Nourishing Your Body and Womb: More Than Just Healthy Eating

When you think of nourishment, what is the first thought that comes to your head? Is it primarily the things that you put in your mouth that fuel your nourishment? What about the ideas or thoughts in your head? Have you ever considered the products that you put on your skin as another way of nourishing you. Lastly, what about how the external world interacts with you, would you see that as a source of nourishment as well?

These are such great and expanding questions that all have to do with how we are nourishing and caring for the womb on a daily basis.

How a Healthy Diet Was Harming My Womb Health

I recently shared in an IG post about the way that I used to nourish my womb was actually creating more harm than good for me. I was on a vegetarian diet and for me that mostly consisted of some vegetables with lots of cheese, bread and sugar.

During that same period of time, I was also experiencing a chronic bout of yeast and bacterial infections that I would treat with antibiotics and OTC creams to solve, but never once looked at how I was eating and the damage it was causing my vaginal microbiome. You can actually check out your own microbiome via this product Evvy.

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Other than just having the discomfort of the discharge, I was constantly itchy, which irritated my vulva a ton. I was in a relationship at the time where my partner had a high sex drive so not wanting to disappoint, and despite the pain I was experiencing, I would still engage in intercourse. (Yes! I know I could have said no, but I am a people pleaser) I would then be in pain for at least 30 minutes to an hour and suffered from micro tears from all of the dryness and irritation that I was succumbing my body to.

I still was unable to tie the two together and didn’t realize how much what I was putting into my body was creating harm to womb on so many levels.

The Power of Self-Talk in Womb Health

I am also a big believer that how we speak to ourselves has an impact on our bodies. Our bodies are always listening. From a very young age, I was super critical of my body, of how I looked, how skinny I wasn’t, how big my butt was and how much curviness my body exuding as I entered puberty. I did not see any of those as healthy and I struggled a lot to find acceptance with what I saw in the mirror everyday.

Even into my 20s and early 30s, the voice was constant in my head despite turning vegetarian and having a yoga practice that espoused to “do no harm”. Yet there I was, harming myself daily by the food I was eating and the internal dialogue constantly playing in my head.

Why Is It Important To Listen To Our Bodies?

I know that some diseases and conditions manifest themselves based on what has been occurring in one’s own body and despite never experiencing symptoms of fibroids, I was and still have their presence in my life and on my uterus.

I think they were there, and grew to the size of an orange, to send me a message. I think they are still present now even after having them removed, to continue to send me a message, for me to stay present, be awake to what I am exposing myself to and to ensure that I am nourishing myself in the best way that I can.