Tips for Hormone Balancing Postpartum

Hormones serve as chemical messengers that enable your body to function normally. They play essential roles in different aspects of bodily functions; for example, development and growth, repair and regeneration, digestion, and metabolism. Thus, hormonal abnormalities or imbalances can cause your body to dysfunction in many areas.

After childbirth, the pituitary gland in the brain naturally secretes the hormone prolactin, responsible for promoting breast milk production and causing the breasts to enlarge in preparation for breastfeeding the newborn. This hormone also enhances a mothers feelings of affection toward her baby. At the same time, while mothers are breastfeeding there is no ovulation, which leads to lower estrogen levels. This results in thinner vaginal walls and vaginal dryness, thus intercourse can become painful and sexual activity less pleasurable. When this situation occurs, it is highly recommended that couples engage in open discussion and communication concerning postpartum hormonal changes to prevent attendant problems in the relationship.

Most people have probably heard the term “baby blues” or postpartum depression. This is caused by hormonal changes. During pregnancy, the levels of female sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone in particular are, are relatively high, but the level of these two hormones drops almost immediately after delivery. Those who are sensitive or have had negative life experiences can therefore be easily triggered by such changes. Friends and family can spot these psychological states by observing low mood, absence of joy, along with feelings of sadness and loneliness. The duration of baby blues symptoms can vary from mother to mother. It might last a week or even a month. In most cases, mothers who experience these symptoms will gradually feel better within six weeks. However, individuals with severe symptoms may require special care from a health professional.

Personalized Wellness Programs for Postpartum Hormone Balancing

Hormone Wellness Screening
Hormonal imbalances can occur at any age, especially among women during the postpartum period, and cause dysfunctions and negative symptoms throughout your entire body, such as unexplained weight gain, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, decreased sex drive, changes in the skin, dry skin, wrinkling, mood swings, anxiety, hot flashes, sleep difficulties, loss of bone mass, memory loss, and cognitive decline.

Anti-aging medicine works on the principle that a bodys ability to sustain its hormonal balance can contribute to slowing down the progression of disease in the future, since each hormone has a different role in regulating various bodily functions. VitalLife offers a number of distinct hormone screening programs, including thyroid hormones which regulate metabolic activity, sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, LH, and FSH), stress hormones (cortisol hormone), key hormones in slowing the aging process (growth hormone), and insulin hormone. Once the results have been ascertained, the doctor will help you in determining and customizing an approach to balancing your hormone levels. This may include modifications in lifestyle and diet, or bioidentical hormone replacement therapy in some cases if necessary.

 

Micronutrient Wellness Screening
Vitamins, minerals, and nutrients are essential for the body to function normally. Certain vitamin deficiencies may lead to physical conditions, skin problems, and sometimes premature wrinkles.
During the postpartum period, many mothers often suffer from deficiencies in vitamins and minerals. Micronutrient screening enables the determination of which vitamins or minerals are in a state of insufficiency, followed by modifications in diet to ensure adequate amounts of vitamin and mineral intake. Its also useful for choosing personalized nutrients to supplement any deficiencies.


Toxic Wellness Screening
Nowadays, our everyday life constantly puts everyone at risk of being exposed to heavy metal toxicity. Toxic contamination is everywhere in your daily life, from home to workplace. Heavy metals can be found in the food that you consume, cosmetics, toxic fumes and pollutants, or even in certain dental filling materials.

There are five major heavy metals commonly found in everyday life: mercury, lead, aluminum, arsenic, and cadmium, all of which, in regard to anti-aging medicine, should be completely absent from the human body because these heavy metals can produce adverse effects in multiple organ systems.

Those who are suspected of suffering from heavy metal poisoning exhibit these symptoms: frequent unexplained headaches, physical aches and pains, fatigue, getting exhausted easily, feelings of numbness or tingling in the limbs, frequent cramps, as well as allergic rashes or hives. Long-term accumulation of heavy metals can increase the risk of developing heart disease, Alzheimer's, and cancer.

Toxic heavy metal screening helps minimize the risks of developing serious health problems along the road, and paves the way to achieving holistic wellness.