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[gofitnesspro]

Herbal and Natural Treatments for PCOS

Treatments for PCOS: Women of childbearing age often struggle with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disease. Many ovarian cysts, menstrual irregularity, and elevated testosterone levels are all hallmarks of this condition, which has the potential to cause serious health issues. Up to 10% of women of childbearing age are affected with PCOS. PCOS has a complex genetic and environmental…

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[bogkeep]

[at the gender clinic trying to get diagnosed as a trans man] me: ... and i unironically think that fictional characters who wear leather longcoats and wide brimmed hats that are like, edgy loners and stuff are cool. i think this is pretty conclusive evidence that i'm a man

the doctor i'm talking to: mmm actually several of our patients that are currently detransitioning like leather longcoats, so this is worrisome

#THIS IS A JOKE THIS DID NOT HAPPEN #what actually happened was that i said i already have natural beard growth that i enjoy so i don't think i'm going to regret going on T #and the doctor was like MMMM ACTUALLY ALL OF OUR DETRANSITIONERS HAVE PCOS SO YOU'RE WRONG ACTUALLY. YOURE MORE LIKELY TO REGRET IT #that session in particular was so harrowing and bad hahahahahaaa #(for further context norway gender clinic does not accept non-binary people and does not offer us treatment so u gotta like #really masc or fem it up. it's so annoying) #also shoutout to trans norge podcast for interviewing some detransitioners. there was a recent episode that was just really nice #an even earlier episode interviewed someone i know from good old writing website

[digiahmer]

Top 10 Tips for Practicing Yoga While Pregnant

If you’re expecting a baby, you may be wondering how to incorporate yoga into your pregnancy. Practicing yoga during pregnancy has many benefits - it can help to reduce stress and boost energy levels, as well as improve strength and flexibility. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the top 10 tips for practicing yoga while pregnant, so you can make the most of your prenatal yoga practice.

1) Get the all-clear from your GP before you start

It's important to check with your GP or midwife before beginning any exercise routine while pregnant, especially when it comes to yoga. This is because the postures and breathing exercises that makeup yoga can have different effects depending on the individual. Having a medical professional's opinion will ensure you're engaging in safe, beneficial practices. Speak to your healthcare provider about any potential risks so you can make an informed decision about practicing yoga during pregnancy.

2) Join a class led by a qualified teacher

Attending a yoga class led by a qualified instructor is one of the best ways to practice yoga safely during pregnancy. A good instructor can show you how to modify poses and make sure that your practice is tailored to the changes happening in your body. An experienced yoga instructor will know what is safe and beneficial for pregnant women and can make adjustments to the class accordingly. Practicing with an experienced instructor will also help to keep you motivated, encouraged and supported throughout your pregnancy.

3) Listen to your body

Prenatal yoga classes are a great way to learn which poses are safe during pregnancy. While practicing yoga, be sure to pay attention to your body's cues. If a pose is causing discomfort or pain, stop immediately and adjust your position or switch to a different pose. When listening to your body, it's best to opt for gentler movements and take regular breaks. Avoid holding poses for too long, as this can increase your risk of injury. Finally, ensure that you get the all-clear from your doctor before starting any prenatal yoga classes.

4) Drink plenty of water

Staying hydrated is especially important when practicing yoga during pregnancy. Make sure to drink water before, during and after your practice to keep yourself hydrated. Avoid caffeinated drinks and sugary juices as they can contribute to dehydration. Keeping a bottle of water on hand and sipping throughout your practice can help ensure that you stay hydrated throughout your session.

5) Avoid hot yoga

When practicing yoga during pregnancy, it's important to avoid hot yoga or any class with high temperatures. Pregnant women are more sensitive to heat and can overheat quickly, which can cause problems for the baby. Instead, opt for classes in a well-ventilated space with a comfortable temperature that won't cause you to sweat too much. This will help keep you and your baby safe and comfortable while you practice.

