Are you on hormonal birth control and looking for alternative options? Have a teen who you want to talk to about birth control? Want to naturally balance your hormones without birth control? Tune in to hear us unpack the complicated history of birth control, potential side effects and risks, as well as natural ways to support your body’s rhythm. 

From hormonal birth control pills to injections to rings and IUDs, all birth control comes with risks and side effects. In this episode, we weigh out the cost-benefit and discuss how we’ll be addressing this topic with our own daughters when the time comes. Plus we talk about common hormonal symptoms from acne to mood swings to period pain and how to address them naturally.

Also in this episode: 

• • Episode 106 Regulating Your Cycle 
    • Episode 107: Regulating Your Cycle and Natural Birth Control

• Episode 149 Getting Your Cycle Back

• Birth Control Options
  • Women’s Flora Probiotic

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