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Why Intrusive Thoughts Get Worse Before Your Period — and What Helps

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Cycle Syncing: How to Hack Your Hormones Without Losing Your Mind

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Beyond the Curve: How an Arcuate Uterus Affects (and Doesn’t Affect) Your Life

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Low Testosterone in Women: What You Need to Know

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Understanding Hyperovulation & What It Means for Your Fertility

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Amenorrhea & Fertility: Can You Ovulate Without a Period?

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Ovulation Nausea: Why You Feel Queasy Mid-Cycle & What to Do

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Can You Get a Pimple on Your Labia? What Does It Mean?

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Can You Get Skin Tags on Your Vagina?

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What are Normal Bumps Inside Vaginal Walls?

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Innie vs Outie Vagina: Why Every Vulva Is Unique

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Nabothian Cysts: What Every Woman Should Know

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Cervical Polyp: Causes, Symptoms, and Recovery Tips

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What Is a Cervical Cap and How Do You Use It?

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What’s a Friable Cervix? Everything You Need to Know

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Recent discussions

Contraception

Hi all I'm currently 19+5 weeks pregnant i know I'm thinking way ahead but what is the best contraception that also won't make me put on weight? This pregnancy hasn't been too great I don't want another one for at least 3 years
Thank you xx

Transfer to a different OB?

Has anyone transferred to a different OB like outside of the practice that their other OB was at midway through their pregnancy? Did a new OB accept you as a patient and deliver your baby even if most of your appointments were with someone else?

Jump start period

Hiya mums, bit off topic but looking for period help- im due to get married mid July, but my period this month made a surprise 3 day early appearance which means im now due on for my wedding or the day before. I dont want to take the period stop tablets through fear of the mood swings as previously hormonal pills haven’t been kind to me. I want to get day 1/2 of my period out the way and i’ll be able to handle day 3 on the wedding day! Ive read hibiscus or parsley tea can make your period come a couple days earlier, has anyone got any experience or advice or other remedies? Looking to try and get a 24 day cycle, last month was 25 days and usually 28 days!? Is this even possible? SOS and sorry for the TMI

PCOS and white peony

Has anyone tried white peony to help with PCOS?

Implanon .

Few months after I had my third child , i made up my mind that I wasn’t going to have anymore babies , so I went to hospital and I was advised to use implanon , which was inserted into my upper left arm … ( that was in 2020) ever since that day I gained weight, there was a lot of pain in my arm , my period became terrible so last year September I took it out … but up until now my period is not flowing well and I’m just 35yrs old …

Condom Advice

My boyfriend and I want to use condoms to prevent pregnancy on top of my birth control.

(I've gotten pregnant on both the depo and the pill don't want any chances)

Issue I've never worn them and he got laid off so I'm the income rn

I have no idea what to buy in bulk

Forgotten Tampon

I fell asleep on my daughter’s floor last night and forgot I had a tampon in 😭 now i’m freaking out. Anybody done this before?! I swear motherhood has made me so forgetful and exhausted, i’ve never done this before!

Might be TMI but is it normal to get so many yeast infections and UTI’s? It’s driving me crazy

I’m 17 weeks pregnant, I’m a FTM and I keep getting yeast infections left and right. I get treated and they come Right back 🤦🏽‍♀️ please help

My OB sucks!

So where do I start? Lets see. They're insisting I get a blood test that I need prior authorization from my insurance...okay fair and fine -- I go to the lab to get it done and guess what?! My doc didn't even put in the order yet, after asking me about 12 times if I would go to the lab on 6/19. And I have to drive almost an hour 1 way to get to them. Getting quality medical care in rural America is important, but impossible. UGHHHHHH.

HSV 1

My friend had something weird going on down there that they've now determined is due to an ingrown hair, but she got tested for all sti's and it turns out she has HSV 1. She's pretty sure her ex, who gets cold sores gave it to her but who knows how long she's had it as she's asymptomatic.

Nexaplon

Anyone on nexaplon and let there husbands finish inside them all the time?

no longer giving over the counterr..

I’ve received this from my Gp…

Dear ….
Further to your e-consultation, although you are entitled for free prescription in your pregnancy, but please note we are no longer prescribing any over-the-counter medication. I have helped you on this occasion, but for future prescription, you need to get it from your local pharmacy. I have prescribed cetirizine, which is the safest in pregnancy

Have they stopped?
And is this deffo good for pregnant ladies?

thanks ladies

Pro biotics

Has anyone tried baby pro biotics and have they had any impact?

Birth control

So I want to get on depo again so I can prevent getting pregnant anytime soon I know not having sex would be the better option but I just can’t sometimes it helps with stress and I may have a slight problem (my sex drive is high) but is birth control safe while breastfeeding? do I really need birth control or should I just control myself better? I just really don’t want to be on my 3rd child I’ve been pregnant since 2024 I think I need a break and 2 under 2 isn’t easy either advice is very much appreciated

Depo shot

Hey guys! I just wanted to make a quick post because I’m super curious if anyone has experienced or is experiencing the same thing as me right now. So I only got one shot of depo never went back to get my second one because I hated it. Only thing I liked was I didn’t have my period. Ok so my breast was hurting while on it but now that I’m off of it my breast and nipples hurt so freaking bad.

Birth control - PPD

If you experienced PPD what birth control are you on? I’m really scared to get pregnant (4mo PP and started my period) but equally scared to get a more severe form of PPD because of birth control. I was on the pill before for maybe 1 year and had to stop because I literally felt depressed crying all day.
Have you used a successful contraceptive and not felt your mood worsened on it?
Also, probably impossible, but my libido is pretty low overall so scared of getting to a place where I would not want to have sex never again

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