6) Don't push yourself

If you're new to yoga, or pregnant, it's important to take things slowly and not push yourself too hard. Modify poses as necessary, and listen to your body

7) Modify poses as necessary

If a pose doesn't feel right, don't be afraid to modify it. Listen to your body and make whatever adjustments you need to in order to feel comfortable.

8) Use props

Props can be very helpful when practicing yoga during pregnancy. For example, using a yoga block can help you maintain proper alignment in certain poses.

9) Focus on your breath

Breathing is an important part of yoga, and it can be especially helpful during pregnancy. Taking deep, cleansing breaths can help you relax and focus.

10) Relax and enjoy!

Pregnancy is a time to relax and enjoy your body. Don't put too much pressure on yourself to do Advanced poses or to be perfect. Just focus on enjoying the experience and connecting with your baby.

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[diabetes-health-corner]

Can BP, Thyroid be reversed like Diabetes can?

Rising urbanization and the unhealthy diets, and sedentary lifestyles that go with it have enabled this unrecognized, rising pandemic of non-communicable chronic diseases. Take a deeper dive into these so-called “lifestyle diseases” to understand more about their causes, risk factors, and how they can be treated holistically.

Click on link to read more: https://www.freedomfromdiabetes.org/blog/post/can-bp-thyroid-etc-be-reversed-like-diabetes/2889

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[pslvtv]

Tips on how to get pregnant with PCOS quickly | గర్భం దాల్చడానికి చిట్కాలు | PSLV TV

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[activeayulife123]

How to Treat PCOD with Diet and Lifestyle - Dr. Ruchi Bhardwaj (MD - Ayurveda)

Dr. Ruchi Bhardwaj recommends some lifestyle and diet changes for permanent cure of PCOD and also suggests that a healthy diet and daily exercise is the best way to treat PCOD.

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[healthypcos]

Pcos Natural Treatment - Healthypcos

Natural treatments Pcos can help reduce your symptoms through exercise. Gentle, low-impact exercises like yoga or Pilates are recommended because they don't require large amounts of physical exertion and may be easier on your bones. Swimming and light aerobics are also recommended to keep your muscles active and support overall wellness.

#PCOS #pcos natural treatment

[gofitnesspro]

Demystifying PCOD and PCOS: Spotting the Variances

PCOD (Polycystic Ovary Disease) and PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) are related conditions, but they have some differences: Definition: PCOD: Primarily refers to the presence of multiple cysts in the ovaries along with irregular menstrual cycles and elevated androgen levels. It may or may not present with symptoms like acne, hirsutism (excessive hair growth), and weight gain. PCOS: Involves a…

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[sara2399]

Best fertility hospital in Chennai | Best fertility doctor in Chennai

Chennai Natural Treatment Clinic offers authentic, traditional ayurvedic treatment for fertility whether it is male fertility or female fertility.

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[wholefamilyproducts]

PCOS is the most common hormonal imbalance in women. It's also one of the most difficult to manage. There are many natural remedies and treatments for PCOS, and the most effective solutions typically use diet, exercise, and natural progesterone or supplements.

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[lordmushroomkat]

《The strong association of PCOS with cis womanhood, the defining of it as a disorder or syndrome, and its framing as a “women’s health issue” obscures the fact that PCOS is a natural hormonal variation, an endocrine difference that is illustrated through secondary sex characteristics. 

During my initial search for resources and community, I also learned that PCOS, given its characterization as a hormonal variance, falls under the intersex umbrella. This intersex umbrella covers a wide range of “individuals born with a hormonal, chromosomal, gonadal or genital variation which is considered outside of the male and female norms,” and PCOS meets that definition. 

This is not an attempt to sway every person who has PCOS to identify themselves as intersex—though it is an acknowledgment that we have the option and the right to do so if it rings true to us. Rather, this is to say that shifting my perspective on PCOS and viewing it through an intersex lens allowed me to better understand it as a natural human variation rather than an affliction causing my body to do the “wrong” thing. 

