November 1, 2011
Taking hormonal contraceptives can make sex less pleasurable according to new research. This can be with lowered libido, less lubrication, and even reduced orgasm. In my experience, it doesn’t just make sex less pleasurable it can make life less pleasurable! I was on the combined pill ten years ago for about a year and I ...
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October 21, 2011
Thin women have a harder time conceiving than overweight women, according to a new study. A healthy woman has a one in two chance of having a baby, and an overweight woman has only slightly lower chances. Underweight women, however, only have a one in three chance. Being too skinny is bad for you. Why ...
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September 23, 2011
Doctors are discussing whether fat women deserve to have babies. Specifically, they are deciding whether obese patients should have access to fertility treatments. “Get off your 50 pounds or so and exercise and then see where your fertility is at,” said Beverly Hanck, executive director of the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada. Obese women, even if ...
Tags: bias,
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September 9, 2011
Can’t get your man to commit? Why not get pregnant accidentally on purpose?! Frankly, I am sick to death of the claim that women get pregnant accidentally on purpose in order to snare a man who is unwilling to commit. Sure, there might be a few psychotic women who have done this, but by and ...
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August 6, 2011
The Male Pill is apparently on its way. Yes, soon men will be able to take care of their contraceptive needs in a convenient tablet to be crumbled daily over their Cheerios, and need never bother with the difficulty, embarrassment and expense of condoms ever again. Women will be protected from the risk of unwanted ...
Tags: accidental pregnancy,
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relationships,
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safer sex,
sexually transmitted infections,
sperm,
STIs,
the pill,
the why chromosome,
trust
August 5, 2011
Do you worry that you might get pregnant even if he doesn’t ejaculate inside of you? Pre-cum might contain sperm, but this chance is incredibly small (especially if he has urinated since his last ejaculation) and usually it won’t happen. But, we can’t always predict it and it is a possibility, so if you are ...
July 13, 2011
Susi Henson, 33, just wants to have a baby of her own. This could be near impossible, though, due to polycystic ovarian syndrome that has formed cycts on her ovaries, not allowing her to conceive naturally without IVF treatment. So, she and her husband, 40, applied for the miracle treatment and waited six months for ...
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polycystic ovarian syndrome,
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July 4, 2011
For overweight women who can’t get pregnant, weight loss surgery might be an option to increase their chances. The link between weight and fertility is still “meager” at this point, with more studies needed to give women definite answers, but a growing number of women are having bariatric surgery if they can’t lose weight by ...
Tags: bariatric surgery,
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June 7, 2011
Ladies, you can finally breathe a sigh of relief. In a couple years, you may be able to sit back and relax. No more daily pill popping, Depo-Provera injection every three months or wrestling with the female condom. A pill for men is in the works! Like the conventional pill for women, the pill made ...
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May 20, 2011
Ladies, want to know when you’re ovulating? If you keep an eye on vaginal discharge it gets goopy and like egg white during ovulation (approx two weeks before your period starts). Sperm can live seven days inside you and your egg only about 24 hours so make sure you’re having sex at the right time ...