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#35 | Why Your Period Isn’t Returning: The Science of Anovulatory Cycles

The Discerning Mother

After pregnancy or miscarriage, many women wonder why their periods haven’t returned. Is something wrong? Why does ovulation seem delayed? In this episode, Brigid breaks down the science behind anovulatory cycles, hormonal recovery, and the modern challenges our metabolism and nutrition pose to reproductive health. You’ll learn: Why missing periods is often a natural, protective response. How hormonal shifts, including estrogen, progesterone, prolactin, and cortisol, impact ovulation. What anovulatory cycles really mean and why they matter for fertility. How modern diets, inflammation, and metabolic stress can delay cycle recovery. Practical steps to support your body and restore ovulation naturally. Whether you’re postpartum, recovering from miscarriage, or just curious about your cycle, this episode is packed with actionable, science-backed insights to help you reclaim control over your reproductive health. Connect with Brigid www.loretowellness.com Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for Catholic women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here Take the FREE Quiz: What’s Your Birth Redemption Path? → [Link] Instagram: @brigidtebaldi

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Business • Entrepreneurship
Health & Fitness
Religion & Spirituality • Christianity

About Podcast

Welcome to The Discerning Mother, the podcast where building a thriving business and becoming a whole woman are not two different goals. Most wellness podcasts will tell you to regulate your nervous system. Most business podcasts will tell you to try another strategy.


This one will tell you why those won't work.


This is where faith, health, and business strategy collide.


Each week we talk about:



  • How your nervous system is either building your business or quietly sabotaging it

  • Why rewiring your nervous system and identity unlocks what regulation never could

  • Real strategy for scaling without burning the woman behind the brand

  • What Catholic/Christian theology has to say about money, ambition, and becoming

  • How to have more without doing more

  • Doing it all while being a present, joyful, peaceful mother & 6 or 7 figure business owner


This is not hustle culture with a rosary or prayers on top. This is the real work; the kind that changes what you are capable of in your business, your body, your marriage, and your motherhood (& by default, the world! Right, St. Mother Teresa?!).


Whether you are listening as you prep for a client call or folding laundry, it's time for you to dive in!