“I believe that someone with PCOS has every right to use the term intersex for themselves if they want, but I also understand it if they don’t,” said writer and intersex advocate Amanda Saenz.

“As an advocate and an intersex person, I opt to use a definition of intersex that is open ended and expansive,” Saenz explains. “The experiences that a term like ‘intersex’ hopes to define include differences in hormonal production and hormone reception, and the phenotypic effects these differences have on the body. To me, this is inclusive of things like PCOS.”

Discussing PCOS in this way is often met with indignation and resistance. Our society has a hard time separating gender from sex. This has resulted in a widespread misunderstanding of intersex identity as equivalent to transgender identity. Many who vehemently resist the idea of PCOS being under the intersex umbrella do so because they categorically link “female” with “woman,” and therefore misinterpret any acceptance of intersex identity as a denial of womanhood. Moreover, the stigma around and marginalization of intersex communities prevents many people from feeling comfortable with embracing it. 

“You can be intersex and cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary. The ‘opposite’ of intersex is endosex, not cisgender,” explained Eshe Kiama Zuri, founder of U.K. Mutual Aid. As a nonbinary intersex person, Zuri approaches these ideas with a clear understanding of how the bodies of intersex individuals as well as many people with PCOS interrupt binary thinking about both sex and gender. 

“The resistance to PCOS falling under the intersex umbrella is due to a white supremacist society’s desperation to cling to binary genders, which we know [have been] used as a colonial tool of control,” they offer. 

The same medical and surgical interventions that legislators seek to ban trans and nonbinary people from accessing—which would be gender-affirming, life-saving care for them—are often forced on intersex infants and children who are unable to consent. This is done in efforts to align intersex bodies with social expectations of female and male, man and woman; the same logic undergirds the societal and medical pressure to “feminize” the female-assigned bodies of PCOS patients. 

PCOS is “shockingly common [and] the most frequently occurring hormone-related disorder.” However, according to Medical News Today, “up to 75% of [people] with PCOS do not receive a diagnosis for their condition.” If we were to understand and accept something like PCOS as intersex, considering how “shockingly common” it is, the dominant idea of binary sex, with intersex being thought of as nothing more than a fringe occurrence, would be shattered. 

“PCOS is only one of many conditions that could fall under the intersex umbrella, and care for people with PCOS would be considerably better if it wasn’t for the forced gendering and resistance to providing actual support for people with PCOS, even if it challenges society’s ideas of gender,” says Zuri. 

Combating myths built around the gender and sex binaries would create more space to understand PCOS traits as part of normal human variation, rather than inherent problems to be fixed, symptoms to be eradicated. As Zuri so beautifully put it, “When we start to accept that this is not a body behaving ‘wrong’ and it is just a body, we stop blaming and punishing people for how their bodies work and start challenging societal expectations.”》

I was fucking right!

#PCOS #Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome #polycystic ovary syndrome #Intersex #female-assigned intersex #afab intersex #polycystic ovarian syndrome

[stephaniedola]

so i've been thinking about my genderfluid/bigender identity and my upcoming appointment for gender affirming care, and something occurred to me that i felt like is worth sharing

i have PCOS. my body produces naturally high levels of testosterone. i never knew i was intersex until i was 23, but it made a lot of stuff make sense from my adolescence. the irregular periods, the deep voice, the way my body developed during puberty. when i was 18 i went on hormonal birth control, so i never had to confront this reality as an adult until i went off it.

it was amazing at first. i didn't tell anyone until i had to, because i liked what it was doing to my body. but, after 6 months of amenorrhea i started getting really bad daily ovarian cramps. at this point, i knew before they told me that i had PCOS. i had to do something, i just didn't know what.

i went back on hormonal birth control after getting my PCOS diagnosis. i never wanted to, but the gynecologist framed it as the only option for treatment. the only way to lessen those pesky "androgenizing effects" and the cramps i was getting. i was trying yet another new type, an extended cycle estrogen based pill, in a desperate attempt to lessen the pain of almost every stage of my menstrual cycle, but hormonal birth control was always a necessary evil for me.

