I’m a woman, married 20-plus years to a man. For most of my marriage, I have been using a copper IUD for birth control. For a long time, our understanding was that once we were done having kids, my ...
The most common side effects of birth control methods are minor and temporary. But it’s important to be aware of the more serious risks, too, before you choose a contraceptive method. While birth ...
If you are meticulously preparing for your pregnancy, don't wait until your first postpartum checkup to think about what you do after giving birth. Postpartum family planning involves the use ...
While there are many forms of birth control that use progestin, "no increased meningioma risk has been found with combined ...
HSG testing is a common practice in the fertility world. But many women aren't prepared for the pain. Doctors break it down, ...
HSG testing is a common practice in the fertility world. Why don’t women know what they’re actually getting into? WITH MY ...
State officials say a new policy change makes birth control easier to obtain, reduce delays in care and give people more ...
Denmark will compensate victims in a decades-long scandal in which thousands of Greenlandic girls and young women were fitted with birth control devices by Danish doctors, often without their consent ...
I love my little nephew. He has a kid-sized broom that he uses to dance around in his diapers to Freddie Mercury songs as if ...
Women’s pain has historically been underestimated, undertreated and dismissed by medicine and science — female-specific conditions like endometriosis misattributed to things like anxiety. Pain ...
On Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to help ensure that all women have full access ...
Let’s cover some of the basics of birth control you may need to know, especially if you are a trans man or non-binary person ...