notice any cramping.  Besides I was so out-of-tune with my body back-in-the-day that even if I experienced the odd twinge or cramp I would never have realized that it was from that little egg celebrating it\'s release and rolling down my fallopian tube!\n\nSo it\'s not surprising that once I balanced my hormones and started experiencing Mittelschmerz that I embraced those little pains!  I knew that my body was finally working the way it was supposed to.  I could tell which ovary had released an egg that month.\n\nNot every woman gets Mittleschmerz, I think about 20% report the monthly pains so if you don\'t notice them I don\'t want you to go away thinking you don\'t ovulate!  And if you do have pain and you think there is something wrong definitely see your doctor and/or naturopath.  Severe pain during ovulation should be investigated by your doctor.\n\n&nbsp;','What the Heck is Mittelschmerz and Why Do I Love it?','','inherit','open','open','','317-revision-3','','','2012-08-23 07:59:56','2012-08-23 12:59:56','',317,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/317-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(331,1,'2012-08-30 22:54:19','2012-08-31 03:54:19','Have you ever noticed pain in one side of yo<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ovulation-Pain.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-446\" title=\"Ovulation Pain\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ovulation-Pain-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>ur abdomen around half-way through your menstrual cycle?  It might be crampy or sharp pains that go on for minutes or hours or a day or even two.  It might switch sides from month to month.  Those pains of ovulation are referred to as Mittelschmerz.\n\nEven though they can be uncomfortable, annoying and sometimes painful they actually can be useful to let you know when you are ovulating, especially if you are trying to get pregnant!  I didn\'t know what those little cramps were until I began researching infertility.   Since I was \"anovulatory\" I wasn\'t ovulating regularly and didn\'t notice any cramping.  Besides I was so out-of-tune with my body back-in-the-day that even if I experienced the odd twinge or cramp I would never have realized that it was from that little egg celebrating it\'s release and rolling down my fallopian tube!\n\nSo it\'s not surprising that once I balanced my hormones and started experiencing Mittelschmerz that I embraced those little pains!  I knew that my body was finally working the way it was supposed to.  I could tell which ovary had released an egg that month.\n\nNot every woman gets Mittleschmerz, I think about 20% report the monthly pains so if you don\'t notice them I don\'t want you to go away thinking you don\'t ovulate!  And if you do have pain and you think there is something wrong definitely see your doctor and/or naturopath.  (Severe pain during ovulation should be investigated by your doctor.)\n\nAnd if you find you just can\'t embrace <em>your</em> Mittleschmerz - 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I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\r\n\r\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\r\n\r\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">the ever dreaded.....menstrual cramps<strong></strong></span></p>\r\nI am <strong>extremely elated </strong>to say that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true.  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true.  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant.   Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\r\n\r\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency.\r\n\r\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. That being said, I doubt most doctors even know to tell their patients to take Magnesium to prevent menstrual cramps!  Due to moving around a lot, I have had several different doctors over the years and not one has suggested Magnesium until a few months ago.  If your doctor doesn\'t know then do the research for yourself and let your body guide you.\r\n\r\nOh and by the way... in case your doctor/practitioner doesn\'t warn you Magnesium can cause loose stools!  It\'s a natural laxative!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Magnesium, My New Best Friend!','','inherit','open','open','','55-revision-8','','','2012-08-01 19:02:55','2012-08-02 00:02:55','',55,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/55-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(335,1,'2012-08-25 09:08:27','2012-08-25 14:08:27','Since adolescence I have dreaded the cramps I would get at the beginning of my period.  As a perplexed teenager I assumed this was just part of being a woman.  My mother didn\'t have any answers and, of course, she also believed it was just something I\'d have to deal with using hot water bottles and Midol.  There have been times in my life when my cramps were debilitating, especially when I was a teenager and a young woman. I couldn\'t go to school or work, I recall laying doubled over in my waterbed rocking back and forth crying, waiting for the pain to end.\r\n\r\nEventually birth control pills were prescribed to me as part of a solution to my menstrual cramps. Little did I realize at the time that birth control pills were likely fueling my estrogen dominance.  Later, I was prescribed Naproxen (Anaprox) which, like many women I knew, I took for years. The problem with that solution was that it would take a day or so to kick in so I had to start taking the pills as soon as I thought I could feel my period coming.  Often I started taking them late so still went a day with cramps.\r\n\r\nSo where does my New BFF come in??? Well here\'s a perfect example of a <strong>natural solution to a painful problem!</strong>  After years of battling with a common symptom among women;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">the ever dreaded.....menstrual cramps<strong></strong></span></p>\r\nI am <strong>extremely elated </strong>to say that taking daily <strong>Magnesium Citrate</strong> supplements have rid me of every single painful menstrual cramp!  