Birth Control, Cycle Syncing and Tracking, FAM, and Declining Sperm Counts with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who trains women’s health practitioners to use their menstrual cycle as a vital sign in their practices. She is the founder of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship program. She is the author of three bestselling books: Real Food For Fertility (co-authored with Lily Nichols), The Fifth Vital Sign, and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why the non-hormonal IUD really isn't so benign despite some women preferring this birth control method.

• The science behind how cervical fluid is a powerful indicator of your overall health and cervical cell health

• The mechanics of how ovulation works from estrogen levels, LH and follicle ripeness

• Why the feminist movement's programming that men and women should be equal in every respect has backfired specifically as it relates to how we move through life during the different phases in our cycle and throughout the feminine cycles of our lifetime (menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause).

• Why reliance on cycle tracking apps alone as a way to plan or prevent pregnancy is not sufficient and what the best marker of fertility actually is.

• What is common vs. what is normal in regard to ovulation and our menstrual cycles

• Why sperm counts have been on the decline since the 1940s and by how much

• The specific role men play in the fertility equation and just how much agency both men and women have in regard to ameliorating their fertility outcomes through lifestyle choices

• Considerations to ponder in regard to IVF

Resources Mentioned: 

• Real Food for Fertility book

• The 5th Vital Sign book

• The Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook

• Fertility Friday podcast

• Fertility Friday website

• Wild Power book