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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 rmama  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.

Prenatal Vitamins: Do You Need One and How to Choose

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PMADS

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

Jessica Zucker

Normalize It: From Miscarriage to Midlife—Owning Our Stories Without Shame with Jessica Zucker

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Breastfeeding Challenges, Tongue Tie, & Trusting Your Instincts

nocebo effect and placebo effect

Have You Been Medically Hexed? The Power of Words to Heal and to Harm

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Have you heard of inflammaging? It’s not just a Have you heard of inflammaging? It’s not just a wellness buzzword—it’s a real, measurable process that plays a major role in how we age, how our hormones behave, and how we feel in perimenopause and beyond. It’s shaped by chronic stress, processed food, gut disruption, and environmental exposures—and it often goes unnoticed until symptoms speak up.

Fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, hormonal shifts, skin changes, even mood swings—these can all be signs. But the empowering truth? Inflammaging is preventable.  

I talk more about this in my book, Hormone Intelligence
And yes, it’s reversible.

Start by reducing sugar, alcohol, and ultra-processed foods. Keep your blood sugar steady. Eat lots of veggies. Hydrate. Support your gut with fiber and fermented foods. Prioritize phytonutrients and omega-3s. Reduce endocrine disruptors. Get gentle movement. Breathe deeply. Rest more.
Want to go deeper? These labs can offer proven, valuable insights:

✔ Hemoglobin A1c
✔ Lipid panel
✔ TSH
✔ B12 or MMA
✔ hsCRP + Homocysteine
 
I know this can all be overwhelming, but that’s why I’m here! Outside of being an MD specializing in women’s health, midwife & herbalist of 40 years... I’m also a wife, mother, and WOMAN going through menopause, too. So, believe me, I GET IT. I DO THESE THINGS. AND I GET THESE LABS DONE! ☺️

What are your biggest questions or myths you’d love to see busted about inflammation and hormones? Which labs have given you surprising insights? I’d love to know. 

Share any questions you have ⤵️ and I’ll meet you in the comments

#inflammation #hormonalimbalance #bloodwork #perimenopausehealth
We’ve been taught that postpartum ends at six we We’ve been taught that postpartum ends at six weeks—that we should be “back to normal,” bouncing back like nothing happened.
But after more than 40 years as a midwife, I can tell you:
Postpartum is forever.

Not in a scary way—in a beautifully human way.
Because birth doesn’t just pass through us.
It reshapes us—body, heart, mind, and spirit.
Once a mama, always a mama.

And that idea of “bouncing back”?
Let’s retire it.
Healing unfolds slowly. Hormones recalibrate. Sleep gradually returns.
And the fog begins to lift. That can take a year or two—sometimes longer.

You’re not failing.
You’re learning. Becoming.

Postpartum depression can show up anytime in those first couple of years. That tells us something, doesn’t it?
Because postpartum isn’t just about the baby.
It’s about you—
Finding your rhythm in a body that feels unfamiliar...
Navigating waves of emotion…
Meeting a version of yourself you’ve never known before.

Decades ago, I started using the term Fourth Trimester to describe the early months after birth—a sacred time that deserves reverence, rest, and real support.
But even that’s not the whole story.
Because the truth is:
There’s no finish line.
You are always postpartum.

Not broken. Not behind. Just in process.

✨ In today’s podcast episode, in honor of Maternal Mental Health month I talk about postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety with @themotherhoodcenter —so that you and any mamas you know, can be more gentle with yourself and find help when it’s needed.

📖 Comment “Podcast” below and I’ll send you the link to listen.
—Dr. Aviva 💛

#maternal #postpartum #birthstory
How dare you have thoughts, feelings, opinions and How dare you have thoughts, feelings, opinions and not be afraid to share them! 🙄

The medical model has a lot of terms I dislike. Historically these have included phrases like “incompetent cervix” and “failure to progress in labor” – which put blame on a woman’s body. But the word that bothers me most today appears at the top of EVERY medical chart for every patient in the country. It’s the first thing your doctor sees after seeing your name.

“Chief complaint!”

❌ Words like ‘complaint’ reflect the bias of a system that belittles women. ❌

From the time we’re little girls, we’re taught not to complain, mind our manners, be good, and listen to authority. As grown women, we are likely to convince ourselves that serious symptoms are nothing in order not to complain about it.

... And when we do speak up, when we do say something is wrong, in the medical culture we are more likely to be ignored, condescended to, dismissed, and disregarded than men.

Most of my patients have had some experience of feeling invisible or being treated that way in a medical setting. Millions of women leave medical offices every day without a diagnosis for serious medical conditions because of this phenomenon.

So as a woman, mother, and MD, I am urging you to OWN your inner “bad girl”.

I’m not saying you have to be rude, but I am saying you have to be bold, clear, strong, and assertive, in the medical system and in life. 🙌

Ready to reclaim your body, your voice, and your choices?

✨ Get loud ✨ in the comments below!

And stick around, there’s much to learn and unlearn together. ☺️

#godforbid #womenshealth #hormoneintelligence #womensintuition
We live in a world that constantly tells us to pus We live in a world that constantly tells us to push harder, do more, be more. But what if today-just for today, you laid that burden down?
 
Perfectionism isn’t a personal flaw.
 
It’s a survival response many of us have learned in a culture that equates worth with productivity. But your worth was never meant to be measured in checkboxes.
 
You are not behind. You are not broken.
🫶 Take a breath.
🫶 Let it be enough.
🫶 Let you be enough.
This is your one precious life. And it’s safe to meet yourself with softness.
 
You’ve got this. I see you.

#women #strongwoman #youareenough❤️
 

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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