I could kiss you Dr. Wojcicki!   I can hardly believe it myself!   It seems so easy, too easy; like one of those things that is too good to be true.  Yet I know my body and trust my body and I know it is true.  And as Dr. Wojcicki explained to me, Magnesium is, among other things, a natural muscle relaxant.   Hence the reduction in cramps.  Simple.\r\n\r\nIt\'s only been a few months since I have been taking Magnesium supplements but being the sponge that I am when it comes to learning this stuff.  I have done some of my own research.  It almost seems that Magnesium is the new \"miracle vitamin\" - it is being used to treat migraines, anxiety, insomnia and tons of other health issues.  Many nutrition experts think that we are not getting enough magnesium in our diets and that many health issues are actually a result of magnesium deficiency.\r\n\r\nI won\'t disclose my own daily dose, however, I do take a bit more than the daily recommended dose.  Everyone\'s body is different and many things can affect the magnesium level in your body, such as diet, stress, caffeine intake and so on.  Also the balance between magnesium and calcium is an important factor.  Your body should always be your guide. I\'m not a medical doctor - please check with your own doctor/practitioner. 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00:12:55','Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\" href=\"http://http://www.drnorthrup.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> http://www.drnorthrup.com/</a>\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.womentowomen.com/</a>\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-3','','','2012-07-10 19:12:55','2012-07-11 00:12:55','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(337,1,'2012-08-26 12:38:56','2012-08-26 17:38:56','Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.drnorthrup.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.drnorthrup.com</a>\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com</a>\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">drerika.typepad.com/notepad/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-4','','','2012-08-26 12:38:56','2012-08-26 17:38:56','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(340,1,'2012-08-26 12:49:22','2012-08-26 17:49:22','Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.drnorthrup.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.drnorthrup.com</a>\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women To Women\" href=\"http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.womentowomen.com/</a>\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://blog.drerika.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http://blog.drerika.com/</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-7','','','2012-08-26 12:49:22','2012-08-26 17:49:22','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(341,1,'2012-08-26 12:54:50','2012-08-26 17:54:50','Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\" href=\"http://http://www.drnorthrup.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> http://www.drnorthrup.com/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.womentowomen.com/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://drhyman.com/</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-8','','','2012-08-26 12:54:50','2012-08-26 17:54:50','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(342,1,'2012-08-26 13:13:29','2012-08-26 18:13:29','Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\" href=\"http://http://www.drnorthrup.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> www.drnorthrup.com/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">drerika.typepad.com/notepad/</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.drhyman.com/</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-9','','','2012-08-26 13:13:29','2012-08-26 18:13:29','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(343,1,'2012-08-21 19:37:35','2012-08-22 00:37:35','<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Books:</strong></span></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Hormone Balance Made Simple</strong></em></span> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Dr. John Lee, MD and Virginia Hopkins</span></strong>\r\n<strong><em></em></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Women\'s Bodies, Women\'s Wisdom</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"> by Christiane Northrup</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause</em>  <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by John R. Lee, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Sexy Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe and Alvin Pettle, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>A Smart Woman\'s Guide to Hormones</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Lorna Vanderhaeghe</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Taking Charge of Your Fertility</strong></em> <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Toni Weschler</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Truth about Sexuality Menopause and Testosterone </span></span></strong></em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Susan Rako, MD</span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Female Brain Gone Insane</em> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Mia Lundin</span></strong></span></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2></h2>\r\n<h2>Articles &amp;/or Research:</h2>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a title=\"PMS Treatment Clinic\" href=\"http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.pmstreatmentclinic.com/faqs.html</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Bio-Identical Hormones Relieve Anxiety\" href=\"http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bioidenticalhormones101.com/Relieve_Anxiety.html</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a title=\"The Peri-menopause Blog\" href=\"http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.theperimenopauseblog.com/category/perimenopause-symptoms-2/</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Books, Articles & Research ','','inherit','open','open','','9-revision-16','','','2012-08-21 19:37:35','2012-08-22 00:37:35','',9,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/9-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(345,1,'2012-08-26 13:20:20','2012-08-26 18:20:20','Dr. John Lee\'s Website - Dr. Lee was (he passed away in 2006) the father of Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy, thank you Dr. Lee!