CHECKING PROGESTERONE LEVELS

There has been a debate amongst the medical circles in how to accurately measure progesterone.
A blood test does not provide an accurate picture of available hormones.
Most of the hormones in your body are unusable-tightly bound to proteins in the bloodstream. Only 1 to 2 per cent escape the bindings and are free bioavailable to enter tissues throughout the body.
Conventional blood tests measure only the total level of hormones in the blood stream.
One of the tissues that  bioavailable hormones enter is the saliva gland, which passes freely into the saliva.
Saliva testing is easy, no pricking involved!
We have a ready supply of saliva test kits with instructions, we simply post you the tests, you send it to the lab in a courier bag for $28.12, then your levels can be send/mailed to you or to myself.
My role as a Registered Nurse is to then go over the results and do a comprehensive assessment and work out what  will work for you as an individual.
It is not just about whacking on the cream, we go through a full hours assessment with you to look at any underlying issues such as diet, exercise,  minerals. vitamins, stress , previous medical history and whether you actually need the cream.
In some cases you may not even need the progesterone cream and there may be a need for further tests carried out on your other hormones such as estrogens or testosterone, DHEA or you simply require some life style changes/counselling or looking into any other underlying medical conditions.
Maintaining hormonal harmony will occur over the rest of your life and our relationship with you will be ongoing.
Maintain your own  diary on what your symptoms are and monitor how they improve, based on the initial questionnaire.