Root Cause Solutions for Period Pain
Period pain may be common, but it certainly is not normal.
Ally Guppy (IMH-C), Founder of Your Settled Space, spent over a year suffering from debilitating period pain that landed her in hospital every single month. And the words she heard at the end of each appointment? “It’s normal for women to experience pain with their periods. All you can do is take the birth control pill, or take pain relief”.
But something (we call it common sense) was telling her that the pain was in fact not normal.
After hearing the same conclusion from healthcare professionals over and over again, and with no person, scan, or test being able to show the cause of her pain, Ally decided it was time to take matters into her own hands.
The most important question you can ask: “why?”
Ally didn’t want a band-aid solution for her period pain; she wanted to know why she had it in the first place. And that one-word question became the driving force behind what would soon become her career.
Following months of exploratory research, she made the decision to get the copper intrauterine device (IUD) removed. Most findings pointed towards that as being the root cause of her pain, despite the timeline of her coil insertion and onset of period pain not matching up at all; in fact, the pain only began 3 years into having the copper coil in place!
No words could explain the freedom Ally felt when the period following her IUD removal arrived with no pain.
No curling up in a ball on the floor, no tears, no hospital trip. Completely pain-free.
This was all the motivation she needed to change course in life and shift her focus onto ensuring that no woman is left to find their own solutions for menstrual health problems, and no woman is left asking “why?” without a valid explanation.
In 2023, Ally went to study Women’s Hormone Health at The Institute for Menstrual Health, where she was taught by doctors, nutritionists, renowned health coaches and fertility specialists alike.
She graduated in 2024 as a Certified Women’s Health Practitioner, achieving 100% in every exam.
Since then, Ally has helped women with a variety of hormone health challenges, including:
Period pain
Endometriosis
Hormonal acne
Menstrual migraines
Navigating perimenopause
Irregular cycles and missing periods
Difficulty sleeping, and difficulty waking up in the morning
PCOS
Coming off birth control but wanting to avoid pregnancy
…and much more!
Make avoidable period pain a thing of the past
Ally is a source of knowledge, accountability, and crucial menstrual education, often in between clients’ doctor’s appointments. While doctors play the vital role of diagnosing conditions, running tests and scans and prescribing medication, Ally helps her clients understand what’s going on with their hormones, and make the lifestyle and dietary changes that target the root cause of their problem.
The mission: make avoidable period pain a thing of the past, for all women, everywhere.
This can only come from widely accessible education on menstrual health, ongoing funding for research into women’s health, and awareness of how diet and lifestyle impacts our hormones. And this is where Your Settled Space’s work begins.
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