\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\" href=\"http://http://www.drnorthrup.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> www.drnorthrup.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">www.blog.drerika.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.drhyman.com</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-11','','','2012-08-26 13:20:20','2012-08-26 18:20:20','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(344,1,'2012-08-26 13:14:26','2012-08-26 18:14:26','Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\" href=\"http://http://www.drnorthrup.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> www.drnorthrup.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">www.blog.drerika.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.drhyman.com</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-10','','','2012-08-26 13:14:26','2012-08-26 18:14:26','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(374,1,'2012-08-26 18:45:57','2012-08-26 23:45:57','Dr. John Lee\'s Website - Dr. John Lee was (he passed away in 2006) the father of bio-identical hormones.  Thank you Dr. Lee!\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\nwww.drnorthrup.com\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">www.blog.drerika.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.drhyman.com</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-14','','','2012-08-26 18:45:57','2012-08-26 23:45:57','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(347,1,'2012-08-26 17:34:33','2012-08-26 22:34:33','<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/LoveLetter.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-444\" title=\"Love Letter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/LoveLetter-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Dear Lillian,\r\n\r\nI’m sure you don’t remember the day, 7 years ago, when I walked into your compounding pharmacy but I will never forget it. I was filled with a bit of apprehension but mostly, excitement, oh and hope, <em>so</em> much hope!\r\n\r\nI was already salivating with anticipation when you invited me into your private little consultation room to explain how to use the Saliva Hormone Test Kit.  I wonder if you knew the moment you handed me that little bag containing the test tube that you became one of a small but important string of people that would change my life forever. As I walked out your door that day, you didn’t see the tears welling up in my eyes because for the first time in years I felt like I might be on the right track with my health.\r\n\r\nI didn’t know it at the time, really how could I have known what was to come?  I didn’t know that day that you would become my “hormone specialist” - the person I would call with my hormone questions while I waited to get in to see my naturopath or later my obstetrician. You probably don’t realize how much you taught me about progesterone deficiency or estrogen dominance.  And you surely don’t know that you are part of the reason that I blog about hormone issues today.\r\n\r\nWhen I got pregnant, again I turned to you, knowing you could help me find an obstetrician who understood bio-identical hormones because my doctor’s strategy for treating post partum depression was typical  - to write a prescription for anti-depressants. You helped me find Dr. A, who would join you on my list of life changers.\r\n\r\nBeing ever watchful for postpartum depression after the birth of my baby, it took me a long time to realize that it was postpartum <em>anxiety</em> rearing it’s ugly head! I had never even  heard of postpartum anxiety and couldn’t find much information on it back then.  On the day if finally dawned on me that I was suffering from postpartum anxiety I knew enough by then that more progesterone was required.  I rubbed some of the “calming” hormone cream into my wrist, but of course then the anxiety took over and worry seeped in that I might be taking too much!  So I called you and yet again you came to my rescue!  You must have known how badly I was suffering from severe postpartum anxiety. You seemed to know that the three-week wait to see my doctor was excruciating for me.  Although you couldn’t recommend a change in my dose, you assured me I wasn’t going to overdose on the small increase.  I felt supported and validated and other than my ob/gyn you were the only other person in my life that knew it was precisely what my body needed. Probably some of it was just talking with you that day but as the days went on toward my doctor’s appointment I felt calmer and calmer.  My doctor would increase my dose even more to complete my cure.  But those three weeks until I saw my obstetrician would have been hell without you. And for that I thank you.\r\n\r\nLillian, that day I crossed your threshold, I suppose was just another day for you at the pharmacy.  A day you don’t remember, even though I do.  And while you couldn’t have known the journey that I would embark upon when I left that day, I bet you knew that when you handed me that little bag that you were giving me my life back.\r\n\r\nLove,\r\n\r\nSonya\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Love Letter to My Pharmacist - Bioidentical Hormones for Postpartum Mood Disorder','','publish','open','open','','love-letter-to-my-pharmacist','','','2013-09-25 13:15:41','2013-09-25 18:15:41','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=347',0,'post','',2),(346,1,'2012-08-26 13:21:43','2012-08-26 18:21:43','Dr. John Lee\'s Website - Dr. John Lee was (he passed away in 2006) the father of bio-identical hormones.  