Morning Sickness & Pregnancy
One morning, while at Sunday worship, I met a young woman who was not feeling well…experiencing morning sickness in her 17th week. I did the math in my head. “That’s not typical,” I thought, beyond the first tri-mester. To me, it seems that this women’s body is not producing enough progesterone. I found an empty piece of paper in my bible and wrote down some URLs from memory of where she could go to learn more about hormone balance and how progesterone, “the feel good, happy hormone absolutely necessary for the well-being of fetal development”. I had to step out of my comfort zone to be bold enough to bring this up to a stranger after worship and talk to her about it. But I know how important being in balance is for a healthy baby. Every women deserves to feel GREAT during pregnancy, it is a gift from God.
I will share that as a woman in balance in 1997 , I did not even know I was pregnant with our son until 16 weeks into the pregnancy. Judging from how “old” our son looked as a newborn, and the doctor talking about placenta breakdown as I was being prepped for a C-section, I have always wondered if they had miscalculated my due date. Nonetheless, pregnancy was great – I had lots of energy, redecorated the house, Christmas shopped in July so I would not have to do it with a baby in tow come December, etc.
Think about the word P R O G E S T E R O N E – what do you see? Progest. Progestation. Gestation. Progesterone is essential for progestation to happen.
It is necessary to prevent miscarriage and necessary for brain development of the fetus. As women, when we become pregnant the level of progesterone in our bodies continually rises until we have a 100x more than what we would have had prior to become pregnant. There is no doubt that God has created us because only divine wisdom could build bodies such as ours.
If you google “progesterone and pregnancy” you will think I am crazy. Old information, mis information abounds on this subject. Although I am not a doctor, I read A LOT about hormones in 2010 for personal reasons. Multiple sources, books, scientific studies, women’s health sites on line, claim the many benefits of the “procreation hormone”.
To help weed through the contradictory information, one might start with the Natural Progesterone Advisory Network. Their home page does a great job explaining why so little is known about hormone balance and why progesterone is so misunderstood. I highly recommend you consider read the landing page of this site, and move forward if you wish: http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com/
Doctor Katharina Dalton researched progesterone and pregnancy all the way back in 1968. Of course, here in the U.S. we do not hear of these studies, unless we go looking for them. There is no money for big Pharma in promoting a product that is all natural and made by the human body - it cannot be patented and therefore cannot make them money.
“Dr. Dalton calls morning sickness “a sign that the ovarian progesterone is insufficient and the placenta is not yet secreting enough progesterone.” She says that giving the woman extra progesterone will ease the symptoms. PLEASE, PLEASE read this entire article, print it out and take it to your doctor if you are experiencing morning sickness. Check out the NPAN site for additional articles on progesterone and pregnancy. If you are in need of skin care that will not disrupt your endocrine system and hormone balance, contact me for a sample or visit this website.
Doctors may counter because of the misinformation that is out there. Again, please do your own diligence. When you consider that progesterone is key for pro-gestation – it makes absolute sense that you need it, and that it needs to be in balance with estrogen for the most pleasurable pregnancy experience ever. Not only is morning sickness not experienced by women in balance, but Dr. Michael Platt, another expert and author of “The Miracle of Bio Identical Hormones” discusses the connection between lack of progesterone during pregnancy and ADD & ADHD.
The NPAN site also has available, in addition to a great e-book, a FREE 50 page PDF on progesterone and what you must know. Be proactive about your health… print it out, burn it to a CD, and give your doctor a copy. There is a very good chance your doctor knows very little on the truth about hormone balance. When I attended Dr. Stacey Bean’s women’s health seminar in Madison, November 2010, she stated that they received ONE month, in all their years of medical training, on hormones. ONE MONTH! Yet hormone imbalance is truly a root cause of many diseases and illness. Instead, the medical school curriculum is focused on treatment, and training heavily directed by the prescription drug companies. It was not until Dr. Bean was introduced to a company that offered pure and safe skincare, and became a consultant, that she started learning more about what promotes hormone imbalance in the body. Her personal experience with post-partum depression drew her to research further.
Speaking of which, when you talk to your doctor about progesterone and pregnancy, do NOT let them prescribe HRT, synthetic progestin to you. This attempt by drug companies to reproduce that which God has made naturally, is not recognized by the human body as progesterone, and serious outcomes may be realized, with cancer being just one example.
