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Name: Period Power
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Author: Maisie Hill

Maisie Hill

Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

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Period Power by Maisie Hill is a guidebook for understanding, managing, and enjoying periods. It offers insight into the biology and psychology of the menstrual cycle, and practical advice for dealing with symptoms and optimizing your health.

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What’s in it for me? Turn your period problems into period power.

“She’s probably just on her period!”

How often have you heard, or overheard, this statement? Even in ostensibly progressive societies, it’s all too common for men to dismiss women’s ideas, opinions, or anger simply on the basis of their ability to bleed every month. The idea behind this is that periods somehow make you volatile, dangerous, or outright crazy. In some cultures, women are believed to ruin harvests, spoil milk, or rot pickles when they’re menstruating.

But the fact that your hormones fluctuate every month doesn't make you any less of a level-headed or competent person. Changes in mood, energy, and desire throughout your cycle are all perfectly normal; if you learn to recognize and work with them, they can even boost your natural talents and abilities.

To harness your “period power,” you just have to become familiar with the science behind your menstrual cycle, as well as the strengths and challenges that accompany each stage. By learning to go with the flow – quite literally – you’ll be able to access a power you never knew you possessed.

In these blinks, you’ll finally find out

why your hormones sway like the seasons of the year;
why you’re so dang horny sometimes; and
why tracking your cycle can change your life.

Your menstrual cycle is regulated by the ebb and flow of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

If you want to harness the power of your period, first you need to understand what the heck is going on with your body every month.

Let’s start with the basics. Your uterus, or womb, is the star of your menstrual cycle. It sits inside of you, at the top of your vagina, and looks like an upside down pear with two arms. These arms are your fallopian tubes. At the end of each fallopian tube are your ovaries, which consist of cell clusters, called follicles, that contain your eggs.

At the beginning of your cycle, your brain tells your ovaries to start producing follicle-stimulating hormone, or FSH. FSH helps the follicles select and groom an egg to be fertilized, which is why this first half of your cycle is called the follicular phase. As the egg grows, levels of the hormone estradiol rise. Estradiol is a form of the hormone estrogen that, among other things, causes the inner lining of your uterus to thicken in order to prepare for hosting a baby.

When your egg is “good to go,” it’s released by the follicle. This event is called ovulation, and apart from menstruation, it’s one of the two pivotal moments of your menstrual cycle. If sperm is present in the vagina around ovulation, the egg can be fertilized, and you can become pregnant. Sperm can live in your vagina for about five days, and a released egg lives up to 24 hours; in order to conceive, you’ll have to have sex a few days before, during, or shortly after ovulation.

After the egg is released, the follicle that released it turns into a temporary gland called the corpus luteum, which starts producing the hormone progesterone. Progesterone rules the second half of your cycle, the luteal phase. It’s there to help your body slow down and regroup in case of pregnancy.

If the egg is not fertilized, however, the corpus luteum can only produce progesterone for about 14 days. After that, your levels of progesterone and estradiol dip, and the drop causes the cells of your uterine lining to die and fall off.

This is what comes out of your vagina as your period: a flow of blood and some tissue that typically lasts around three to seven days. As soon as you get your period, your menstrual cycle begins anew. In a textbook cycle, this would happen after 28 days – but a healthy cycle can last anywhere between 25 and 35 days.

Menstrual tracking will help you take charge of your hormonal well-being.

Hormones like estrogen and progesterone don’t just tell your uterus what to do. They affect your mood and behavior in all kinds of ways, regulating your energy, sleep, libido, and appetite. In fact, hormones don’t just affect menstruators – they rule all humans!

Because your menstrual cycle comprises an ebb and flow of hormones, the mental and physical changes you experience throughout can feel quite drastic.

Your period is your winter: a time of inward focus, rest, and relaxation.

The first day of your period is the first day of your menstrual cycle. This is winter, the season of death and rebirth.

Around the start of your period, your hormones drop to their lowest levels. Along with having to deal with all that blood coming out of your vagina, this can leave you feeling tired, emotional, and anxious. As your body releases natural pain-relieving hormones such as oxytocin and endorphins, you might even find yourself feeling a little high – “menstrual tripping” is a real phenomenon!

After your period you enter spring, a time of playfulness and possibilities.

The transition from winter to spring is a pleasant one for most of us, as we feel our energies increasing and our mood boosted.

Your ovaries are now busy selecting and grooming the egg to be fertilized, and your estradiol rises to get you ready for ovulation. Positivity and motivation return, and you’ll feel light, energetic, and playful.

Around ovulation, summer boosts your mood and energy.

For many of us, life feels easiest in summer – and the same holds true when it comes to your menstrual cycle. Summer is the time right before, during, and after ovulation.

Leading up to ovulation, estradiol reaches its peak, triggering luteinising hormone and testosterone. Testosterone is often mischaracterized as a “male” hormone, but it plays an important role in female reproductive health too, boosting your energy and sex drive.

Before your period, fall forces you to slow down and evaluate your life.

For a lot of us, the high of summer is followed by somewhat of a crash in fall. You suddenly feel sad, cranky, and tired. Your body is now forcing you to slow down and withdraw – either because it already has a baby inside, or because it has to get ready to do it all again.

Some might be lucky enough to experience an “Indian Summer” after ovulation, as levels of estrogen and progesterone slightly rise again. But in the week before our periods, when hormones fall rapidly, most of us struggle with our mood and energy. At this point, you may experience some or all of the approximately 150 symptoms of PMS, or premenstrual syndrome, which include fun things like headaches, bloating, constipation, teariness, and anxiety.

Going through puberty, menopause, or pregnancy will affect the flow of your hormones.

Your hormones evolve with you. As you age and change, so will your menstrual cycle.

When you first get your period, your menstrual cycle can be a bit of a wild ride. On average, you’ll get your first period around age 12 or 13. Even if you already bleed regularly, it can take awhile for you to ovulate – our ovaries need practice to develop a “good” egg. Your body is still getting the hang of things, and your hormones might be a bit unbalanced. Your cycle may be longer or shorter, and your period heavier or lighter, than what is considered “normal” for adults.

A healthy lifestyle can help balance your hormones and ease the darker seasons of your cycle.

There are many things you can do to regulate your cycle and boost your menstrual health. Most changes will come to you naturally as you track your cycle and become familiar with your particular moods, quirks, and behaviors.

A lot of menstrual health tips are pretty straightforward. A diet rich in nutrients from vegetables, healthy fats, and proteins will improve digestion and help your hormones stay on track. If you have PCOS, cutting out dairy, gluten, and sugar will be especially important to improving your condition.

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Period Power (2019) is your ultimate guide to periods, hormones, and reproductive health. Menstrual health practitioner Maisie Hill explains how your menstrual cycle influences your mood, sleep, and energy and shows how you can harness the power of your hormones to get the most out of each stage of your cycle. Drawing on science and personal experience, Hill equips you with the tools and knowledge to turn your “women’s problems” into period power.

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[I]ts time to take advantage of what our hormones can do for us.

—Maisie Hill

Wer Period Power lesen sollte

People with periods who are ready to take charge of their menstrual health
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Über den Autor

Maisie Hill is a menstrual health expert who helps her clients work with their menstrual cycles and heal hormonal irregularities. She has been trained in Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, and ATMAT (the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy). As a go-to specialist for menstrual, hormonal, and reproductive issues, she has been quoted in publications from the Guardian to Grazia.

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