I get so many questions from women doing our program and challenges about taking hormonal birth control, including the pill, IUD, depo shot, and more. I actually took the pill for many years. I didn’t understand why it was so important to ovulate and have a period. The doctor never warned me, and I didn’t do any research on it back then. I just thought it was convenient to not have a period, and at the time, I didn’t want to fall pregnant. So I thought I'd get Amanda on the podcast to talk about how birth control interferes with your hormones and why having a healthy ovulatory cycle is so important for all women even if you don't want to fall pregnant.In this episode, we discuss:➡️How the menstrual cycle works➡️Why ovulation (and progesterone) is so important➡️How birth control suppresses ovulation➡️How the menstrual cycle offers insights into your overall health➡️What happens when you stop taking the pill➡️How a woman becomes estrogen dominant➡️How stress impacts the menstrual cycle and ovulation➡️The effects of alcohol on the menstrual cycle ➡️How IUDs interfere with your hormones➡️Symptoms from birth control and synthetic hormones➡️Why it takes time to get your hormones back on track after birth control (and how much time it typically takes)➡️How you can support your body when coming off of birth controlLINKSFollow Kitty on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kittyblomfield/Follow Amanda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hormonehealingrd/Sign up to Saturée's mailing list to be notified when we release the oyster capsules https://www.saturee.com.au/More reading https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/copper-iudhttps://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/hbchttps://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/side-effects-hbc