every day since then i have gotten more and more tired and unsettled in my own body. i've always been a man, but i have never felt so uncomfortable as a woman as i have been since realizing what my body is capable of, and yet still making the choice to "feminize" myself with hormones.

then, it hit me. getting my testosterone levels sorted out to a level that makes me comfortable and not dysphoric isn't just about my identity as a trans man. it's about my identity as an intersex woman.

i want to be a woman with natural testosterone. the kind that my body produces. and that's okay!

it's complicated. all identity is. but putting a name to this feeling has really helped me, and if you're intersex/nonbinary and struggling with your feelings about hormones, i hope it helps you too

#thots et al #pcos #intersex

[nychthemeron-rants]

Inspired by @marlindotzip 's comics, I've made a Butch Chilchuck AU: Pretty much everything is the same except Chilchuck is a butch woman instead of a man.

Here are my basic headcanons for Butch Chilchuck:

Chilchuck is a he/him butch queer woman and prefers masculine language being used towards him (though he does like being called his children's mother and dislikes being called a man directly).

He is perfectly fine with people assuming he's a man professionally because it doesn't really matter to him (besides, people take him more seriously when they think he's a man, including other half-foots at the union and its easier to only fight one battle for respect than two)

That being said, he is SUPER proud of Meijack for fighting for respect as both as a half-foot and as a “fem” (by Chil's standard) woman in the same field.

Chilchuck has PCOS which is why he has facial hair as both a tall man and as a dwarf. (Though he developed it AFTER the births of his daughters) He has some facial hair and chest hair as a half-foot too, but shaves fairly regularly when possible.

His wife is trans. They were childhood friends because Chil was too masculine to get along well with the other little girls and his wife was bullied by the “other” little boys for being to feminine. Both not fitting the mold of their assigned genders, they became close friends and eventually fell in love.

Chil was a “teen” mom because he and his wife thought her hormone treatment acted as birth control. That little goof resulted in the twins and their marriage arriving before either hit adulthood.

He eventually got top surgery (or the fantasy equivalent) sometime after they had served their purpose because he thought they got in the way at work and added unnecessary weight. He finds his armor is a lot more comfortable now and he has to pack slightly less clothes as an added bonus.

Chilchuck is naturally a very masculine looking woman with a fairly deep voice. He sometimes jokes with his wife that being as butch as he is is the best possible outcome, as his body would probably make a more feminine woman very insecure.

That being said, Mei has a lot of the same traits and is confident and comfortable in her skin, and is proud to look like her mother.

He understands 100% when people assume he's a trans man, but he has done a lot of introspection on that topic (at his wife's behest as she thought he was an egg for the longest time) and he is confident in his womanhood, even if it looks different than most other women's.

He isn't uncomfortable with feminine clothing but is VERY uncomfortable with the questions and comments he gets when he wears it and generally prefers masculine clothes.

(Part 2: How this AU affects party dynamics!)

#i can see chilchuck being a very androgynous name by half-foot standards #as his first name Chil isn't really gendered #and even women have masculine second names like meiJACK and flerTOM #and due to being naturally very androgynous/ masculine even other half foots think he's a man #which he doesnt mind while at work #but gets a little annoying in his personal life #though he cant really blame them #heavily inspired by @marlindotzip's comics #like some of these are taken straight from those comics #more to come #had to add that chil is canonically a teen parent #bc i am obsessed with that fact #also love the idea of his wife being trans #their daughters would have never doubted that there is no wrong way to be a woman #while also knowing that their bodies didn't automatically mean they were women if something didn't feel right. #chilchuck dungeon meshi #chilchuck #genderswap chilchuck #gender swap chilchuck #gender bent chilchuck #genderbent chilchuck #butch chilchuck #fem! chilchuck #butch chilchuck au #chilchuck dunmeshi #dunmeshi #dunmeshi au #dungeon meshi #long post

