How much do you really know about the hormones in your body? The reality is that we don’t know as enough as we should. Chances are good if you have had Polycystic Ovary Syndrome for a while, you’ve heard about oestrogen dominance… But do you know what it is and why it’s important? This article focuses on female sex hormones,…
oestrogen dominance
Do you suffer from migraines, tender breasts, depression (especially before you get your menstrual bleed), fibroids, endometriosis, painful and/or heavy periods and clotting? You may have what’s called oestrogen dominance. This is when a woman has too much oestrogen relative to her progesterone. As women with PCOS often don’t ovulate or ovulate infrequently, and therefore don’t produce the healthy levels…
Are you struggling with PCOS and pain? Does your back hurt? Maybe your breasts? Your womb or your head? Pain is not uncommon in PCOS. Why? Women with PCOS often have highly levels of inflammation in their body, which can be assessed with tests like hsCRP. Inflammation can cause pain. I spoke to a reproductive endocrinologist about this a couple…
Years ago, I headed off to a healthy homes seminar knowing that toxins lurked in common products, but I was still shocked to find out the shear volume of toxins present in our homes, and exactly what they did and where they were. It’s scary! Even scarier are the negative effects these toxins can have on your hormones and on…
Many women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome are also oestrogen dominant… This means they either have levels of oestrogen that are too high or ‘normal’ levels of oestrogen that are too high in relation to their progesterone. In a regular cycle, the first half of the cycle involves higher oestrogen levels. Then when you ovulate (mid-cycle), the part of the ovary from…
