EF#24: How Stress Exacerbates Estrogen Dominance and Ovarian Dysfunction with Nicole Jardim
Episode description
Nicole Jardim joins me to dig deep into stress and how it impacts our body, hormones, period, Endometriosis and ultimately our fertility.
Stress comes in many forms, from internal to external, actual and perceived. We are made to incredibly deal with stress, but our world today is more stressful than ever. Nicole explains exactly what is happening with our hormones and also some the basic things we need to do to reduce this impact.
In this episode I talk about:
- Nicole’s experience with nightmare periods as a teenager
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal-Thyroid-Gonad (HPAGT) axis
- Stress symptoms from sleep deprivation, hormonal imbalance, period problems, skipped ovulation, PMS etc
- Effect of chronic stress on your thyroid and ovaries
- Effect of “sticky plaster” medication for stress symptoms such as anti-depressants & the pill
- How stress affects cycles and periods
- Internal and external stress, including childhood trauma
- Stress and Endometriosis
- How stress impacts progesterone
- Stress impacts on worsening estrogen dominance
- Inflammatory prostaglandins
- Fatigue, stress & Endo relationships
- How stress affects your ovaries and follicle development
- How stress suppresses your thyroid health and affects ovarian function
- Tips to help manage stress
PLUS, we talk about Nicole’s Fix Your Period Book, which was released last year and is a book every girl should have!
As always there is lots more information about this episode on my website, i.e. what exactly was discussed, references, and the mentioned podcast episodes, blogs or resources: https://www.endofertilityspecialist.com/endo-fertility-podcast/