All Entries in the "Women's Reproductive Health" Category

Ways For Delaying Your Period

Sometimes, you may be looking for ways for delaying your period; what is also known as menstrual manipulation.
This could be for a number of reasons; such as that you are planning to take a trip somewhere, there is an important occasion for which you want to be unencumbered by your period, [...]

Risk Factors Associated With PMS

There is a significant proportion of women (some estimates put it as high as 8%) who suffer from premenstrual syndrome symptoms and need some sort of treatment or medical help for their symptoms.
There are certain factors that increase a woman’s risk of having PMS and they are:

Age is a prime factor for [...]

Typical PMS Symptoms

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) (also called PMT or premenstrual tension) is defined as a set of physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms connected to a woman’s menstrual cycle, that appear a few days to a couple of weeks before a period.
While 80% women experience at least some symptoms, about 2 to 5 % of [...]

Pregnancy – The Second Time Around

The post here discusses about the difference between first time pregnant women and those who were doing it the second or third time. The writer makes some interesting points:

The second time around you know that there is really very little about your pregnancy that you can control. The baby will come when it has to; [...]

Mother’s Exercise Has Minor Impact On Newborn Weight

There is a large study from Norway about the connection between the birth weight of a baby and the exercise done by the mother during pregnancy.
A study conducted at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo found that exercising during pregnancy has only a very minor impact on the baby’s birth weight, though the [...]

Bloating Before Menstruation

On one of our most popular posts, which deal with the topic of irregular menstrual cycles, we have had several queries raised, and among them is a question by one of our commentators who has noticed weight gain prior to her menstrual cycle. She wanted to know if this was a problem [...]

Older Women Warned Not To Throw Away Contraceptives

While it is true that a woman’s fertility starts to decline after the age of 35, the decline is not so marked as to preclude proper use of contraception it has been warned.
According to this report, it has been seen that the abortion rates among women aged between 40 and 44 years is the same [...]

Safety Of The Abortion Pill

The abortion pill is not without its share of controversy and has many detractors. One of the chief concerns raised by many about this pill is about its safety a question that many of our commentators and readers have raised as well.
The abortion pill has been deemed safe by the medical [...]