Thank you Dr. Lee!\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\nDr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\" href=\"http://http://www.drnorthrup.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> www.drnorthrup.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">www.blog.drerika.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.drhyman.com</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-12','','','2012-08-26 13:21:43','2012-08-26 18:21:43','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(348,1,'2012-08-26 13:53:31','2012-08-26 18:53:31','Dear Lillian,\n\nI’m sure you don’t remember the day, 7 years ago, when I walked into your pharmacy but I will never forget it. I was filled with a bit of apprehension but mostly, excitement, oh and hope, <em>so</em> much hope!\n\nI was already salivating with anticipation when you invited me into your private little consultation room to explain how to use the Saliva Hormone Test Kit.  I wonder if you knew the moment you handed me that little bag containing the test tube that you became one of a small but important string of people that would change my life forever. As I walked out your door that day, you didn’t see the tears welling up in my eyes because for the first time in years I felt like I might be on the right track with my health.\n\nI didn’t know it at the time, really how could I have known what was to come?  I didn’t know that day that you would become my “hormone specialist” - the person I would call with my hormone questions while I waited to get in to see my naturopath or later my obstetrician. You probably don’t realize how much you taught me about progesterone deficiency or estrogen dominance.  And you surely don’t know that you are part of the reason that I blog about hormone issues today.\n\nWhen I got pregnant, again I turned to you, knowing you could help me find an obstetrician who understood bio-identical hormones because my doctor’s strategy for treating post partum depression was typical  - to write a prescription for anti-depressants. You helped me find Dr. A, who would join you on my list of life changers.\n\nBeing ever watchful for postpartum depression after the birth of my baby, it took me a long time to realize that it was postpartum <em>anxiety</em> rearing it’s ugly head! I had never heard of postpartum anxiety and couldn’t find much information on it back then.  The day the realization hit me that I was suffering from postpartum anxiety I knew I needed more progesterone than I was taking and rubbed some of the “calming” hormone cream into my wrist. Of course then the worry seeped in that I might be taking too much.  So I called you and yet again you came to my rescue!  You must have known how badly I was suffering from severe postpartum anxiety. You seemed to know that the three-week wait to see my doctor was excruciating for me.  And that although you couldn’t recommend a change in my dose, you assured me I wasn’t going to overdose on the small increase.  I felt supported and validated - you knew it was precisely what my body needed. Probably some of it was just talking with you that day but as the days went on toward my doctor’s appointment I felt calmer and calmer.  My doctor would increase my dose even more to complete my cure.  But those three weeks until I saw my obstetrician would have been hell without you. And for that I thank you.\n\nI suppose it was just another day for you at the pharmacy the day I crossed your threshold.  A day you don’t remember, even though I do. And while you couldn’t have known the journey that I would embark upon when I left that day, I bet you knew that when you handed me the little bag that you were giving me my life back.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLove,\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSonya\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Love Letter to My Pharmacist','','inherit','open','open','','347-revision-v1','','','2012-08-26 13:53:31','2012-08-26 18:53:31','',347,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/347-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(349,1,'2012-08-26 17:33:36','2012-08-26 22:33:36','Dear Lillian,\n\nI’m sure you don’t remember the day, 7 years ago, when I walked into your compounding pharmacy but I will never forget it. I was filled with a bit of apprehension but mostly, excitement, oh and hope, <em>so</em> much hope!\n\nI was already salivating with anticipation when you invited me into your private little consultation room to explain how to use the Saliva Hormone Test Kit.  I wonder if you knew the moment you handed me that little bag containing the test tube that you became one of a small but important string of people that would change my life forever. As I walked out your door that day, you didn’t see the tears welling up in my eyes because for the first time in years I felt like I might be on the right track with my health.\n\nI didn’t know it at the time, really how could I have known what was to come?  I didn’t know that day that you would become my “hormone specialist” - the person I would call with my hormone questions while I waited to get in to see my naturopath or later my obstetrician. You probably don’t realize how much you taught me about progesterone deficiency or estrogen dominance.  And you surely don’t know that you are part of the reason that I blog about hormone issues today.\n\nWhen I got pregnant, again I turned to you, knowing you could help me find an obstetrician who understood bio-identical hormones because my doctor’s strategy for treating post partum depression was typical  - to write a prescription for anti-depressants. You helped me find Dr. A, who would join you on my list of life changers.\n\nBeing ever watchful for postpartum depression after the birth of my baby, it took me a long time to realize that it was postpartum <em>anxiety</em> rearing it’s ugly head! I had never even  heard of postpartum anxiety and couldn’t find much information on it back then.  