In this episode, I am breaking down how the copper IUD works and how it impacts different aspects of our health. When I posted a question box for this episode in my stories a couple weeks back I got a lot of questions about how the copper IUD can impact the thyroid, hormones, if it can cause copper toxicity, and more so I’ll be covering all of that too! 

As always, this podcast is for informational purposes only. Please make sure you talk with your medical provider about what’s best for you. 

Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Copper Deep Dive episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/copper-deep-dive/id1568547321?i=1000586081883 
• Minerals 101 episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minerals-101/id1568547321?i=1000527073902 
• Free Thyroid Training: https://bit.ly/3uDbDBi 
• Fertility Awareness Method podcast episode with FAM instructor, Nina Boyce: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fertility-awareness-method-with-nina-boyce/id1568547321?i=1000536700075 
• Castor oil packs blog: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/castor-oil 
• Instagram post on how to know if you’re eating enough: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQdhd2gODJ/ 
• Learn how to use the Fertility Awareness Method: https://bit.ly/3AKQuq2 
• Copper IUD History:
  • https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/copper-intrauterine-device-iud 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12266319/ 
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010782476800054 
• Copper Spermicide:
  • https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/copper-nanoparticles-an-effective-spermicide/ 
• Copper IUD & Hormones/Fertility:
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18338309/
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17241835/ 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19685012/ 
  • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13625187.2015.1010639 
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028216419503 
• Copper IUD & Minerals:

I have another deep dive episode for you! In this episode, we are focusing on copper. I have a podcast episode that I did in season one that’s all about the connection between copper and iron, but copper deserves its own episode. I will also do a separate deep dive on iron in season 4 of the podcast next year where I will be doing all deep dives for one season. Just a reminder before we jump into today’s episode. This podcast is for informational purposes only. I will be mentioning some lab values, foods, and supplements surrounding copper, but it’s important you talk about any changes you’re considering with your medical provider. 

Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Strands of Health by Rick Malter, Ph.D.
• The Mineral Fix by Dr. James DiNicolantonio
• Metabolic Type Podcast Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-metabolic-type-on-an-htma/id1568547321?i=1000527836892 
• Free Thyroid Training: https://bit.ly/3uDbDBi 
• The Connection Between Copper and Iron episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-connection-between-copper-iron/id1568547321?i=1000528570432 
• Adrenal cocktail blog: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/adrenal-cocktail-recipes 
• Scientific Studies:
  • Metallothionein: 
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12022471/ 
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11803037/ 
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14627437/ 
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942874/ 
  • Excess copper/exposure:
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15621934/ 
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2626984/
    • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3181/00379727-92-22512 
    • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-009-8475-x
    • https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4612-5829-2_3
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10383875/ 
  • Copper water bottles/pots/pans:
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312355/ 
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  • Copper deficiency:
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15762288/ 

In this episode, I am talking with Katelyn Fusco of the Happy Homebirth Podcast to answer your questions about homebirth! Katelyn is a homebirth mother, a childbirth educator, and an experienced homebirth attendant. She has seen birth from many angles (literally), and knows the impact this transformative event can have on you, your baby and your entrance into motherhood for the first, second or fifteenth time. This knowledge is what spurred Katelyn to create Happy Homebirth: A brand dedicated to supporting, educating and encouraging homebirth mothers.  Through birth stories and expert interviews on the podcast to intimate education and coaching inside of The Homebirth Collective, Katelyn's goal is to provide mothers with the tools to empower themselves in their birthing experience.

Links/Resources:

• https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/collective 
• https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com 
• https://www.instagram.com/happyhomebirthpodcast 
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/happyhomebirth 
• Homebirth 101 podcast episode 17: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-17-homebirth-101-midwife-carrie-lachapelle-craft/id1446934537?i=1000433844577 
• Happy Homebirth podcast episode on what could go wrong: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-59-but-what-if-something-goes-wrong-how-midwives/id1446934537?i=1000463115609 
• IG: Husbands 5 things to consider with childhood education 
• Katelyn’s birth story episode with her husband: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-katelyns-peaceful-undisturbed-birth/id1446934537?i=1000442516893 
• Mana safety information: https://mana.org/blog/new-studies-confirm-safety-of-home-birth-with-midwives-in-the-us 
• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 

Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h

In this episode, we are covering the important but challenging topic of recovering from miscarriage with my colleage Meg Langston. Meg is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Root Cause Protocol Consultant and Restorative Wellness Practitioner. She works with women to help restore their metabolic health in order to have healthy hormones, thyroid and digestive system. She believes the body talks back to symptoms and through body literacy and a food first approach healing and feeling your best self can happen.

The goal is to provide some hope and encouragement for those that have experienced a miscarriage and some ways you can support your body while recovering. 

