Taking Charge of Your Wellness With a Women's Health Specialist

The role of specialized hormonal care for fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum, with Wisdom Medicine

Written by: Frankie Leigh Shelton, MHA & Clinical Nutritionist, Co-Founder of Wisdom Medicine
Posted: July 19, 2024

Let’s face it. Even though women make 80% of the healthcare decisions in the US, they repeatedly get the worst access to sex-specific care.

Care that is based on their physiology, backed by good research and even better science. The complexity of women’s hormonal changes, levels, balancings have been a head scratcher for so long that it has been easiest to treat us as little men, removed from research due to instability and dismissed for confusing symptoms. Even though hormones influence how we think, feel and show up in the world, there is often no charting or recording of the hormonal timeline in our health records unless there is a diagnosis code associated. When there isn’t, precious early warning signs are ignored for not being severe or significant enough. 
 

Unfortunately, our hormonal timeline doesn’t always check enough boxes to squarely diagnose for an average of 5-7 years and sometimes longer.

So what happens in the time in between? What happens to all of the symptoms that seem to ebb and flow with our cycle health, yet there seems to be no category or specialist to turn to that can tie it all together. Even the gynecologist who is supposed to be the oathkeeper of all things woman, seems to have clearly defined lines that they play inside of. The gaps in providers and medical training are vast which is exactly why Wisdom Medicine exists.
 

At Wisdom Medicine, our providers support every stage of a woman’s hormonal journey from puberty to menopause and beyond.

 
The fertility journey is one of the most significant and for some a very challenging part of a woman’s hormonal timeline. We help women achieve fertility by optimizing their health and in turn the health of their pregnancy. There are 3 key areas that can cause disruption in fertility that can be easily addressed by a women’s health specialist with the right training. This is why we match each member at Wisdom Medicine with a naturopathic physician and nutritionist. The areas that we focus on are digestive health, hormonal health and, the key to both, glucose management. 
 

After pregnancy, women’s hormones experience major fluctuations and this is not just reproductive hormones.

Hormones are your body’s electricity. They all work together to create our feeling of health. Thyroid and adrenal hormones can be greatly affected by pregnancy and often these are the centers of the body that remain overlooked. In many urban areas, integrative doctors are found more easily but women need access to better care, everywhere.
 
What could be an ongoing hormonal imbalance can be dismissed as normal fatigue, sleeplessness, weight gain and brain fog. But what if women could get consistent, specialized care for their postpartum journey. What if that became the norm? What if every new mother was given the gift of a women’s health specialist that listened, took her concerns seriously and got her the support she needed to feel amazing in those first, already challenging, years after birth.
 

The benefit of having women’s health specialists on your care team is that you don’t have to run the show.

Imagine that. So many women feel like they have to be their own best advocate or worst yet spend precious time begging for different testing because they know “normal labs” don’t mean they feel like they want to. Wisdom providers believe you and believe that you deserve the health you seek. Instead of having to be the driver and coordinator of every decision, your care can become the focus of thoughtful treatment protocols, consistent virtual visits and advanced lab testing that uncovers the root cause of the signs and symptoms that are rising to the surface.
 
The Wisdom Care Program matches each member with a personalized care team to walk with them through their journey. Through ten visits, over the course of 8-12 months, women are able to find relief, correction and optimization of their nagging symptoms or conditions. This type of care is like doing a deep clean of the hidden stressors of the body. Stressors like pathogens, glucose instability, cortisol dysregulation and so many more are uncovered and dealt with so that every member can increase their bandwidth to feel great.
 

Getting matched with a personalized Wisdom team is easy, convenient and to the point just like the care you will receive.

We serve most states and all sessions are virtual. This is truly healthcare designed for women, by women, fitting into your busy schedule. This is healthcare that asks different questions and gets different answers. Members enjoy 30-60 minute sessions, giving them the opportunity to actually form a relationship with their providers over the course of 10 sessions. There are no long waitlists and we prioritize same-week or next-week initial sessions whenever possible to get relief sooner. Sessions are thorough and expose many layers through education, inquiry and health history review. At Wisdom, a woman’s story is gold. Full of so many of the puzzle pieces needed to craft a personalized plan for the future. It is our goal to increase body literacy through thoughtful sessions that have the time to unpack what is really important to each member. Insurance is not billed directly but HSAs/FSAs are accepted. 
 

Why put a women's health specialist onto your baby registry?

Like we've said before, we want women to be able to take their health and well-being into their own hands and make it as accessible as possible. Putting our services (or your own locally based women's health and hormone specialist) onto your registry means you're prioritizing your wellness and offering a way for your loved ones to support you in your journey to feeling better than ever during pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

To learn more about Frankie and Wisdom Medicine:

To see their BeHerVillage service listing or put them on your registry, click here
Find them online: wisdommedicine.com
Connect with them via Instagram
 
 

 

 


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Category: BeHerVillage Registry Guide , Postpartum Planning , Getting Ready For Your Baby
Tags: maternal health , fertility journey , healthy pregnancy , women's health

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