On the day if finally dawned on me that I was suffering from postpartum anxiety I knew enough by then that more progesterone was required.  I rubbed some of the “calming” hormone cream into my wrist, but of course then the anxiety took over and worry seeped in that I might be taking too much!  So I called you and yet again you came to my rescue!  You must have known how badly I was suffering from severe postpartum anxiety. You seemed to know that the three-week wait to see my doctor was excruciating for me.  Although you couldn’t recommend a change in my dose, you assured me I wasn’t going to overdose on the small increase.  I felt supported and validated and other than my ob/gyn you were the only other person in my life that knew it was precisely what my body needed. Probably some of it was just talking with you that day but as the days went on toward my doctor’s appointment I felt calmer and calmer.  My doctor would increase my dose even more to complete my cure.  But those three weeks until I saw my obstetrician would have been hell without you. And for that I thank you.\n\nLillian, that day I crossed your threshold, I suppose was just another day for you at the pharmacy.  A day you don’t remember, even though I do.  And while you couldn’t have known the journey that I would embark upon when I left that day, I bet you knew that when you handed me that little bag that you were giving me my life back.\n\nLove,\n\nSonya\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Love Letter to My Pharmacist','','inherit','open','open','','347-revision-v1','','','2012-08-26 17:33:36','2012-08-26 22:33:36','',347,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/347-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(350,1,'2012-08-26 17:34:33','2012-08-26 22:34:33','Dear Lillian,\r\n\r\nI’m sure you don’t remember the day, 7 years ago, when I walked into your compounding pharmacy but I will never forget it. I was filled with a bit of apprehension but mostly, excitement, oh and hope, <em>so</em> much hope!\r\n\r\nI was already salivating with anticipation when you invited me into your private little consultation room to explain how to use the Saliva Hormone Test Kit.  I wonder if you knew the moment you handed me that little bag containing the test tube that you became one of a small but important string of people that would change my life forever. As I walked out your door that day, you didn’t see the tears welling up in my eyes because for the first time in years I felt like I might be on the right track with my health.\r\n\r\nI didn’t know it at the time, really how could I have known what was to come?  I didn’t know that day that you would become my “hormone specialist” - the person I would call with my hormone questions while I waited to get in to see my naturopath or later my obstetrician. You probably don’t realize how much you taught me about progesterone deficiency or estrogen dominance.  And you surely don’t know that you are part of the reason that I blog about hormone issues today.\r\n\r\nWhen I got pregnant, again I turned to you, knowing you could help me find an obstetrician who understood bio-identical hormones because my doctor’s strategy for treating post partum depression was typical  - to write a prescription for anti-depressants. You helped me find Dr. A, who would join you on my list of life changers.\r\n\r\nBeing ever watchful for postpartum depression after the birth of my baby, it took me a long time to realize that it was postpartum <em>anxiety</em> rearing it’s ugly head! I had never even  heard of postpartum anxiety and couldn’t find much information on it back then.  On the day if finally dawned on me that I was suffering from postpartum anxiety I knew enough by then that more progesterone was required.  I rubbed some of the “calming” hormone cream into my wrist, but of course then the anxiety took over and worry seeped in that I might be taking too much!  So I called you and yet again you came to my rescue!  You must have known how badly I was suffering from severe postpartum anxiety. You seemed to know that the three-week wait to see my doctor was excruciating for me.  Although you couldn’t recommend a change in my dose, you assured me I wasn’t going to overdose on the small increase.  I felt supported and validated and other than my ob/gyn you were the only other person in my life that knew it was precisely what my body needed. Probably some of it was just talking with you that day but as the days went on toward my doctor’s appointment I felt calmer and calmer.  My doctor would increase my dose even more to complete my cure.  But those three weeks until I saw my obstetrician would have been hell without you. And for that I thank you.\r\n\r\nLillian, that day I crossed your threshold, I suppose was just another day for you at the pharmacy.  A day you don’t remember, even though I do.  And while you couldn’t have known the journey that I would embark upon when I left that day, I bet you knew that when you handed me that little bag that you were giving me my life back.\r\n\r\nLove,\r\n\r\nSonya\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Love Letter to My Pharmacist','','inherit','open','open','','347-revision-v1','','','2012-08-26 17:34:33','2012-08-26 22:34:33','',347,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/347-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(351,1,'2012-04-26 12:48:00','2012-04-26 17:48:00','First of all, the white fluid that changes consistency throughout your monthly cycle is called Cervical Fluid....not Vaginal Discharge!  Vaginal discharge sounds so....ewwww...disgusting but it has a bad wrap!  Cervical fluid is actually a wonderful thing.\r\n\r\nIt is normal for it to change in color and consistency over the course of the month.  Who knew?!  I didn\'t know much about my cervix or cervical fluid until I was faced with infertility.  I learned more about my cervix than I ever thought possible.