In this episode, I sat down with Rose MacKenzie, Clinical Manager at Mira, to discuss hormone tracking and why it matters from puberty through menopause. Rose has over a decade of experience as a natural family planning instructor and has helped countless women understand their hormonal patterns.

 

Key Topics:

• Why hormone tracking matters at every age

• • If you have functioning ovaries, your hormones fluctuate and impact everything about you

• The limitations of period tracking apps

• • Most apps use outdated calendar methods and only 4 out of 74 studied apps were actually accurate

• How the Mira fertility tracker works

• • An at-home hormone monitoring system that tracks estrogen, LH, progesterone, and FSH through urine testing

• My personal experience

• • At 46 and in perimenopause, I've been using Mira for two months and the data has been fascinating

• Understanding perimenopause

• • Why this phase is so confusing and how tracking can give you back control

• Failed ovulation attempts

• • What happens when your body tries to ovulate but doesn't succeed (common in perimenopause, PCOS, and postpartum)

• Timing progesterone supplementation

• • Why taking it on a set day (like day 14) might not align with YOUR body's actual ovulation

• The importance of FSH

• • Why this often-ignored hormone deserves more attention, especially 6+ years before menopause

• Who can benefit from tracking

• • From teens to postmenopausal women, including those who've had hysterectomies or ablations

Let's dive in!

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