No Period. Now What?

Excitement of Primary Amenorrhea (HA) Recovery

(Focus on improving my overall health). Hello everyone, I’m Laura and I wanted to share my story to help inspire others. I’m 21 and had never had a period (not even from the pill or a withdrawal bleed from hormone replacement, such as the “Provera challenge” ). That was at least until just a few months ago…. On August 15th 2021, I bled for the very first time in my entire life for a few…

Period Recovery, two years in

I often refer people starting to work on period recovery to my blog posts about time to recovery. Some practitioners will tell people “1-2 years” to get periods back and that time frame seems incredibly daunting when you are just getting started. My analysis finds: a) the length of time you’ve been missing your period makes no difference it in time to get it back b) the median time to recovery…

Are you an athlete with anemia?

Please email [email protected], she is working on a new treatment for anemia and would love to speak with some biologically female athletes about their experience with anemia and treatment. All levels of athlete are welcome, from professional to student to recreational. You will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card. Thanks for considering!

Post-Recovery Reflections…

I started publishing Jess’s recovery journey a little while ago (start hereif this is new to you), because I think her reflections on what recovery has meant to her mentally encompass the best parts of what recovery can mean. NOT JUST getting your period and physical health back, but truly changing how you perceive your body, your value, and your place in the world. In her last update Jess shared…

Amy’s Period Recovery Story

I GOT MY PERIOD AFTER 7 YEARS!!!!!

I woke up as normal last Friday but feel a little bit of uncomfortable on my lower abdomen. Then, I found some blood on my underwear when I went to the toilet! So so so surprised and grateful for it. Want to share the joy and story with all of you!

My story (quite long since there are many stages during this 7 years):

I’m almost 21. I started my period…

Amelia’s Story

I can count the number of natural periods I’ve had on one hand, and I honestly thought my body was broken forever… but last night my first recovery period came after almost 10 years of HA!! I am still in disbelief!

I just wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned and things that have helped me so far. I’m recovering from HA with an eating disorder (ED) background and I’ll share my story…

Reflections on Recovery, continued…

If you’re new to this Recovery Musings series, start from the very beginning here. Jess, from my facebook support group, shared her thoughts on her recovery process with me and there were so many gems I wanted to share! This is the final piece… although maybe there will be an update a few months in the future ❤

ON HAPPINESS

The last thing I want to mention is happiness. Early on, I had…

More Reflections on Recovery…

Today we continue with more of Jess’s musings on recovery. This is after she got her firsts (Clomid induced) period, 18 months into work on recovery. If this is new to you, start reading here.

ON LEARNING TO LISTEN

There will have been people reading this far thinking: “I am different. ‘Future me’ will never be happy in a larger body. I will go through this process and I will hate every…

Ongoing Recovery…

Continuing Jess’s thoughts on recovering from her eating disorder and hypothalamic amenorrhea… part 1 here.

ON JUDGING YOURSELF

I genuinely believe that any step that gets you onto, and then further along this path is legitimate. I spent many months “not quitting” purely because I knew that there was a chance that if I went back to old behaviours, my body would stop trusting me and I would…

Getting Started on Recovery... Thoughts from Jess 18 months later.

Over the next few days I’m going to share the words of Jess, a member of my facebook group for the past year or so. I hope that you will find her story and words as inspirational and thought provoking as I do. While my book focuses a lot on getting your period back, really, the ultimate goal of recovery is to get your LIFE back, from the shallowness and narrowness that it can become when your…

Frequent Urination – A Warning Sign of Low Estrogen

I was recently speaking with Dr. Stephanie Buttermore as she thinks about her one year anniversary of being “all in”, about how we know we’re “healthy.” (And lots more, I’m looking forward to the video she’s working on!)

It’s funny how even when we think we are at peak “health” based on the metrics society puts in front of us (which tend to be how muscular we are, how low our body fat is, how…

Jessica’s Period Recovery Story

I love sharing recovery stories! There seems to be a new one just about every day in my FB support group – despite it going against so much of what you read / hear about as “healthy” in the media, properly fueling our bodies and letting them REST is often the healthiest thing you can do when your period is missing. – Nico

Jessica’s first real ovulatory period!

CELEBRATION POST!!! Today I…

One of the hard parts of working to recover from hypothalamic amenorrhea / no period / relative energy deficiency in sport / female athlete triad (take your pick LOL) for many of us is having to give up the exercise we love. It often helps to know that that part at least, is temporary. Your hypothalamus needs some extra TLC(tender loving care for my readers outside the US) to start back up again,…

Age and Period Recovery

“I’m 40+ years old – is it too late for me to recover my missing period?” “I’m 37, is it too late?” “I’m 32 and want to get pregnant is it too late?”

My general answer to this question is that if you have hypothalamic amenorrhea, and it’s not something else that’s causing your missing period, it is NEVER too early or too late to get it back. (The earlier the better, from a long term health…

Getting Your Period Back

Every day women in my FB support groupare posting about getting their first, second, third recovery period. Sometimes the journey is quick and easy – more often than not there are bumps along the way. Sometimes you can do it yourself, sometimes, a little added advice and support are needed. F and I have worked together recently and she graciously allowed me to share her story with you. If you’d…

Recovery is so much more than a period

I wanted to share this post from my FB support group(with permission, THANK YOU MB!), because it speaks so eloquently to something we talk about in No Period. Now What? (NPNW), that I’ve witnessed over and over again, and experienced in my own life. Yes, recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea is about getting back your missing period. But it’s **also** about getting back your LIFE. And about…