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Emily’s Life after Endometriosis & PCOS

Wren Lloyd

Published on: 10/04/2025

Emily started her period age 9. She bled so heavily she would flood, which led to shame in school & in front of her father. She had terrible pain and developed endometrial adhesions in ovaries, fallopian tubes, bowel and abdominal cavity, and cysts in both ovaries.

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Modern Life, Stress & The Benefits of Nose Breathing for Stress Relief

Wren Lloyd

Published on: 09/03/2025

One key concept related to stress is pregnenolone steal, where the body diverts pregnenolone, a precursor hormone, to producing cortisol instead of producing adequate levels of other essential hormones that regulate fertility, thyroid function, sexual desire, the ability to sleep at night without getting up to pee repeatedly, etc.

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