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25.01.2022 1 IN 4 Every time you walk down the street, visit the supermarket, go for a drink in the city, or catch a crowded train - you are likely surrounded by people who have been touched by miscarriage. It's estimated that 1 in 4 pregnancies result in miscarriage. You likely have family members, friends and colleagues who have had to say goodbye to a child too soon. And maybe it's touched your life, too. ... It's estimated that around 25% of women meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing pregnancy loss. Miscarriage can be incredibly physically painful, with extreme cramping, bleeding, blood clots, and the passing of fetal tissue. Weaving through the physical pain, is the emotional grief and shock, the endless questions, the devastation, fear, heartbreak and deep hurt. On top of this, in our society we often wait until after 12 weeks to announce a pregnancy - but what this means is that many of us are enduring the physical and emotional pain of miscarriage silently. Without the support of our families and loved ones. Without the understanding of our bosses and colleagues. What you'll often find though, is that speaking your stories opens the floodgates for others - many women and couples around you have walked this path, too. Our society lacks rituals and rites that would help us to assign meaning to miscarriage. In Japan, parents dedicate small stone statues known as Jizo to honour the souls of babies never born. They also hold Mizuko Kuyo "water child memorial service" to allow parents to remember and honour their babies. It can be helpful to find rituals and objects that help us to process our grief and honour our babies in ways that resonate with us. October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. To every person who has had to say goodbye too soon, to every mama who has left behind a little piece of her heart, I see you. You are not alone. Your babies matter. And so do you See more

22.01.2022 Do you remember first learning how to drive a car? (Bonus points if it was a manual!) I don't know about you, but it was a hair-raising experience for both me and my Mum! We used to spend dedicated afternoons driving - first in empty carparks, then on quiet roads, and then slowly we graduated to more challenging things like roundabouts and highways! And our practice sessions invariably involved Mum taking many gasping breaths and white knuckling the door handle on her side... (there also may have been some arguments haha ). Eventually though, thanks to Mum's great patience (and some help from Dad, too), I was up and running as a safe member of the driving community. What I wanted to emphasise with this story though, is this: Learning to drive a car involves quite a steep learning curve. So does learning how to chart your cycle for pregnancy prevention with a Fertility Awareness-Based Method (FABM) - typically, at least around 3 menstrual cycles' of time. The stakes are very high should you make a mistake while learning to drive a car. Similarly, the stakes are very high should you make a mistake while learning to chart for pregnancy prevention. Eventually though, driving a car is a skill that the vast majority of the population are perfectly capable of mastering. It takes time, dedication, education and lots of practice, but it's possible. The same can be said for using a FABM for pregnancy prevention! However, you wouldn't attempt to learn how to drive a car without the supervision of an experienced instructor, and the same could be said for charting. For the highest possible effectiveness, it is vital that you work with a certified instructor who can guide you through the learning process - to ensure that you emerge completely confident, safe, and without experiencing an unintended pregnancy! With an instructor of a Symptothermal Double-Check Method it is possible to prevent pregnancy with up to 99.6% effectiveness with perfect use. The effectiveness of self-teaching remains unknown; however, I also have information available on this option for those who cannot access an instructor for financial reasons https://fertilitycharting.com.au/find-an-instructor/ https://fertilitycharting.com.au/self-teach/

12.01.2022 LESS THAN 1% According to data from the 2017-2019 US Survey of National Family Growth, less than 1% of respondents are relying on a Fertility Awareness Based Method that utilises cervical mucus / basal body temperature observations. I wonder how different this figure would be if women were truly able to provide informed consent when choosing their contraceptive method. ... I was certainly never told about the Symptothermal Method by my healthcare provider. Were you? https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db388.htm

09.01.2022 Paid period leave: what are your thoughts? In the majority of industries, the workforce was originally all-male. Over time, with the advancement of womens rights, women were able to enter the workforce. Unfortunately, most workplace systems and structures are still set up to support male bodies and experiences (and that even goes so far as the temperature of the air conditioning systems - google it!). Men tend to experience a fairly constant daily cycle where their testostero...ne peaks in the morning and falls in the evening, and as a result, their energy levels are often quite stable day-by-day. Women on the other hand experience an infradian monthly rhythm of hormones which can mean our energy levels, productivity, emotions and pain will likely differ from week to week as oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone levels shift. In summary: women are not small men, but the workforce largely still expects us to act as if we are: to show up the same every single day, despite the fact that biologically speaking, we are not! My view? Workplaces should at the very least offer flexibility so that women can work longer hours when they feel most able to (perhaps during the mid-late follicular phase), so that they can take a day or two off when they feel most in need (perhaps during the late luteal phase or the first day or two of menstruation). What do you think?

03.01.2022 MEDICAL GASLIGHTING When men and women present with chest pain the men are 2.5 times more likely to be referred to a cardiologist. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in women, yet women are seven times more likely than men to be misdiagnosed and discharged while actively having a heart attack. Women are more likely to experience chronic pain than men but less likely to receive treatment despite the fact that their pain is more severe, longer lasting and more l...ikely to recur than pain in men. Even when women present with similar health problems to men, women are likely to receive a lower quality of care to men. Dr Marie Theresa Ferretti, neuroscientist, co-founder and CSO of the Women’s Brain Project, says the same symptoms that tend to be attributed to organic disease in men, are much more likely to be diagnosed as anxiety or panic attacks in women.