
What does the colour of your flow tell you?
Did you know that the colour of your blood can vary from person to person and even between cycles?
I used to have deep dark almost purple-red blood with clots and clumps. It was heavy, I had lots of painful cramps, and I would have a migraine for a few days.
Since the return of my bleed about 6 months ago, my blood is entirely different. It’s bright, vibrant, cranberry red. There have been no clots or chunks and best of all it’s been absolutely pain-free. I have had a bit of a headache on day 2 of both recent bleeds – but it’s fair to say that on both of these days I have been holding circles! How is that for timing, 🤷♀️ my cycles are still really irregular postpartum, my last was 6 weeks long so I wasn’t able to predict when my bleed was due, to make sure I could rest for the first few days.
Because sometimes life can’t just stop because you’re bleeding.
But was DOES make a difference and what has made a difference to me includes:
✨ Factoring in slow resting times around the existing commitment
✨ Allowing myself to be “unproductive” just before and during my bleed – so, welcoming and embracing the spacey feels, the lack of focus, and using it instead for dreaming and visioning purposes
✨ Delegating as much housework as possible and telling my husband and family that I need their nurturing right now (amazing how tender kids under 5 can be when you share this with them)
✨ Working with a naturopath to supplement – in my case Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, and a stunning plant medicine bespoke brew crafted by my naturopath @conscious.womanhood
✨ Using embodiment practices including movement, breathing, sounding, and womb self-massage, hip circles, gentle yoga, dancing, and lots of lying on the bare earth. This helps me connect to the power, needs, and expression of my body, so I can ask what my body needs instead of tuning her out and soldiering on.
There’s a whole chart on what colour your blood is and what that means by @crystalkennings

And Cassandra Wilder @menstruationqueen shared this image on her Instagram to demonstrate which coloured blood may be indicative on hormonal imbalances or infection.

So if you’re having painful cramps or a heavy flow, consider for starters permitting yourself to slow right down and consciously bleed. And if symptoms continue, consult a naturopath or GP for tailored support.
Charlotte xx
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Charlotte Pointeaux
Charlotte Pointeaux is an Internationally Award-Winning triple-Certified Coach, Youth Mentor, Host of Wild Flow Podcast, a sought-after guest menstrual educator and speaker. She is a Shamanic Womancrafter, a Priestess of the Cycle Mysteries.
Charlotte’s work as a Wild Feminine Cycle Coach weaves together shamanic womb healing and rite of passage work with menstrual cycle awareness and feminine embodiment tools, to guide women through their transformational journey of reclaiming their wild feminine cyclic powers to expressing their big magick as a sacred leader.
Charlotte founded First Moon Circles®, a renowned facilitator training program, to train new menstrual educators to prepare, honour and celebrate children and their care-givers at menarche (their first period). To date, she has trained almost 100 facilitators across 5 continents and is on a mission to infuse families, friendships, classrooms and communities with period positivity and menstrually inclusive practices.
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