The Pill, Pregnancy and Periods: What Your Doctor Never Told You with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

In this fertility awakening episode, I sit down with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, fertility awareness educator and author of Real Food for Fertility, to expose why we've been lied to about our menstrual cycles and how the birth control pill might be sabotaging your future fertility without anyone telling you.

From revealing why missing periods during burnout isn't a "blessing" but a massive red flag to explaining how charting your cycle can prevent years of conception heartbreak, Lisa destroys the myths around female fertility and shows you how to reclaim power over your reproductive health.

Whether you're a burnt out professional whose period vanished, a woman planning to conceive in the next year who's still on the pill, or someone who thinks they can get pregnant any day of the month, this conversation will revolutionize how you understand your body and show you that fertility awareness is the ultimate form of female empowerment.

What we cover:

✔️ The menstrual cycle as vital sign: why your period reveals more than blood pressure

✔️ Burnout and amenorrhea: when your body stops menstruating under stress

✔️ The pill rebound reality: why it takes 9 to 12 cycles for your body to normalize

✔️ Time to pregnancy truth bomb: 4 months with condoms vs 8 months post pill

✔️ Charting mastery: tracking temperature, cervical fluid, and ovulation windows

✔️ Timing vs frequency debate: why once during peak fertility beats daily sex

✔️ The 25% conception reality: why healthy couples take 4 cycles on average

✔️ Male fertility matters: sperm quality and the hidden liver connection

✔️ Organ meat revelation: nature's multivitamin for egg and sperm health

✔️ Vitamin A breakthrough: the on off switch for sperm production

✔️ Preconception nutrition: why both partners need to eat for fertility

Lisa doesn't just teach cycle tracking. She proves that with proper fertility awareness and ancestral nutrition wisdom, women can take control of their reproductive timeline while understanding what their bodies are actually telling them every single month.

Timestamps:

04:24 – The burnout period loss: why missing menstruation isn't convenient

10:22 – Birth control rebound: the 9 to 12 cycle normalization timeline

18:05 – Time to pregnancy: 4 months with condoms vs 8 months post pill

26:10 – Charting basics: understanding your fertile window and peak fertility

39:47 – Period tracker apps vs real charting: why apps get ovulation wrong

44:30 – Timing vs frequency: the research on sex every day vs targeted approach

56:26 – Male fertility truth: why his sperm matters just as much as your eggs

59:38 – Organ meat magic: liver as nature's fertility multivitamin

01:01:04 – Vitamin A revelation: the nutrient that controls sperm production

Resources:

• Real Food for Fertility book: https://realfoodforfertility.com/ (first chapter free)

• Fertility Friday Podcast - https://www.fertilityfriday.com/category/fertility-friday-podcast/ 

• The Fifth Vital Sign book by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack - https://thefifthvitalsignbook.com/ 

• Egg Quality resource for practitioners: https://fertilityfriday.com/eggquality

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