One of the most important things to know is that your cycle on the pill is not a menstrual cycle. A pill cycle is a withdrawal bleed - bleeding as a result in the drop of hormones during the placebo week of the birth control cycle. It really doesn’t tell us a lot about what’s going on underneath the hormone dose you’re getting!
Read MoreCortisol is the hormone that our body makes in response to stress. We need cortisol to stay alive but the problem is that when we’re making too much, it can downregulate other important processes…
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