Links/Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Visit Meg’s website: https://www.meglangston.com/ 
• Follow Meg on IG: https://www.instagram.com/meg_langston/ 
• FAM podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fertility-awareness-method-with-nina-boyce/id1568547321?i=1000536700075 
• Thyroid episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supporting-optimal-thyroid-health-with-kaely-rd/id1568547321?i=1000548078745 
• Metabolism episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metabolism-101-unlearning-dieting-dogma/id1568547321?i=1000524480593 
• Metabolic type episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-metabolic-type-on-an-htma/id1568547321?i=1000527836892 
• Copper & Iron episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-connection-between-copper-iron/id1568547321?i=1000528570432 
• Doctor Katharina Dalton’s book on postpartum depression: https://www.amazon.com/Depression-After-Childbirth-Recognise-Postnatal/dp/0192861859 

Research article on progesterone and pregnancy loss: https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(16)63029-7/fulltext 

In this episode we are talking with Elina Furman. Elina is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor with over 15 years in the baby products industry. She is deeply passionate about spreading awareness about the importance of infant/child massage and earned her infant massage certification after talking to many parents who were confused and bewildered about how to perform baby massage.

As a baby massage expert, she has conducted education for such brands as Lovevery, Legendairy Milk, Mama Glow Doula Education, Finn & Emma, Gugu Guru among many others and has been featured in Fast Company, The Mirror UK, Yahoo!, Guardian, The Sun, NY News Press and popular maternity podcasts like Limitless Pregnancy and The Natural Nipple. Her social media platform in just one year’s time has earned over 460K followers on TikTok and 189K on Instagram. 

After I had my daughter, Eliana, I found Elina on Instagram through her helpful infant massage tutorials. Her videos demonstrating how to do massage for gas and congestion are used on a daily basis in our house and I’m so grateful for all of the education she provides. 

Links/Resources:

• Visit Elina’s website: kahlmi.com 
• Link for Kahlmi massager: https://bit.ly/3Ce1GzA 
• Follow Elina on IG: https://www.instagram.com/getkahlmi/ 
• Follow Elina on Tiktok @kahlmi 
• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 

In this episode, I am breaking down a popular topic in the wellness world: histamines! I get a lot of questions about histamine intolerance and if people should cut out x, y, z foods. As usual, I don’t recommend going straight to cutting out foods. Can that help in the short term with symptoms? Yes, but it’s not getting to the root of the issue. This doesn’t mean you can’t cut out certain things that are causing you discomfort to get some relief, but hopefully this podcast episode will inspire you to work on other areas as well. 

Links/Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Iodine episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/iodine-the-miracle-mineral/id1568547321?i=1000560008653 
• Period Pain episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/period-pain-tool-kit/id1568547321?i=1000531429675 
• Stress episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stress-building-resiliency-with-kaely-rd/id1568547321?i=1000537431816 
• Endometriosis episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nutrition-for-endometriosis-with-cindy-dabrowska-rd/id1568547321?i=1000547382971 
• Estrogen Waves While Healing episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/estrogen-waves-the-ups-and-downs-of-healing/id1568547321?i=1000538170041 
• Free Thyroid Training: https://bit.ly/3uDbDBi 
• How To Boost Progesterone Levels Naturally episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-boost-progesterone-levels-naturally/id1568547321?i=1000551724832 
• References: 
  • Gut Health: 
    • https://integrative-medicine.ca/histamine-intolerance-gut/
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10350171/ 
  • Histamine Intolerance: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/85/5/1185/4633007?login=false
  • Low DAO enzyme: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28624934/ 
  • Estrogen and Histamines: https://www.larabriden.com/the-curious-link-between-estrogen-and-histamine-intolerance/ 
  • Copper and DAO: 
    • https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/130/1/30/4686063 
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In this episode, we are focusing on the gallbladder and how not only can it impact your hormones but how hormonal changes can impact your gallbladder function as well. I have Olivia Haas also known as the Gallbladder Nutritionist on Instagram with me today to dive deep into this topic. Olivia is a board certified nutritionist specializing in all things gallbladder health. Her personal journey with digestive issues, hypothyroidism and gallbladder disease is what has led her to start her private practice helping individuals who are trying to keep their gallbladder or people struggling with digestive issues after gallbladder surgery. 

Along her way, she realized there was a lack of education regarding this condition, what caused it, how diet and lifestyle impact this disease and how to best support the body without a gallbladder. Through her experience she grew a passion to help other individuals with gallbladder disease feel supported, gain nutrition clarity and help teach them how to be advocates for their health. Olivia takes a root cause approach with her clients. She looks beyond the gallbladder to bring the body back into balance and helps clients create sustainable, long term healthy habits every step of their gallbladder journey.  

