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The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility

Written by: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
Narrated by: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
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Publisher's Summary

Menstruation isn't just about having babies.

Your menstrual cycle is a vital sign, just like your pulse, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure. And it provides you with essential information about your health.The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility brings together over 1,000 meticulously researched scientific references in a textbook-quality guide to understanding your menstrual cycle.

In this book you’ll learn:

  • What a normal cycle looks like;
  • The best way to chart your cycle and increase your fertility awareness;
  • How best to manage critical aspects of your health, including better sleep, exercise, and a healthier diet;
  • Natural methods for managing period pain and PMS;
  • How to successfully avoid pregnancy without the pill; and
  • How to plan ahead if you do want to get pregnant.

The Fifth Vital Sign aims to better connect women with their menstrual cycles, to break the myth that ovulation is only important when you're ready to have a baby.

Listen to The Fifth Vital Sign to better understand your health and fertility. Whether children are a part of your future plans or not, your health matters. Start learning more now, and take control of your health.

About the author

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner. She teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and overall health monitoring. In her work, Lisa draws heavily from the current scientific literature and presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Fertility Friday Publishing Inc. (P)2019 Fertility Friday Publishing Inc.

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Must read!

Lisa is so incredibly knowledgeable about everything from periods to nutrition and traditional diets. Her recommendations fall in line with the Weston A Price way of eating. One of the best books I’ve come across.

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incredible book every person should read

Loved it! thank you Lisa for this amazing book. learned so much and grateful for your work.

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Incredible must read

Critical information for all women and parents to girls. Enjoyed the narration and sincerity of this great author.

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Great book

This is a great resource. I learned so much from listening to this book. I also purchased the actual book because I feel that it’s a resource I will turn to many times

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Incredible source for women

I really like the ease of her explanations and her style of educating women on such an important topic. Women should know this information, too bad that it's not commonly taught in school or anywhere else.

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Informative

As a train medical profession I would agree that fertility awareness is not taught in medicine. A paradigm shift is required to empower our young women with fertility awareness knowledge and as a society embrace female fertility, instead of trying to suppress it. I chose this book because the author referred to research based evidence and actually provided references. The content made me reflect on my own thoughts, values, experience, and knowledge regarding female fertility.

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I recommend this to everyone I know!

Amazzzzing. If you have a cycle or know someone who dies, you need to read this book. It should be mandatory education!

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Awesome and informative book.

I'm so glad I came across this book. I believe this book is an invaluable resource for women and health practitioners.

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Amazing!!

This book is so packed full of holistic ways to heal your cycles and understand your body. As a nurse myself, I found myself stunned in the information that this book has to offer. A go to for people TTC and getting more familiar with their bodies! I cannot recommend this book enough!

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Mind = BLOWN

This book blew my mind! So much knowledge packed in here and lots of actual back up which I love. Opened my eyes to so much.

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