Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods and hormones
Body literacy is learning to observe, chart, and interpret an ovulatory menstrual cycle.
A menstrual cycle is, by definition, an ovulatory cycle in which ovulation is the main event, and progesterone is made. Any other kind of bleed is either an anovulatory bleed or a pill bleed.
Furthermore, progesterone (which can only be made by ovulating) is important for general health, and is not just to make a baby.
Ovulation is beneficial because it’s how women make hormones.
Every month, as the ovaries get ready to release an egg, they pump out estrogen. Estrogen, in turn, stimulates serotonin, which is why women can be more outgoing and energetic in the few days leading up to ovulation.
Every month, after ovulation, one of the ovaries releases a huge amount of progesterone—the calming, soothing, anti-inflammatory hormone.