Links/Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Free healthy period guide: http://bit.ly/healthy-period-guide 
• Follow Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gallbladder.nutritionist/ 
• The Gallbladder Removal Reset: https://olivia-n-haas.mykajabi.com/the-gallbladder-removal-reset 
• Visit Olivia’s website: www.honoryourcore.com 
• New Gallbladder Nutrition website: www.gallbladderdiet.com 
• Birth Control episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impact-side-effects-of-hormonal-birth-control/id1568547321?i=1000535965830 
• How To Transition Off Birth Control episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-transition-off-hormonal-birth-control/id1568547321?i=1000556141689 
• Free thyroid training: https://bit.ly/3uDbDBi 
• Copper and iron podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-connection-between-copper-iron/id1568547321?i=1000528570432 
• Dr. Jacobi Ileocecal valve massage: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmSVdeSo_U 

In this episode, I am doing a mineral deep dive on boron. A lot of people are familiar with boron because of its positive impact on bone health and vitamin D, but it actually has a pretty big impact on our hormones and inflammation too. I hope you enjoy this format. Please share this episode in your stories on Instagram and tag me @hormonehealingrd to let me know you enjoyed it! 

Links/Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Iron and copper podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-connection-between-copper-iron/id1568547321?i=1000528570432 
• Borax powder: https://amzn.to/3rRxxAy 
• SHBG: 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4134992/ 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1958572/
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21129941/
• Hormones, fertility and birth defects: 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18366532/ 
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1520-670X(1999)12:3%3C251::AID-JTRA8%3E3.0.CO;2-I
  • https://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=ajpsaj.2015.85.96 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3678698/
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712861/ 
• Nutrients:
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2222801/
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712861/
  • https://oatext.com/Boron-action-in-bone-health.php#:~:text=Boron%20is%20a%20trace%20element,in%20synergy%20with%20vitamin%20D. 
• Insulin/Blood Sugar:
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353202/#B17-nutrients-12-01864 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29019104/ 
• Bone Health
  • https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/49308 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33959846/ 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22536764/ 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17259120/ 
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7889886/&

In this episode we are focusing on all things related to breastfeeding and what new moms can expect in the fourth trimester with registered nurse and IBCLC, Therese Dansby. Therese received her Bachelor's Degree in Science and became a Registered Nurse in 2007. She was a Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) nurse for the first 8 years of her career. After brief stints working in high risk OB and then in a low-risk birth center and completing half of a Master's degree with the intent of becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife, she instead became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 2015 after overcoming several feeding obstacles with her first baby. She is now a homeschooling mom of 3, with kids' ages ranging from 8 years to 8 months, and has left the hospital to continue building her own lactation consultation private practice.

Therese and Cortney have since released their Nourished Beginnings breastfeeding and postpartum course. Podcast listeners can enter code AYM10 for a 10% discount!

Links:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/c575ecd7c3 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/60ef39359c99020017ec79e9 
• Visit Therese’s website: https://theresedansby.wixsite.com/therese 
• Wonder weeks app: https://www.thewonderweeks.com/wonder-weeks-apps/ 
• Nourished Beginnings course link: https://happymamahealthybaby.freshlearn.com (use code AYM15 to get 15% off)

In this episode, I am sharing my experience during the first fourth trimester, answering your questions, and sharing tips on how to nourish your body during a stressful but beautiful time. I hope you enjoy it! 

Links/Resources:

• Free Training: Optimizing Hormone Health with Mineral Balance: https://bit.ly/3iwRDMk 
• Mineral Imbalance Quiz: https://bit.ly/3ycEn4h 
• Dog IG: https://www.instagram.com/dogmeets_baby/?hl=en 
• Kahlmi Infant Massage Tool: https://bit.ly/3Ce1GzA 
• Kahlmi IG: https://www.instagram.com/getkahlmi/ 
• BirthFit PP Program: https://birthfit.com/b-postpartum 
• Mamastefit PP Program: https://mamastefit.com/all-programs/ 
• Cinnamon Smashcake: https://smashcakemix.com/shop/p/cinnamon-smashcake-baking-mix 
• Silverettes: https://amzn.to/3zJFUmm  
• Breastfeeding course: https://lactationlink.com/ 
• Legendary Milk Silicone BF cups: https://www.legendairymilk.com/collections/silicone-collection-cups/products/sillicone-collection-cups  
• Haakaas Link: https://amzn.to/3Qq4y13 
• Elvie Link: https://www.elvie.com/en-us/shop/elvie-curve 
• Midline Revolution (lip and tongue tie course): https://midlinerevolution.mykajabi.com/offers/iowtVw2u/checkout 
• Snuggle Me bed: https://amzn.to/3wLDcKr 
• Baby bjorn bouncer: https://amzn.to/3B7hx1X 
• Co sleepy: https://www.instagram.com/cosleepy/ 
• Sensate Focus Sex PDF: https://health.cornell.edu/sites/health/files/pdf-library/sensate-focus.pdf