Vitamin B6 in Pregnancy: Dose Limits and Morning Sickness
It's 3am, you're queasy, and the same advice keeps turning up: try vitamin B6. It's on forums, in pregnancy apps and on the shelf…
16 min read Read more
The MyOva Journal
Hormonal health, explained honestly.
Plain-English, evidence-led guides to PMOS (formerly PCOS), your cycle, fertility, endometriosis, PMDD and menopause.
Written to help you understand what’s going on in your body, and to take better questions to your next GP appointment.
-
-
Adenomyosis vs Endometriosis: 7 Key Differences
Adenomyosis grows into the womb's muscle wall; endometriosis grows outside the womb. Here are the 7 key differences, how each is diagnosed in the…
15 min read Read more
-
Vitamin D and Your Hormones: What the Research Shows
Does vitamin D affect PCOS, fertility, PMS and perimenopause? Here is what the research actually shows, plus how much UK women really need and…
10 min read Read more
-
Strength Training for Hormones: Why Lifting Beats Cardio for PCOS
If your PCOS toolkit is basically "do more cardio and eat less," here is the thing nobody told you: that advice is incomplete. You're…
15 min read Read more
-
Hormonal Anxiety: Why It Happens and What Actually Helps
Your heart starts racing for no obvious reason. Your thoughts spiral at 2am over something you'd shrug off any other week. You feel fine…
16 min read Read more
-
PCOS Support Groups: Where to Find Community That Actually Gets It
You've just come out of another appointment where the doctor talked at you for seven minutes, handed you a leaflet about losing weight, and…
14 min read Read more
-
Ear Seeds and Auricular Acupuncture: Do They Actually Work?
Discover how ear seeds can help regulate the nervous system through gentle acupressure stimulation, vagus nerve support, and improved stress resilience.
15 min read Read more
-
How Common Is PCOS? The Real Numbers Explained
You've just been told you have PCOS, and somewhere between the leaflet and the ten-minute appointment, you started wondering if this is rare, or…
16 min read Read more
-
Resveratrol Benefits for Skin, Hormones and Inflammation
You've probably heard resveratrol mentioned in the same breath as red wine, "anti-ageing," and vague promises about living longer. It sounds like wellness marketing.…
15 min read Read more
-
Selenium Benefits: Thyroid, Hair, Nails and Hormones
Brittle nails that snap the second they get long. Hair coming out in the shower in clumps you didn't used to see. A thyroid…
15 min read Read more
-
CoQ10 for Fertility: Benefits and What the Research Shows
If you've spent any time in the trying to conceive corner of the internet, you've probably seen CoQ10 mentioned in the same breath as…
15 min read Read more
-
Grape Seed Extract Benefits: Skin, Hormones and Antioxidants
You've seen grape seed extract on ingredient labels for years, tucked into skincare serums and supplement bottles, and you've probably wondered if it's actually…
15 min read Read more
-
Is There Such a Thing as Mild PCOS?
Yes, "mild PCOS" is real in the sense that PCOS genuinely presents on a spectrum, but no, it isn't an official medical category, and…
15 min read Read more
