So let’s be honest — when you first heard the title of my book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility, what was the first thing that came to mind? Understanding the mysteries of your body? Enriching your amazing sexuality? Avoiding pregnancy naturally? Increasing your chances of conceiving? If you are like virtually all women, you probably [...]
With all the misinformation out there today, it’s amazing anyone is ever able to trust what they hear. And while some facts can be completely wrong (you mean, Abraham Lincoln wasn’t our first president?), the repercussions of the misinformation aren’t that big a deal. But if a couple is trying to avoid a pregnancy, for [...]
Understanding female sexual response is not all that big a mystery if men just internalize one of the cardinal concepts of female sexuality: A woman is much more likely to be sexually responsive to her partner if she doesn’t feel like his mother. There, I said it. So what does this have to do with [...]
If you’ve recently been living under a rock, you might have missed the news about the first FDA-cleared birth control app that purports to allow you to prevent pregnancy by telling you when you are safe for unprotected intercourse. I’m loath to mention its name, however, for fear that women will run out and download it [...]
I am always so impressed by my many readers over the years who have shared with me ways in which they have been able to diagnose medical issues through charting their cycles. I’ve chosen just one for now, but will share more in the future. A couple of weeks ago, Kisha wrote me that she [...]
A fairly common mistake that women make is assuming that every bleeding episode they have is a period. And since most of us have been raised to believe that a normal cycle length is 28 days, every aberration from that length is interpreted as either too early or too late. No wonder cycles often seem [...]
I’ll never forget the surprising comment my mom made one sunny afternoon when I was about 15 years old. It had been one of those days when everything was going wrong, and I was feeling pretty cranky. To top it off, I had my period and was dealing with major cramps, so I was hardly [...]
Trying to get pregnant when it seems so fleeting can be daunting at times. This list was initially inspired by Rebecca Smith Waddell and Lisa A. Kramer, who mentioned that “the world of infertility provides lots of hilarious inspiration.” Enjoy. Basal Instinct An urge to shake down your basal thermometer BEFORE recording your temperature [...]
You may already know the drill, or if not you, certainly your sister, cousin, or friend does. Whenever a woman gets a positive pregnancy test at the doctor’s office, the first thing the clinician will usually do is grab a pregnancy wheel from the drawer while asking her the first day of her last menstrual [...]
I’ll be honest. I’m a weenie. Oh sure, I may seem like I have my act together, but if truth be told, there’s a valid reason I chose to not have children. Don’t get me wrong. I love, love, love kids. I love their pudgy little legs when they are just infants, and their Frankenstein [...]
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