[huecycles]

oh hey :) thanks for the kind comments and tags left under the last post!

it's so wild how body hair in art & media in general is seen as something "disgusting" or "weird", at first i thought that maybe the way i drew it made it look confusing but no way in hell you couldn't zoom in or just... think logically to know that is natural hair? some people are hairy like that! the way i draw it is more fluffy yes because i love floof and i dont give a shit tbh lol

i knew about the "issue" of jevil being fat so the body hair one threw me for a loop like wow. idk why jevil specifically gets this type of treatment, maybe other fat characters in utdr do too but i always see toriel, asgore, alphys, lancer, king, catti, sans who is a skeleton (and i really can't see him any other way, the fandom is doing a great job in keeping him chubby-like i love that) drawn with mostly correct proportions to in game/official art, yet jevil seems to get this mixed reaction. idk why i still see skinny jevil, or why some people insist his clown clothes are just "baggy". the jester is circular, look at his torso please for the love of god. sorry but i just want more fat rep as a fat person myself. i want jevil to remain short (his sprite is shorter than kris and slightly taller than spamton) and fat like he is in game!

drawing him helped me understand a lot about plus size anatomy, and honestly i couldn't be more happy about that because i'm also dealing a lot better with my body image issues and finally bringing more diversity to my art. him being hairy too is yet another thing that makes me happy as someone with pcos, and portraying him as a fat, hairy trans man as someone who is nonbinary and for months has been wanting to experiment with different pronouns/wondering how it would be like to transition is something really special. it's messy and silly but spamton and jevil are the ultimate comfort characters/ship to me, their stories and how they were written speak volumes and resonate with me a lot + headcanoning them as t4t has been beyond freeing and making me get a lot of gender euphoria/dysphoria/envy all at the same time lmfao what the fuck.

i'm honestly glad for these characters because they're what helped me articulate my recent feelings about my gender to my mother, who has grown a lot and is making an effort to understand all of this. the reaction i sometimes get from people who talk to me, come into my inbox or just pour their feelings out in the tags about how they love my portrayal of spamton and jevil's gender identity + their relationship and how important it is to them is so so cool. yeah :)

speaking of chest hair, here's how spamton looks without the shirt. the left side of his chest has a panel for his heart (a smaller version of neo's) and of course top surgery scars, a different type. he's also hairy! not that much since he's a puppet but he still has the addison floof, it's cute

#didnt mean to ramble lmao #i guess that makes up for that one post #where i said i'd talk about t4t spamvil #and i'm honestly still not done #this is more on the personal side of things tbh #i dont like sharing too much. #but it's nice to see positive things and all #esp now that im going through such a dark time in my life #ill leave the actual trans talk and how/why i believe spam & jev are transmasc for the sideblog lol #there's a lot to go on in the case of spamton of course #but also for jevil #based on my interpretations of a few of his lines #taking his personality into account as well #and his relationship with spamton #dhscdnk kinda giddy i'll leave that for later #they make me so soft #and happy #i want to wrap them up in a blanket #burrito style #what banger characters #do i even tag them here uh #yeah whatever #spamton #jevil #transgender #i like the thing tumblr gives to pride tags :) #my art #txt

[activeayulife123]

पॉलीसिस्टिक ओवरी सिंड्रोम (PCOS) का निदान होने के बाद कुछ महिलाएं आयुर्वेद पर विचार कर सकती हैं। पीसीओएस के लिए आयुर्वेदिक उपचार और इसकी प्रभावशीलता के बारे में शोध क्या कहता है, इसके बारे में अधिक जानने के लिए पढ़ना जारी रखें। - https://activeayulife.com/blog/pcos-ka-ayurvedic-or-gharelu-upay

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[ipsogender]

The Social Model of Intersex

I recently wrote up an explanation of the social model of intersex and here I'm gonna take what I wrote the other day and expand on it.

