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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

New! The Mama Pathway

Reclaim Empowered Birth & Motherhood

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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Your Whole Health Journey Starts Here: Articles & Podcast

 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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reimagining postpartum

Reclaiming Postpartum: A New (Old) Model of Mama + Baby Care

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Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADS): The Hidden Motherhood Struggle

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HEY ALL! TRY THIS SQUAT CHALLENGE WITH ME AND DM M HEY ALL! TRY THIS SQUAT CHALLENGE WITH ME AND DM ME YOUR PIX AND VIDEOS...#thesquatchallenge⁠
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Let's do this!  A 10-year study of women in midlife found that greater leg strength was linked to healthier cognitive aging. Women with more 'leg power' had: ⁠
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🧠 Better memory⁠
🧠 More gray matter⁠
🧠 Less cognitive decline.⁠
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Here's the deal: Using your large muscle groups increases circulation, improves insulin sensitivity, and supports mitochondrial function—all key for metabolism, energy, and mental clarity. ⁠
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You can do 5-10 squats throughout the day - simply set your phone alarm and drop 'em like it's hot! Rinse and repeat 5 times and you're done! ⁠
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Do them anytime in your cycle, do them in perimenopause and menopause, and yes - you can do them gently while pregnant, too - just hold onto the back of a chair to mind your balance.⁠
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How I do it: 50 squats before bed each night! It's how I remember to do them and...Light strength training in the evening (including squats) has been shown to⁠
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🔻Improve sleep⁠
🔻Downshift the nervous system,⁠
🔻Support deeper rest⁠
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🏋🏼‍♀️ For more challenge and strength, use medium weights and do curls or presses while you squat! ⁠
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It’s not about hitting 50 reps on day one.⁠
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💪 It’s about consistency.⁠
💪 Start where you can. ⁠
💪 Build from there.⁠
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This is s powerful, science-backed, and completely free! ⁠
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WANT TO JOIN ME?  How many squats can you do RIGHT NOW? Yeah - that's right - give it a try right now and don't stop there! Let me know if you're joining me in the challenge - and DM me with post videos and pix of you that I can share in my stories!!!
Ever walk into a room and forget why you’re ther Ever walk into a room and forget why you’re there? Or lose your train of thought mid-sentence and wonder, “Is this normal?”⁠
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You’re not alone. For so many women in perimenopause and menopause, brain fog isn’t just frustrating—it can spark real worry: “Is this the start of dementia?”⁠
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The truth? Hormone shifts absolutely do affect memory and focus. And while it’s rarely a sign of dementia, it is a reminder to protect our brains—because dementia is more common in women, and many risk factors are preventable including stress, Inflammation, high blood pressure, and diabetes which we can change with daily habits.⁠
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One powerful tool? The MIND diet—a blend of Mediterranean and DASH diets—shown to reduce dementia risk by up to 25%. ⁠
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🧠 It includes these brain healthy foods which I encourage all women to include or rotate through daily: ⁠
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👉 Fatty fish, nuts, seeds, legumes, avocados – healthy fats are brain fuel⁠
 👉 Whole grains – steady energy for focus⁠
 👉 Leafy greens, broccoli, kale – antioxidants to slow brain aging⁠
 👉 Berries + colorful veggies – polyphenols to protect memory⁠
 👉 Green tea/matcha – L-theanine for calm focus⁠
 👉 Dark chocolate – magnesium + theobromine for mood + tension⁠
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✨Eating this way helps:⁠
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 • Reduce inflammation that damages memory⁠
 • Prevent diabetes + high blood pressure⁠
 • Keep your mind clear, focused + resilient⁠
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Brain fog might be common—but you don’t have to 'just live with it.' Every bite is a chance to future proof your brain health! ⁠
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Which of these foods are already part of your routine? Drop a 🙌🏼 if you're already taking care of your brain health - and please share your go-to brain food -- or leave a question below!
Let’s be clear: low-dose vaginal estrogen is not Let’s be clear: low-dose vaginal estrogen is not the same as systemic hormone therapy. And the current black box warning? 

It’s outdated, misleading, and doing more harm than good. because it's keeping women scared and in the dark about vaginal estrogen which can be a game changer for many women - from postpartum to menopause - struggling with painful sex or urinary issues due to low estrogen and vaginal dryness.
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This warning has:
🚫 Caused unnecessary fear for breast cancer survivors
🚫 Confused patients and providers
🚫 Delayed access to safe, effective treatment for the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)⁠
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We have decades of data supporting the safety of low-dose vaginal estrogen—even in women with a history of breast cancer, when used appropriately and under medical supervision. 

The science is clear. 
The guidelines support its use. 
The label needs to catch up.⁠

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I'm so so so tired of judging myself. Anyone with I'm so so so tired of judging myself. Anyone with me on that? ⁠
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We’ve been sold a lie—that aging is something to fix, fight, or fear.⁠
But what if we didn’t fight it?⁠
What if we honored it? What if we celebrated it?⁠
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I'm here - at 59—and owning every single one of my f*%k-its.⁠
🖕🏼F*%k it to judging my naturally aging body's changes⁠
🖕🏼F*%k to worshipping younger self⁠
🖕🏼F*%k it to erasing the lines that prove I’ve spent a lifetime living!⁠
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I’m not here to rewind the clock. I’ve earned every freckle, every wrinkle, every sun-kissed groove around my eyes., every stretch mark on my lower belly. ⁠
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This is the face of a woman who loves fiercely, has grieved deeply, has spoken up loudly and laughed long and hard, a body that has birthed my own babies and helped so many women birth theirs - and birth themselves. ⁠
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No tweaks. No filters. No apologies.⁠⁠
Because real beauty isn’t about erasing time.⁠
It’s about living it.⁠
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 So if you’re in your 40s, 50s, 60s or beyond, and feeling the pressure to “keep up”—I get it - and you're not alone. And you don’t have to buy in.⁠
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You’re allowed to choose presence over perfection.⁠
Wisdom over youth obsession.⁠
Self-trust over self-editing.⁠
And if you choose editing in any way - well  power to you -too! ⁠
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Self love is my kind of beauty.⁠
What’s yours?⁠
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👇 Drop your F%k it below.⁠
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#WiseWomanEra #UnfilteredBeauty #WomenOver50 #AgingOutLoud #RewriteTheNarrative #NoFilterNoFixing
 

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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