[caption id="attachment_16686" align="alignnone" width="357"] Dr. Katie Rose[/caption] After stopping birth control at 25 years old, I didn’t get a period for almost 6 months. My acne was the worst it had ever been (I’m talking painful marble sized cysts that would take months to resolve and left...
I've gotten so many questions about what it was like to have a home birth. Even though birth is a really intimate experience, I think it's important to share our stories. Sharing a birth story broadens our community, creates empowerment around birth and connects readers...
Lactation Cookies After my first son was born in 2016 I had trouble keeping my milk supply up when I returned to work. I was only pumping about two thirds of what I needed to keep my son on 100% breast milk. I had already tried...
1. For my own health. Around 8 years ago, I learned about the potential impact of hormone disruptors in personal hygiene products. I started slowly switching out all my hair products, make up, skin care, etc. At the time I had some pretty severe hormone related...
Egg Quality and Aging I want to start this post off with a story… A woman, let's call her M, contacted me online asking if I thought I could help her…she had suffered 2 miscarriages, was 37 years old, and feeling hopeless. As I always caution, “there...
Immune Boosting Elderberry Gummies Tis the season…for colds and flu. Last year was our son’s first year in school/daycare and boy did I suffer- every sniffle got me and even though I know it’s part of the process of strengthening the immune system, it was NOT...
Pumpkin Cookies: vegan, gluten free and 100% delicious Yep, I'm one of those annoying people who loves all things pumpkin as soon as October hits. Except for the pumpkin spice latte...
There is just oh so much I could say about the thyroid! Thyroid hormone is responsible for many metabolic activities in the body. When the thyroid hormone is low, generally things slow down and dry up- hence low energy, slow metabolism, slowed digestion, dry skin, hair...
PCOS is one of the most common hormonal disorders in women, affecting 1 in 10 women of childbearing age in the United States - that’s an estimated 5 million women! Few women are aware of what PCOS symptoms look like or how to manage these...
Acupuncture can provide significant relief from chronic pain. Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine treatment that relies on the strategic placement of tiny needles into the meridians that span the body from head to toe. The needles are used to stimulate certain key "points" the flow...