AMA with Kate Muir about her book: Everything You Need To Know About The Pill (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) - Thursday 9th May 6pm

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Hello,

We're excited to announce that Kate Muir, the author of ‘Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (But Were Too Afraid to Ask),’ will be joining us for an Ask Me Anything on Thursday evening to mark the release of her new book.

Kate is a women’s health campaigner, writer and filmmaker. Over the past four years, her campaigning work has created profound change in women’s health in the UK, bringing the menopause conversation to a massive audience. As well as writing the book Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (2022), she pitched and produced two ground-breaking menopause documentaries for Channel 4.

Last year, Kate produced Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution, and her new book delves deeper into the subject. It's an eye-opening, practical guide to understanding the pill and other contraception, which offers answers to the questions hidden behind bad science and centuries of patriarchy. Kate equips readers with knowledge of the latest science on contraception and advances in reproductive healthcare, amplifies the voices of women who have struggled to get the help they need, and exposes the sloppy science and hysterical headlines that have had a negative impact on women’s health for the last twenty years.

You can join Kate live from 6pm this evening, or post your questions below in advance for her to answer.

Thanks,
MNHQ

That sounds really tough @mt9m . I talked to hormone expert Dr Louise Newson recently about how a young patient with severe migraines at the end of every month was helped by having a hormonal coil (for contraception) and topping up with transdermal estrogen gel (that we also use for HRT) in the last few days of the month to avoid fluctuations. Helped with the migraines. In terms of holistic/ naturopathic research around PCOS, Dr Lara Briden's posts/website are worth looking at too. Hope it all goes well for you!

Thanks for all your questions. You can follow me on Instagram on pillscandal or menoscandal for more...

@KateMuir is this AMA still open? I just found it and have a couple of questions