Pregnant? Congratulations! This should be one of the most amazing experiences in your life. It is never too late to focus on getting hormones into balance. Food, environment, skin care, and sometimes even genetics can be a precursor to estrogen dominance. Take control. Learn. Act. ENJOY YOUR PREGNANCY!
Written by Rita Shimniok, Spring 2011
All Rights Reserved.
I will share that as a woman in balance in 1997 , I did not even know I was pregnant with our son until 16 weeks into the pregnancy. Judging from how “old” our son looked as a newborn, and the doctor talking about placenta breakdown as I was being prepped for a C-section, I have always wondered if they had miscalculated my due date. Nonetheless, pregnancy was great – I had lots of energy, redecorated the house, Christmas shopped in July so I would not have to do it with a baby in tow come December, etc.
Think about the word P R O G E S T E R O N E – what do you see? Progest. Progestation. Gestation. Progesterone is essential for progestation to happen.
It is necessary to prevent miscarriage and necessary for brain development of the fetus. As women, when we become pregnant the level of progesterone in our bodies continually rises until we have a 100x more than what we would have had prior to become pregnant. There is no doubt that God has created us because only divine wisdom could build bodies such as ours.
If you google “progesterone and pregnancy” you will think I am crazy. Old information, mis information abounds on this subject. Although I am not a doctor, I read A LOT about hormones in 2010 for personal reasons. Multiple sources, books, scientific studies, women’s health sites on line, claim the many benefits of the “procreation hormone”.
To help weed through the contradictory information, one might start with the Natural Progesterone Advisory Network. Their home page does a great job explaining why so little is known about hormone balance and why progesterone is so misunderstood. I highly recommend you consider read the landing page of this site, and move forward if you wish: http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com/
Doctor Katharina Dalton researched progesterone and pregnancy all the way back in 1968. Of course, here in the U.S. we do not hear of these studies, unless we go looking for them. There is no money for big Pharma in promoting a product that is all natural and made by the human body - it cannot be patented and therefore cannot make them money.
“Dr. Dalton calls morning sickness “a sign that the ovarian progesterone is insufficient and the placenta is not yet secreting enough progesterone.” She says that giving the woman extra progesterone will ease the symptoms. PLEASE, PLEASE read this entire article, print it out and take it to your doctor if you are experiencing morning sickness. Check out the NPAN site for additional articles on progesterone and pregnancy. If you are in need of skin care that will not disrupt your endocrine system and hormone balance, contact me for a sample or visit this website.
Doctors may counter because of the misinformation that is out there. Again, please do your own diligence. When you consider that progesterone is key for pro-gestation – it makes absolute sense that you need it, and that it needs to be in balance with estrogen for the most pleasurable pregnancy experience ever. Not only is morning sickness not experienced by women in balance, but Dr. Michael Platt, another expert and author of “The Miracle of Bio Identical Hormones” discusses the connection between lack of progesterone during pregnancy and ADD & ADHD.
The NPAN site also has available, in addition to a great e-book, a FREE 50 page PDF on progesterone and what you must know. Be proactive about your health… print it out, burn it to a CD, and give your doctor a copy. There is a very good chance your doctor knows very little on the truth about hormone balance. When I attended Dr. Stacey Bean’s women’s health seminar in Madison, November 2010, she stated that they received ONE month, in all their years of medical training, on hormones. ONE MONTH! Yet hormone imbalance is truly a root cause of many diseases and illness. Instead, the medical school curriculum is focused on treatment, and training heavily directed by the prescription drug companies. It was not until Dr. Bean was introduced to a company that offered pure and safe skincare, and became a consultant, that she started learning more about what promotes hormone imbalance in the body. Her personal experience with post-partum depression drew her to research further.
Speaking of which, when you talk to your doctor about progesterone and pregnancy, do NOT let them prescribe HRT, synthetic progestin to you. This attempt by drug companies to reproduce that which God has made naturally, is not recognized by the human body as progesterone, and serious outcomes may be realized, with cancer being just one example.
Pregnant? Congratulations! This should be one of the most amazing experiences in your life. It is never too late to focus on getting hormones into balance. Food, environment, skin care, and sometimes even genetics can be a precursor to estrogen dominance. Take control. Learn. Act. ENJOY YOUR PREGNANCY!
Written by Rita Shimniok, Spring 2011
All Rights Reserved.