E35: The WHY Behind Irregular, Short, or Long Menstrual Cycles & How to Know if Yours is Normal
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Welcome back to the Happily Hormonal Podcast. In this episode, Dr. Heather Rhodes is my co-host today, and we’re talking about** **irregular cycles. We’ll start on how you can track your menstrual cycle, then discuss what a regular cycle should look like, and finally go deeper into **irregular cycles - why they happen and how you can balance your hormones for a better cycle.**In this episode:

• [00:10] How to track your menstrual cycle by looking at your temperature
• [03:14] How to track your menstrual cycle by looking at your cervical fluid
• [07:18] What a regular cycle looks like
• [12:10] Short cycles: why you might be experiencing this
• [16:29] How to know if your cycle is shorter than normal
• [18:21] Ovulation symptoms and ovulation pain
• [19:42] Long cycles: why they happen and what you can do about it
• [22:30] Something to consider if you’re over 40

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Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass