Your Amazing Body Your incredible pregnant body adapts in many ways to feed and provide for your growing baby. Your placenta brings nutrition and oxygen to baby while…
Few milestones are more important than the birth of your children. It’s a time that can be exciting, joyful, and sometimes anxiety inducing. Giving birth might be your…
Two-thirds of women incarcerated are in their childbearing years, chiefly ages 18 to 40, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Transitioning back into the community is a…
It’s your body. It’s your baby. It’s your birth. The care you receive during pregnancy, birth and postpartum can affect how you feel about yourself. Sometimes you might…
Babies suck. And sometimes breastfeeding hurts. We all know that “breast is best.” In fact, most new and expectant moms in the US choose to breastfeed. But the…
Figuring out which women’s health screenings and tests you may need and when can be confusing—here’s your guide to sorting it out. Until recently, women routinely visited their…
Terribly intense menstrual cramps, heavy flow, pain during sex; are these just period pains, or could it be endometriosis? Endometriosis occurs when the type of tissue that normally…
Don’t be surprised if your nurse or primary care provider wants to take a look in your mouth at your next well-woman exam or prenatal checkup. Experts have…