One of the most common situations I see in the clinic is a woman who just came off the pill after years, sometimes a decade or more, and is waiting for her body to figure out what to do next. Sometimes the period comes back within a month. Sometimes it doesn't come back at all. And very often, it comes back the timing is unpredictable, the flow is different, there's more pain, or new symptoms have shown up that weren't there before. If this is you, know that this is not unusu

Egg quality matters for fertility. Women are born with all the egg cells they will ovulate in their lifetime, & the ovarian reserve...

Estrogen dominance is a hormonal imbalance that happens when we have too much estrogen in the body, either because we take too much in,...

Endometriosis is one of the conditions for which I feel Chinese medicine has the most to offer, partly because of how badly it gets managed in the conventional system. Unfortunately, many patients never even find out about the other tools that are accessible to them. The average time from first symptom to diagnosis is seven to ten years. Seven to ten years of being told your pain is normal, being put on the pill to manage symptoms, being dismissed, being sent home with ibupro

At taproot, we see patients trying to conceive, either naturally or through IVF and IUI every day. And I like to remind all of them, even...

BBT stands for Basal Body Temperature. It measures your oral temperature in the morning, before you start your daily routine. We use...

You know the clock is ticking, but are not quite sure if you are ready for a $20,000 IVF cycle that you are told yields less than 50%...

September is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Month with the National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association PCOS is a complex endocrine...

During peri-menopause and menopause, mental functions are usually affected by the hormonal changes, and conditions arise involving both...

Breast cancer is NOT your fault. About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 13%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime....

At taproot, we see patients trying to conceive every single day. Some naturally, some going through IUI or IVF. But the vast majority of...