Welcome to Roots of Reproduction

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Reclaim Your Cycle, Reconnect With Your Body.

If you've ever wondered why menstrual health can feel so complicated- or why your period seems like a thing to push through rather than understand- you're not alone.

For far too long, conversations about periods and menstrual health have been shaped by stigma, shame, or silence.

Here, at Roots of Reproduction, we’re rewriting that narrative! We want you to have tools to listen to your body, advocate for your health, and embrace your cycle as a key part of your whole self.

Your periods don't have to be a burden—your menstrual cycle is an intricate, vital part of your health, and it holds powerful insights about your body.

This is your space to finally understand what your cycle has been telling you all along. Whether you’re navigating painful periods, irregular cycles, or just trying to untangle the frustrations of hormonal health- you’re in the right place!

Together, we’ll spark a deeper connection with your body through education, support, and practical tools that actually work.

Thank you for being here—let’s start this journey together!

STEP 1

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What You'll Find Here

Empowering Education: We break down the science of your cycle into relatable, everyday terms. And provide tools to build body literacy and reclaim autonomy over your menstrual health.

Practical, Phase-Specific Self-Care: Your body’s needs change throughout the month, and so should your self-care. Learn how to adjust your nutrition, movement, and routines in ways that bring ease and balance to every phase of your cycle.

A Holistic Approach to Menstrual Health: From understanding how menstrual irregularities like bloating or mood swings are linked to gut and liver health, we focus on how menstrual health is never isolated—it’s part of your whole-body wellness.

Inclusive Health Information: Our content is designed for everyone, no matter your age, background, or life stage. Here we believe that fertility awareness is for every body.

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Your Symptoms Are Telling a Story.

Painful cramps, heavy periods, irregular cycles, or emotional shifts aren’t just things you’re supposed to “push through.” These are all examples of your body’s way of communicating what it needs.

  • Decode those signals so you can understand what’s happening underneath.
  • Learn how your cycle connects to systems like digestion, stress, and hormonal balance.
  • Discover realistic, actionable steps that will make a difference for you.

STEP 3

Your Cycle Is a Guide—Let’s break it down

We believe your cycle isn’t something to fight and your body isn't against you—rather it's attempting to tell you it's needs. By meeting your body where it’s at, with compassion and curiosity, you gain tools to care for yourself in a way that feels informed and aligned.

Take a look around. It’s time to reconnect with your body!

Key Terms Used On This Site

  • Body Literacy: The wisdom that comes from apprenticing ourselves to the nature of being human and living in a body.
  • Puberty: The process of physical maturation where an adolescent reaches sexual maturity and becomes capable of reproduction; on average begins in females from ages 8 and 13 and in males from 9 and 14 (NIH).
  • Menstrual Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in relation to the menstrual cycle (NIH).
  • Reproductive Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its function and processes (World Health Org).
  • Sexual Health: Requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships with the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence (World Health Org).
  • Reproductive Justice: The human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities (Sister Song).
  • Fertility Awareness: Body Literacy specific to the sexual and reproductive system. A lifestyle and body of knowledge that revolves around awareness of our hormonal cycle, fertility and sexuality.
  • Cycle Charting: The daily practice of observing and recording our fertility bio-markers, including the first day and duration of period, the total length of our menstrual cycle and any menstrual symptoms.
  • Fertility Awareness Method: A daily cycle charting practice that involves observation of fertility bio-markers and other signs of health.
  • Fertility Awareness Based Methods: An umbrella term encompassing all variations of cycle charting practices available.
  • Natural Family Planning: A term generally associated with religious variations of cycle tracking practices.
  • Sympto-Thermal Method: An FABM based on daily observations of our cervical fluid and basal body temperature.

*Please note some of these terms are defined by Sarah Bly of The Well School of Body Literacy. You can read her definitions here.*

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