The 3 Weeks Before Your Period Matter More Than Your Period | Kylah Smook
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Why do the three weeks before your period determine how painful your period will be?
A lot of women think if I have a painful period, what are the things that I have to do during my period to take care of myself? It's like if you're getting period pain, you've already lost the battle because how you're caring for your body in the three weeks leading up to your period is what is going to determine how good your period feels. So the biggest phase that women have issues with is the luteal phase. It's the two weeks after ovulation and before your period. And I've nicknamed it the lunatic phase. It's this time that you feel psychotic and you're crying about everything. You're pissed off at everyone and you have no energy and you just want to lay in bed all the time. It's like this opportunity where your brain is kind of handing you like, hey, here's all the crap that we've kind of swept under the rug for the last few weeks.
Like, let's look at it. Let's go through it. Let's talk about it. Food? movement, stress, sleep. If those four things are not dialed, don't do anything else. Those are the foundations.
most girls can name all of taylor swift's eras but most can't name the four phases of their menstrual cycle the result millions of women are navigating mood swings painful periods birth control fertility and hormone issues without understanding one of the most important systems in their own body the phases of your cycle why ovulation is one of the most important signs of health how to keep your luteal phase from turning into the lunatic phase What to do to support your body after getting off birth control and how women can avoid pregnancy naturally using fertility awareness. All of that is on the table today. Joining me is Kyla Smook, women's health educator, co-host of the Did We Just Say That podcast and founder of Cycle Camp Retreats.
After realizing that she knew almost nothing about her own cycle despite years on birth control, she made it her mission to help women understand their bodies instead of feeling confused by them. If you've ever felt like your hormones are running the show or wondered why nobody taught you this stuff in health class, this episode is for you. If you prefer video podcasts, you can watch this on the Real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. You can pause right now before we get started. Leave us a five-star review. Please welcome Kyla Smook to Culture Apothecary. You realized in your 20s, after years of being on birth control, that you basically knew nothing about your cycle. Now, I went through this exact same thing.
So tell us all about your epiphany.
I was put on hormonal birth control when I was 16 years old. It was the Nexplanon implant that they put in your arm. And I went on it for the reason of that's what everyone does. Like when you're 16, you go on hormonal birth control. All of my friends were on it. All my friends loved to be on it because they didn't get their period. Like who wants to get your period? It's like so pesky and annoying. And so I was at the gynecologist and they're like, yeah, so, you know, we're going to go on birth control. And I was like, OK, sounds great. I'm not going to get my period. My mother obviously didn't know if it was harmful or anything. And at that time, it's like, you know, you trust birth control. what your doctor says.
Why would you not trust your doctor? And we had asked, you know, are there side effects? Is there anything we should worry about? No, it's completely safe. You're going to get this implant in your arm. You can have it in your arm for three years. And then like, that's it. And then you'll get it replaced every three years. And like, you'll never have to worry about getting pregnant or anything like that. So I went on birth control and At the time, I think I'd had my period for maybe two years. I got my cycle a little bit late. Within a year of being on it, I lost my cycle. I, again, thought that that was great. I was never told that it's not healthy to not have a cycle. And when I would go to like my yearly checkup at the gynecologist and say, yeah, you know, I haven't had a period in a year.
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