by Laura Wershler | Aug 22, 2012 | Birth Control, Fertility, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Your fertility is not a deep, dark mystery only your doctor can unravel. It’s yours to own, understand and manage. Forget the ticking biological clock, it’s the wrong metaphor. Fertility ebbs and flows, like the phases of the moon. It’s about the...
by Kati Bicknell | Jul 31, 2012 | Fertility, Ovulation
I’ve been doing research on my own menstrual cycle for almost four years, charting my cycle using the Fertility Awareness Method. My cycles have always been wacky. I got my period when I was 11 but bled only a couple times a year, until, at my doctor’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 6, 2012 | Anatomy, Birth Control, Ovulation, Television
Guest Post by Lisa Leger Yesterday (June 4) on MSNBC-TV, my girl Rachel Maddow interviewed New York Times columnist Gail Collins, author of the new book, As Texas Goes. The book criticizes the state’s politics and morality laws and their impact on the rest of the...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 7, 2012 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Hormones, Menorrhagia, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, PMS, Reproduction
Everybody can use a good map to help them get to where they’re going. Why not women heading to the land of non-hormonal contraception? In my post on January 11, 2012 I asked if coming off the pill was a growing trend. I proposed to write a series of posts about...
by Laura Wershler | Feb 24, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Girls, Menstruation, Ovulation, Reproduction, Sex
Guest Post by Lisa Leger Teen girls are getting pregnant, in part, because they don’t understand their menstrual cycles. It’s time for sexual health educators to step up and teach girls the primary sign of fertility. A recent report by The Centers for Disease Control...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 11, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Ovulation
The Internet abounds with articles, posts and forum discussions about coming off the birth control pill. Women are looking for information and advice. Many are trying to get pregnant, others are just done with hormonal contraception. It’s a topic that interests many...