\r\n\r\nI learned that during the time of ovulation - when you are most fertile - your cervical fluid should look like egg whites!  It should be thickish and clear, apparently this consistency helps those little sperm swim better!  If you are trying to get pregnant this is important for you to know.   During my infertility challenges, Tony Weschler\'s best-selling book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility became my bible.  In her book, she teaches women how to identify and examine their cervical fluid and has pictures of different consistencies of cervical fluid.\r\n<div></div>','Cervical Fluid....aka...Vaginal Discharge','','inherit','open','open','','177-revision-5','','','2012-04-26 12:48:00','2012-04-26 17:48:00','',177,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/177-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(368,1,'2012-08-26 18:03:27','2012-08-26 23:03:27','','sonya','','inherit','open','open','','sonya-profile-pic','','','2012-08-26 18:03:27','2012-08-26 23:03:27','',7,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sonya-Profile-Pic.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(387,1,'2012-08-26 23:32:02','2012-08-27 04:32:02',' ','','','publish','open','open','','387','','','2012-08-26 23:32:02','2012-08-27 04:32:02','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=387',2,'nav_menu_item','',0),(491,1,'2012-10-03 16:29:03','2012-10-03 21:29:03','<a href=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dreamstime_xs_23058538.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-609\" title=\"http://www.dreamstime.com/-image23058538\" src=\"http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dreamstime_xs_23058538-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mom with Newborn in Arms\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Even though I knew 6 years ago that I suffered postpartum anxiety after my baby was born, it\'s only been recently that I came to the realization that I also had symptoms of <strong>postpartum OCD</strong> after my baby was born.\r\n\r\nIt makes me wonder if what happened to me is even more common that we realize.  So at what point, I wonder, does it become a \"clinical diagnosis\".  Are other women having the same occasional intruding thoughts?  To be honest, for me they weren\'t even thoughts - they were more like images that lasted for a milisecond.  Ok I know that sounds weird, but there is no other way to explain it.  And if you think it <em>sounds</em> weird, you are right, it is!   If you\'ve had these images unexpectedly pop into your head then you know what I\'m talking about.\r\n\r\nI had no thoughts of harming my baby at all and these images disturbed me - I told no one that I had them.  Fortunately for me I didn\'t have them often and they went away when I achieved hormonal balance through the use of bioidentical hormones.\r\n\r\nMy images mostly centred around my baby\'s head hitting the counter or the wall.  I would be walking past the corner of the kitchen counter with my baby in my arms and as I rounded the corner - a vision of my baby\'s heading striking the counter would pop into my head.  The bizarre truth is that my baby\'s head wouldn\'t even be close to the counter when the vision would pop into my head.  The visions were so disturbing to me that whenever I walked past a counter with my babe I would worry about his head hitting the counter.  For some reason this also happened with the corner of the wall.  Often I protectively and instinctively put my hand on his little bald head when I went around a corner.\r\n\r\nI recall wondering where the hell did that just come from?!  It was jarring - what a random and bizarre thing to pop into my head!   Not once have any of my three babies been struck in the head by a wall or a counter, so where did such a vision come from?  Searching my memory for an answer the only thing I could think of was a time several years before when my friend\'s husband was walking past my kitchen counter with his sleeping baby in his arms and he<em> did</em> accidentally bump into the counter with his baby\'s head.  The baby woke up screaming and I was horrified, as was the father.   Did that scene linger in my memory for years just waiting to pounce when my own baby was born?  The interesting thing is I wasn\'t conjuring up some memory, in fact I didn\'t recall that scene with my friend\'s baby until much later when I began to question where those visions could have originated.  I also didn\'t consciously think of my baby getting hurt, it was rather just a quick picture of it happening entering my conscious thought.\r\n\r\nWhat was even more disturbing was that sometimes when I was driving an image of a vehicle slamming into us would momentarily pop into my head.  When this would happen I would just want to get off the highway and it would exacerbate my anxiety while it was happening.  And seriously, when this is happening to you how can you not wonder if you\'re going crazy?!  Most of us feel comfortable sharing this kind of information\r\n\r\nI didn\'t understand it at all then and I\'ve realized that the doctors don\'t really understand it either.  I\'m still learning but now I know that there is definitely a High-Speed-Connection between my hormones and the neurotransmitters in my brain.  I also know that something in my brain responded positively and immediately to an increase in progesterone.\r\n\r\nTo read more about the connection between the Hormone - Brain Connection I highly recommend the book \"Female Brain Gone Insane\".  While the book isn\'t specifically about Postpartum Mood Disorders or Postpartum OCD, author Mia Lundin, who is also the CEO and Founder of <a title=\"The Centre for Hormonal and Nutritional Balance, Inc.\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Centre for Hormonal and Nutritional Balance, Inc.</a>, began her journey to the discovery of bioidentical hormones when she suffered postpartum mood disorder.   