by Wendy Burke | Aug 6, 2020 | blog, Hormones, Period health, PMS, Stress
The first time I started writing this blog I ended up writing a whole page on the stress response system and didn’t even get to how it affects your period. If your life is like my life, then you want the info about how this all works, some dot points with some...
by Wendy Burke | Jul 30, 2020 | blog, Hormones, Naturopathy, Period health, PMS
The Lowdown on PMS Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) gained lots of interest when there were some studies in the 70s and the 80s that suggested a link between females committing crimes and PMS. In both the US and in the UK PMS has been used as a defence for criminal...
by Wendy Burke | Jul 23, 2020 | blog, Endometriosis, Hormones, Naturopathy, PCOS, Period health
Firstly, I want to let you know that I am not about restrictive dieting. I am definitely a believer that there should be balance in all things and to be quite honest I find nutritional zealots a little bit disturbing. I do think that food can be used as medicine...
by Wendy Burke | Jul 1, 2020 | blog, fertility, Hormones, IVF support, Naturopathy, Period health, preconception care
As a Naturopath that specialises in women’s health, I’m often asked about the “best” tips for pregnancy and whilst every woman is individual, I have put together a list of the basics that I think that women should consider to improve fertility before they are looking...
by Wendy Burke | Jun 30, 2020 | blog, Hormones, Naturopathy, PCOS, Period health
Jess is a gorgeous 26-year-old with everything going for her, good job, lovely partner and some great friends and family around her. She came to me as she had been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and had come off the pill but still had not had a...