Exposition: Some Disability 101

The social model of intersex is based on the social model of disability so first we need to know that terminology:

The medical model of disability views disability as something inherently disordered, requiring treatment/cure.

In contrast, the social model of disability sees that what is disabling about a disability is how society treats disabled people. There aren’t ramps and elevators for wheelchair users. There aren’t enough people who know signed languages or Braille. Videos don't come with quality captions and audio description. Etc.

(image from here)

The Medical and Social Models of Intersex

The medical model of intersex is analogous to the medical model of disability. Being intersex is seen as disorder that needs to be cured. The terms disorder and difference of sexual development (DSD) are sometimes used by people who think of intersex this way. This is the dominant model that most people in Western society use to think about intersex, and similar to how the disability rights movement is resistant to the medical model, intersex people as a community want our medical model to lose its dominance.

The social model of intersex is similarly analogous to the social model of disability. It sees intersex variations as natural bodily variations. What sucks about being intersex is the intersexism - the stigma, discrimination, isolation, and shame that surrounds being intersex; the fetishization of intersex bodies (usually ambiguous genitals); the medical violence/trauma that comes from being coerced into gender-conforming treatments; and so on.

Authority and Gatekeeping

The two models have different epistemic implications, i.e, whose knowledge is important and valid. The medical model places (perisex) doctors and biologists as the authorities on intersex. Being intersex is a result of medical diagnosis, and doctors are the gatekeepers.

The social model places actually intersex people as authoritative, and what emerges from intersex communities is less emphasis on diagnosis and more emphasis on how your bodily variations have affected your life experiences.

And once you get people talking about life experiences and failing to meet a perinormative standard, it becomes apparent that common diagnoses like PCOS and gynecomastia are frequently associated with the same sorts of life experiences that people with diagnoses that everybody agrees are intersex.

For intersex people, having intersex be a big tent is an advantage. We suffer from isolation so terribly. Having more people in the community helps break that isolation. And having more community means more ability to mobilize against harmful practices like IGM.

Edit to add: the social/experiential aspect of being intersex is one of many reasons why intersex people react negatively to non-binary people saying they want to "transition to intersex".

The Futures We Want

For social model folks like me, the ideal future is that intersex people are accepted, respected, given considerate medical care that respects bodily autonomy, and given access to safe and inclusive community.

In contrast, medicalists think the ideal future is that there are no intersex people, because we have all been “cured”.

This is part of why so few intersex people find out their diagnosis is an intersex variation from their doctor (if they're even lucky enough to get and be told their diagnosis). This contributes to why so many intersex people don't figure out we're intersex until adulthood. Giving patients a label to help find social support and organize politically for better conditions just isn’t something in the mental toolkit of somebody who is stuck in the medical model.

Where The TERFs Come In

The medical model encourages the intersex community to stay fractured into different diagnoses, and to view us as rare anomalies.

This is why TERFS and other transphobes love the medical model of intersex. They cannot handle the idea of intersex being common. They need it to be rare so they peddle their narrative that biological sex is simple.

Even though the biology is clear that sex is really complicated and there is no clear line between male and female, and a whole bunch of middle ground, the anti-trans lobby isn't willing to listen.

To them, there is no middle ground. There is instead two separate categories - male and female - and with each categories you have a tiny subset of "disordered males" and "disordered females".

This is why we see anti-trans posters trying to sow doubt about POCS as intersex. PCOS is common. It affects primarily women. And recognizing hyperandrogenism PCOS as intersex is a direct threat to their messaging about sex and gender.

Summary

The medical model contributes to so much of the intersexism that intersex people face, notably from the anti-trans lobby and from doctors. We suffer from seen as being broken/disordered, from coercive medical interventions, and from the isolation that comes from being told you're uniquely broken. The social model allows actually intersex people to be seen as the authorities on intersex; and for us to find community, healing, and political power.

#intersex #social model of intersex #social model of disability #medicalism #pcos #hyperandrogenism #biology of sex #transphobia