The book offers a great explanation about about why women feel like they are falling apart during certain times during their life and how to effectively find treatment. I highly recommend this book.','My Postpartum OCD','','publish','open','open','','my-postpartum-ocd','','','2012-10-05 16:34:55','2012-10-05 21:34:55','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=491',0,'post','',1),(686,1,'2012-10-28 22:51:34','2012-10-29 03:51:34','I think I\'m Estrogen Dominant, Now What?','Now What?','I think I\'m Estrogen Dominant, Now What?','inherit','open','open','','1','','','2012-10-28 22:51:34','2012-10-29 03:51:34','',653,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(366,1,'2012-08-26 17:58:40','2012-08-26 22:58:40','','Home','','publish','open','open','','home','','','2012-08-26 23:32:02','2012-08-27 04:32:02','',0,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/?p=366',1,'nav_menu_item','',0),(370,1,'2012-08-26 18:30:26','2012-08-26 23:30:26','As if the premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) weren\'t enough, I began to believe I might have inflammatory breast cancer. Imagine being consumed with anxiety, exhuastion from no sleep due to the anxiety, the PVCs and a newborn baby and then this happens...\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\n\nBut again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me again...this time I was sure it was inflammatory breast cancer and that the same thing was happening to me - a misdiagnosis!  I was given the antibiotic in the emergency room but booked an appointment with my family doctor.  By now the heart is flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I am being told I have mastitis again....I am sure I must be dying.  The postpartum anxiety rages on.  When I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the surprise on her face.  No more am I the well-put-together mother-of-three.  I have transformed into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - dark brown semi-circles under my eyes which she is quick to relay are the bags under my eyes!  My doctor comes right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\"   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and frankly all other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer. The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and of course....I am fine.  I feel relieved but still my postpartum anxiety is getting the better of me.\n\nThe interesting but scary thing is that since you\'re the one with the anxiety, you don\'t always get that you are being anxious for no reason that seems logical in anyone else\'s mind.\n<div></div>','I thought I was dying...again...','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision-2','','','2012-08-26 18:30:26','2012-08-26 23:30:26','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(371,1,'2012-08-26 18:33:26','2012-08-26 23:33:26','As if the premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) weren\'t enough, I began to believe I might have inflammatory breast cancer. Imagine being consumed with anxiety, exhuastion from no sleep due to the anxiety, the PVCs and a newborn baby and then this happens...\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\n\nBut again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me again...this time I was sure it was inflammatory breast cancer and that the same thing was happening to me - a misdiagnosis!  I was given the antibiotic in the emergency room but booked an appointment with my family doctor.  By now the heart is flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I am being told I have mastitis again....I am sure I must be dying.  The postpartum anxiety rages on.  When I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the surprise on her face.  No more am I the well-put-together mother-of-three.  I have transformed into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - dark brown semi-circles under my eyes which she is quick to relay are the bags under my eyes!  My doctor comes right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\"   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and frankly all other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer. The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and of course....I am fine.  I feel relieved but still my postpartum anxiety is getting the better of me.\n\nThe interesting but scary thing is that since you\'re the one with the anxiety, you don\'t always get that you are being anxious for no reason that seems logical in anyone else\'s mind.\n<div></div>','Postparmum Anxiety Part 2 - I thought I was dying...again...','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision-3','','','2012-08-26 18:33:26','2012-08-26 23:33:26','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(372,1,'2012-08-26 13:22:54','2012-08-26 18:22:54','Dr. John Lee\'s Website - Dr. John Lee was (he passed away in 2006) the father of bio-identical hormones.  Thank you Dr. Lee!\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr John Lee\'s Website\" href=\"http://www.johnleemd.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.johnleemd.com/index.html</a>\r\n\r\nDr. Christiane Northrup\'s Site\r\n\r\nwww.drnorthrup.com\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen to Women\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Women to Women\" href=\"http://http://www.womentowomen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.womentowomen.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Erika\'s Blog\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Erika\'s Blog\" href=\"http://http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/\" target=\"_blank\">www.blog.drerika.