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From your first period to your last, radically better women's health starts here, with YOU at the center.


Aviva Romm MD, Midwife

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Reclaim your innate birthing wisdom and navigate your mama  journey with confidence and support. The Mama Pathway is not your average childbirth education program – it's a robust online education experience where traditional midwifery wisdom & modern medicine meet to help you achieve the empowered birth you deserve.

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 For solutions that really, finally, let you own your health, from your first period to your last, and a nourished, root cause approached to hormonal health, fertility, pregnancy, new motherhood, and menopause, browse the AvivaHealth library of articles and podcasts to get started on your journey.

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So much of what we now call “women’s health” So much of what we now call “women’s health” has been pulled away from the wisdom of women themselves.⁠
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We’ve been taught to override our intuition. To hand over the reins of our hormones, our cycles, our transitions—menstruation, birth, perimenopause—to systems that often don’t see the full picture, let alone honor our lived experience.⁠
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But here’s the truth: there has always been a different way.⁠
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One rooted in the earth, in our kitchens, in the collective knowledge passed through generations of women who knew the power of a cup of tea, a tincture, a warm compress, or a simple flower tied into a bundle.⁠
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Herbal medicine is not alternative. ⁠
It’s original.⁠
And it’s always belonged to us.⁠
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to confidently support yourself or others with herbs—for sleep, stress, cramps, hormonal balance, hot flashes, postpartum healing, and so much more—Herbal Medicine for Women is your invitation.⁠
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This course blends traditional plant wisdom with modern clinical insight to help you use herbs safely, effectively, and with deep reverence. Whether you're a practitioner or someone beginning your herbal journey, it's a powerful place to start or grow.⁠
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✨ Join the thousands of women who are reclaiming their knowledge—and their healing. ⁠
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→ Link in bio
Cervical mucus is the fluid produced by your cervi Cervical mucus is the fluid produced by your cervix during your menstrual cycle as a result of hormonal shifts. It’s quite amazing!

The changes are very predictable in healthy cycles, enough so that cervical mucus can be a reliable indicator of the fertile window and a guide to the best times for conception - or pregnancy prevention - depending on your goals.⁠

Here’s how it works around ovulation:

💧During the mid-follicular phase you’ll begin to notice that your mucus is thicker, creamy, whitish, yellowish, and not stretchy.
💧As your body ramps up estrogen production before ovulation, the cervix produces more mucus to create a hospitable environment for sperm.
💧Toward the end of this phase, it becomes thinner, may be a little cloudy, and you might feel “damp.”
💧During & right after ovulation, your cervix produces abundant, clear, slippery, wet, stretchy, elastic cervical secretions like egg whites - it can be stretched between your fingers. This is peak fertile mucus & signals the best time for conception.
💧Within just a few days, under the influence of progesterone, the mucus becomes scanter and closer to your period may be pastier, ‘tacky,’ and you may feel noticeably drier signaling a lower fertility phase.
💧As your period approaches, your discharge may become more paste-like and become drier (and less hospitable for conception).

There are a few ways to check your cervical mucus:

1️⃣: Check out the color and texture of the discharge on your underwear each day.⁠
2️⃣: Wipe with white toilet paper before you go pee. Look at the color and feel of the mucus with your fingers.⁠
3️⃣: Insert a clean index finger just inside your vaginal opening then look at the color and notice the texture of mucus between your index finger and thumb.⁠

Getting in touch with your cycle is not just amazing for getting or avoiding pregnancy, but it also allows you to tap into this powerful marker of your hormonal health. ⁠At the link in bio you can download a free chart for doing this!⁠ + my book Hormone Intelligence helps you take it all next level!

Have you tracked your cervical mucus? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below!⁠

Photo credit: Groove Period Tracker
You’ve probably seen curb walking trending on so You’ve probably seen curb walking trending on social media as a way to “kickstart” labor.⁠
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 But is it actually effective—or just another internet myth?⁠
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The idea behind it: walking with one foot on the curb and one on the street creates pelvic asymmetry, encouraging baby to descend and potentially trigger labor.⁠
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But here’s the truth:⁠
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 👉 There’s no clinical evidence that curb walking induces labor.⁠
 👉 No strong anecdotal data, either.⁠
 👉 And it can increase the risk of falls—a real concern in late pregnancy when balance is already challenged.⁠
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That said, walking in general during the third trimester is well-supported by research.⁠
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A randomized clinical trial found that walking regularly in late pregnancy:⁠
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 ✅ Improved Bishop scores (meaning better cervical readiness)⁠
 ✅ Increased spontaneous labor onset⁠
 ✅ Lowered rates of induction, cesarean, and instrumental delivery⁠
 ✅ Had no negative impact on Apgar scores⁠
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8395880/⁠
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If you’re looking for a safer, more effective alternative to support baby’s descent and pelvic opening?⁠
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 Try gentle lunges—ideally with support from a wall, railing, or partner. They mimic the pelvic movement curb walking aims for, without the instability.⁠
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✨ In my Mama Pathway course, I share all the evidence-based tools I teach midwifery and medical clients to feel strong, informed, and grounded going into labor—without gimmicks or guesswork.⁠
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✨ Comment READY and I’ll DM you the link to learn more about safer, science-backed ways to support your labor naturally.⁠
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🧠 What other pregnancy or labor trends have you heard about that you’d like me to break down? Drop them below—let’s unpack the facts together.
My favorite fashion statement—finally getting th My favorite fashion statement—finally getting the press it deserves. ⁠
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What's your favorite way to wear baby or your best baby wearing story?⁠
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via @newyorkermag
 

About Dr. Aviva

Welcome! From periods and birth control, to all things becoming a mama, to your red hot menopause journey – you'll find the ‘no BS' answers you're looking for – rooted in traditional wisdom, supported by the best of conventional medicine, backed by science – and  served up for you with a whole lot of love and zero judgment -ever. 

I'm Dr Aviva, a Yale trained MD and Board Certified Family Physician, Midwife, Herbalist, NYT Best Selling Author, Teacher, and Mama. Please accept this invitation to awaken wild health, reimagine your body, reclaim your hormones and cycles, and to be your most powerful YOU in every stage, at any age. 

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