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Tech Is Bringing Fertility Testing and Conception Support Into the Home
Read More: Tech Is Bringing Fertility Testing and Conception Support Into the HomeBrittany Barreto, Ph.D., is a podcaster, an entrepreneur, and a molecular and human geneticist. (In other words, she’s really smart.) Read her column here each month to learn about what’s happening in the world of technology and innovation in women’s health. Trying to get pregnant can quickly become overwhelming. For many people, the process starts…
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Family Planning with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Read More: Family Planning with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)Family planning is a lot like it sounds. The process involves deciding how many children you want and when you hope to get pregnant. It sounds simple enough, but it’s actually complex. Important factors such as contraception, fertility and postpartum care are all part of the process, and as most of us know — life…
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Should You Join a Pregnancy Registry if You Have MS?
Read More: Should You Join a Pregnancy Registry if You Have MS?For many people, pregnancy is equal parts thrilling and terrifying. For one, you’re growing a tiny human in your body, which is very cool. But growing a tiny human also means a lot of changes and decisions to make regarding your health and the health of your unborn child(ren). Any considerations and concerns become even…
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Family Planning with a Chronic Health Condition
Read More: Family Planning with a Chronic Health ConditionErica Lemons knew her path to motherhood wasn’t going to be easy. But she wasn’t going to let her chronic health condition stop her from getting pregnant. “My doctor told me to talk to him before I got pregnant because of possible complications, so that’s the first thing I did,” she said. Lemons quickly learned…
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Positivity Was My Secret Weapon Against PCOS and Infertility
Read More: Positivity Was My Secret Weapon Against PCOS and InfertilityAs told to Jacquelyne Froeber April 21-27 is National Infertility Awareness Week. When I turned 38 in 2018, my biological clock started ticking. Loudly. This was a surprise. My husband and I were planning on being child-free. I also have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and I knew PCOS could cause difficulties getting pregnant. But that…
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Infertility Treatment Options
Read More: Infertility Treatment OptionsMedically reviewed by Rashmi Kudesia, M.D., M.Sc. April 23-29, 2023, is National Infertility Awareness Week. For Monica Wunderman, the road to parenthood hasn’t been easy. Wunderman has always wanted to have children, but when she struggled to get pregnant she wasn’t sure what to do. Wunderman has two uteruses — which unfortunately does not mean…
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Birth control, Contraception, Family planning, Fertility, Infertility, mental health, Real women real stories, Self-Care
The Unicorn in the Room: My Infertility Journey Led to an Unexpected Discovery
Read More: The Unicorn in the Room: My Infertility Journey Led to an Unexpected DiscoveryAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector April 24-30 is National Infertility Awareness Week. Why don’t we just give it a try and see what happens? That was the attitude with which my husband, Luis, and I began our journey to make a baby. I was 32 and didn’t feel in a rush. I was also…
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Infertility Isn’t Just a Physical Journey — It’s an Emotional One, Too
Read More: Infertility Isn’t Just a Physical Journey — It’s an Emotional One, TooApril 24-30 is National Infertility Awareness Week. Michelle Anderson and her husband Jeff* were ready to start their family when Michelle turned 33. She stopped taking birth control pills and wasn’t surprised when she didn’t get pregnant right away. But, then six months passed, and then 12. After two years and 24 negative pregnancy tests,…
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Birth control, Birth control pills, Contraception, Family planning, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
Hormonal vs. Non-Hormonal Contraception: What’s the Difference?
Read More: Hormonal vs. Non-Hormonal Contraception: What’s the Difference?Erika Zar, 45, tried many different kinds of birth control before she settled on her current one. “Most of them seemed to amplify my mood shifts,” she said. The birth control pills that she tried lowered her sex drive and made her depression worse, and the vaginal ring made her so “ragey” that she only…
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Birth control, Birth control pills, Contraception, Family planning, Reproductive health, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Birth Control
Read More: Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Birth ControlEspañol Medically reviewed by Dr. Sabrina SahniSabrina Sahni The best birth control option varies for each person. It’s important to consider factors such as your lifestyle, schedule, medical history and any medicines you take when you pick a birth control method. As these details change throughout your life, the best birth control option for you…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, Family planning, Fertility, Pregnancy, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations
Pregnant or Worried About Infertility? Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19
Read More: Pregnant or Worried About Infertility? Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19By Matthew Woodruff, Emory University As the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 surges across the U.S., almost 1 in 5 Americans continue to resist getting shots that are widely available, safe and effective – particularly for preventing the most severe outcomes of the virus. While people have many different justifications for not getting the shot, one…
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Access, Access to health care, Affordability, Birth control, Contraception, COVID-19, Family planning, Health care, Health insurance, Keep the care, Pandemic, Preventive health
Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules
Read More: Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control RulesJulie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration Wednesday formally proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referrals and making other changes intended to evict Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the federal family planning program, Title X. The 2019 rules dramatically limited access to these family planning services for many low-income people.…
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Family, Family planning, Real women real stories, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex & relationships
My Long Journey to Queer Motherhood
Read More: My Long Journey to Queer MotherhoodI was 28 and newly married when I first started talking to my partner, Kellie, about having a child. I had always known I had wanted to be a parent. Kellie had never been sure. We had married each other anyway, certain the issue would work itself out. If we’d been a heterosexual couple, chances…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer survivor, Breast health, Family planning, Fertility, Infertility, Orgasms, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex, Sex & relationships
Sex, Fertility and Breast Cancer
Read More: Sex, Fertility and Breast CancerBetween surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, stress, fear and exhaustion, sex may be the last thing on your mind. In fact, you may even be wondering if you’ll ever feel desire again. It’s a huge problem, with studies finding that 60% to 70% of women who have had breast cancer experience treatment-related sexual problems. The cause could…
