by Wendy Burke | Dec 6, 2020 | blog, fertility, Hormones, IVF support, Naturopathy, preconception care
The real story about those ranges! I was prompted to write this after seeing the second lot of fertility clients in a week who had been told the male sperm was “fine” because the measures were in range. DO YOU KNOW HOW THOSE ‘FINE’ RANGES CAME TO BE? Since 1987...
by Wendy Burke | Dec 6, 2020 | blog, fertility, Hormones, Naturopathy, Period health, the pill
I feel like I am well overdue to talk about the pill in general. I thought that rather than having a huge long blog that take forever to read, I am going to publish in two parts. Part 1 – Teenagers and the pill Part 2 – The potential side effects (complete with the...
by Wendy Burke | Oct 25, 2020 | blog, Hormones, mindful eating, Naturopathy, nutrition, Stress, Uncategorized, weight loss
Being in the moment, mindfulness, mindful practices – they have all received a bit of attention of late. We are starting to realise that our inability to focus on what we are doing at the time can contribute to a whole host of issues in relation to our mental health....
by Wendy Burke | Oct 5, 2020 | blog, Endometriosis, fertility, Hormones, Naturopathy, Period health, Stress
I think its fair to say that the recent research in regard to endometriosis has helped us understand that endometriosis is not just a hormonal condition so this blog will go beyond the commonly known things. Thank god there has been tireless campaigners for research...
by Wendy Burke | Aug 13, 2020 | blog, Hormones, incontinence in women, Naturopathy, Period health, Stress, Uncategorized
Light Bladder Leakage – Is this “normal”? • 1 in 8 women leak when they laugh. • Around 50% of women will leak urine in the last few weeks of their pregnancy. Do you find yourself with wet underwear during a workout session? (And the reason is not because of...
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...
by Wendy Burke | Jun 29, 2020 | blog, Hormones, Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a holistic modality. It believes in the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit to be able to achieve good health. It focuses on the restoration of health where health has failed, the optimisation of good health and prevention of health...
by Wendy Burke | Jun 22, 2020 | blog, Hormones
Surely its good old testosterone that helps build muscle in us all? Nope – not in women. In fact, higher levels of testosterone in women have actually been associated with increased body fat (especially around the waist area), higher rates of type 2 diabetes,...
