It`s a funny thing is menopause – although I certainly didn`t think so at the time – but that` another story. There`s lots of information out there, but it`s spread all over the place and a lot of jargon is used.  Take spotting for instance, how do we know how much is normal? Why it happens? How long we can expect it to carry on for?

Let`s take what is normal and what is not—spotting throughout menopause being accepted as normal.

As we get closer to...

Women often wonder what effect a hysterectomy will have on menopause and just as there are options to the type of hysterectomy available, there are different possibilities regarding the outcome.

With natural menopause, the ovaries stop producing eggs, which means that the monthly cycle stops. The woman is then no longer capable of bearing children. This normal process includes post menopause, which becomes occurs one the cycle has ceased for a one year. Usually menopause...

Lots of new mothers to be aren't even aware of of cord blood banking, in spite of its ever-growing use and continual research. Currently used to aid with ot treat a variety of medical conditions and with more uses being researched continually, it's important that more families hear about cord blood benefits to grow the number of donors of this valuable resource.

Cord blood is that which remains in both the placenta and umbilical cord following birth. This blood contains a...

1. Weight Loss Diet Mistake: Choosing A Wrong Principle


Dieters who go for the whole incorporate an all-or-nothing attitude as their guiding principle to lose weight and feel great. After having made the decision to lose weight, they are going to decide on what diet they want to use in order to achieve their goal and lose weight. They believe they just have discovered the top secret fat loss secret and go about implementing their weight loss diet plan. Generally, this...

Sitting in a gynecologist's office is the last place any woman really wants to be. However, if you are over the age of 21 and have never been to an Ob/Gyn, or haven't made an appointment for your yearly exam, then it's time to get to your doctor's office. It is important for all women between the ages of 21-29 years of age to have an annual pap smear, because that is the time when women are at most risk of developing cervical cancer.

A pap smear is a procedure done to test women...

I had the coil fitted because I fell pregnant while on the pill and we had an unplanned pregnancy. It wasn't a problem as we had planned to have another child but not quite yet. Anyway, we thought it would be a good idea to change to something more reliable and I had the Mirena Coil fitted.

After the horrible process of having the coil fitted everything seemed fine; it took about four months for my periods to stop but it wasn't uncomfortable and didn't give me any problems. All...

Yoga for a beginner is an exciting time when you start to discover all of the wonderful benefits that yoga has to offer.  When you first begin yoga, there are several things you can do to make your experience positive.

The following are ideas you might want to consider as you begin your yoga journey.

Types of Yoga

It is a good idea when you are doing yoga as a beginner, that you choose a style that matches your fitness level, personality, and health...

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also calledOviduct, or Uterine Tube,

Each fallopian tube is 10–13 cm (4–5 inches) long and 0.5–1.2 cm (0.2–0.6 inch) in diameter. The channel of the tube is lined with a layer of mucous membrane that has many folds and papillae—small cone-shaped projections of tissue. Over the mucous membrane are three layers of muscle tissue; the innermost layer has spirally arranged fibres, the middle layer has circular fibres, and the outermost...

The benefit of yoga practice goes far beyond the actual time you spend in the poses.  One of the most common reasons why people begin practicing yoga is to improve their health and well-being.  Yoga means union.  It is a union of the mind, body and breath, so all aspects of your life are impacted by your practice.

A major benefit of yoga isphysical.

Yoga improves your flexibility.- The stretching that you engage in during every practice helps lengthen...

-By Julia Indichova

Infertility specialists of all persuasions - be they reproductive endocrinologists or practitioners of natural fertility treatments – agree that sexual arousal will improve the quality of cervical fluid, energize hormone function, support estrogen production and a strong ovulation, and generally increase your chances of getting pregnant. Yet the experts also agree that the stress of infertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization, and...