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\r\n\r\n<a title=\"The Centre for Hormones and Nutrition\" href=\"http://www.hormonesandnutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hormonesandnutrition.com</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDr. Mark Hyman\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Dr. Mark Hyman\" href=\"http://drhyman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.drhyman.com</a>','Links I Like','','inherit','open','open','','271-revision-13','','','2012-08-26 13:22:54','2012-08-26 18:22:54','',271,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/271-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(375,1,'2012-08-26 20:59:08','2012-08-27 01:59:08','Dr. John Lee\'s Website - 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Imagine being consumed with anxiety, exhaustion from no sleep due to the anxiety, the PVCs and a newborn baby and then this happens...\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine that by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\n\nBut then again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me once more...this time I was sure it was inflammatory breast cancer and that the same thing was happening to me - a misdiagnosis!  I was given the antibiotic in the emergency room but booked an appointment with my family doctor.  By now the heart is flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I am being told I have mastitis again....I am sure I must be dying.  The postpartum anxiety rages on.  When I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the look of shock on her face.  No more am I the well-put-together mother-of-three, instead I am transformed into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - when I ask about the several dark brown semi-circles that have been carefully drawn under my eyes, my daughter\'s innocently replies, \"Those are the bags under your eyes Mommy!\" My doctor comes right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\"   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and frankly all other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer. The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and of course....I am fine.  I feel relieved but still my postpartum anxiety is getting the better of me.\n\nThe interesting but scary thing is that since you\'re the one with the anxiety, you don\'t always get that you are being anxious for no reason that seems logical in anyone else\'s mind.\n<div></div>','Postparmum Anxiety Part 2 - I thought I was dying...again...','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision-4','','','2012-08-26 22:02:36','2012-08-27 03:02:36','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(379,1,'2012-08-26 22:31:36','2012-08-27 03:31:36','As if the premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) weren\'t enough, I began to believe I might have inflammatory breast cancer. Imagine being consumed with anxiety, exhaustion from no sleep due to the anxiety, the PVCs and a newborn baby and then this happens...\n\nTragically, it was during this time that a mom from my children\'s school was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The entire community wept for this wonderful, young mom - me included.  I couldn\'t imagine what she was going through, she also had three children almost the exact ages of mine.  I had never heard of this disease before as it tends to be a more rare form of breast cancer, but the symptoms are eerily similar to mastitis.  During one of my conversations with this mom, she told me her sad story that the doctors had been treating her \"mastitis\" for months but it kept recurring and finally they realized it was because it wasn\'t mastitis at all but rather, inflammatory breast cancer.   As I held my newborn baby she told me if I ever \"get\" mastitis, be sure to question the diagnosis.  And so, a few weeks later, for the first time in all the many many months of breastfeeding three babies I developed mastitis.  If you\'ve ever had anxiety, you can imagine that by now my postpartum anxiety is raging.   Fortunately in my case the antibiotics seemed to work and the mastitis symptoms disappeared.  Slowly I began to realize I didn\'t have inflammatory breast cancer - thank you God!\n\nBut then again the Mastitis!  Oh yes, my worries came through for me once more...this time I was <em>certain</em> it was inflammatory breast cancer.   I knew the scary possibilities of being misdiagnosed as I watched the mom from school fight like a champion, yet get more and more ill from her cancer.  The horrifying possibility that the same thing was happening to me seemed entirely likely!  I was given the antibiotic in the emergency room but booked an appointment with my family doctor.  By now the heart is flipping daily, I have no results from the heart tests and now I am being told I have mastitis again....I am sure I must be dying.  The postpartum anxiety rages on.  When I walk in to see my family doctor she takes one look at me and I can see the look of shock on her face.  No more am I the well-put-together mother-of-three, instead I am transformed into a zombie. The picture drawn by my 5 year old daughter that week at school confirms it - when I ask about the several dark brown semi-circles that have been carefully drawn under my eyes, my daughter\'s innocently replies, \"Those are the bags under your eyes Mommy!\" My doctor comes right out and asks me \"What can I do for you?\"   Me, being the well-informed patient that I, and most other anxiety-ridden people usually are, tell her I want a needle-punch biopsy to rule out inflammatory breast cancer. The procedure is invasive and involves taking tissue from the breast to be examined because this type of breast cancer forms in layers not lumps so mammography, breast exams, etc aren\'t effective ways of diagnosing.  My doctor appeases me and performs the biopsy and of course....when the results come in I am fine.  I feel relieved but still my postpartum anxiety is getting the better of me.\n\nThe interesting but scary thing is that since you\'re the one with the anxiety, you don\'t always get that you are being anxious for no reason that seems logical in anyone else\'s mind.\n<div></div>','Postparmum Anxiety Part 2 - I thought I was dying...again...','','inherit','open','open','','289-revision-5','','','2012-08-26 22:31:36','2012-08-27 03:31:36','',289,'http://www.hormonesoup.com/289-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),