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

Tassia O'Callaghan

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

Tassia O'Callaghan

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

Tassia O'Callaghan

Low Testosterone in Women: What You Need to Know

Tassia O'Callaghan

Understanding Hyperovulation & What It Means for Your Fertility

Katie Mill

Amenorrhea & Fertility: Can You Ovulate Without a Period?

Katie Mill

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

Katie Mill

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

Katie Mill

Can You Get Skin Tags on Your Vagina?

Katie Mill

What are Normal Bumps Inside Vaginal Walls?

Katie Mill

Innie vs Outie Vagina: Why Every Vulva Is Unique

Katie Mill

Nabothian Cysts: What Every Woman Should Know

Tassia Agatowski

Cervical Polyp: Causes, Symptoms, and Recovery Tips

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

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

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

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

Tassia Agatowski

How to Check Your Cervix Safely: Your Expert Guide

Tassia Agatowski

From the community

Recent discussions

Options for sensitive content

There needs to be options for sensitive content. Ie...trigger warning, poopy nappy, miscarriage, or yo im gonna upload my discharge 🤮

Toilet paper

Where do you get your softest loo roll from?

I use Andrex currently but don't actually rate it that much

Coil contraceptive

I was planning on getting the coil put in and I’m aware there’s a few of them? But I’ve also heard quite negative stories about them on TikTok😅anyone else had it done?

Random bleeding on birth control

Started mini pill around 3 months ago and this month ive had mini bleeds the last 2 days of the week!
Is this normal? No period cramps just very light bleeding!

Nexplanon bleeding

If you got the birth control arm implant how long and how much did you bleed after? Cause I got it about 3 months ago and still bleed every week for 3-5 days.

I’m a 24 year old mom with a almost two year old and I have a obgyn appointment on the 9th of this month and I need help and any advice on how to talk and ask my obgyn on getting my tube’s removed or tied I’m very firm and very adamant about this I have thought about this since after giving birth to my two year old if anybody has gotten this done especially in Ohio please any advice will be great.

Lube recommendations

Can anyone recommend a good lube? We tried one other night (durex) and it made my partner go floppy!!!

What birth control do yall recommend

I’ve been with my husband 13 years and have used “pullout” method bc we didn’t really care if we accidentally got pregnant, which we never did without trying . but now that we’re about to welcome our second child this month, i KNOW I don’t wanna get pregnant anytime soon. I’m trying to figure out BC .I’m just scared of the risk of depression (I don’t have a history of it just anxiety but the idea scares me) and I’m scared of the weight gain bc I’m already a plump lady 😅💕 idk what do yall recommend? I’m leaning towards copper IUD but my sisters IUD fell out twice so I’m worried about that now too 😳

Birth Center vs Hospital

Yesterday my partner and I toured a local birth center and I honestly didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. I really wanted to use one in the beginning but the further along I get the more people try to scare me and tell me horror stories and it’s making me nervous about not having an epidural option.

I haven’t been the biggest fan of the OB/hospital I’ve been going to because it feels like I’m just a number and the process is way too sterile. Sometimes I’m waiting for almost 45 minutes past my appointment time just to get 5 minutes with my provider, who isn’t even an MD.

The center I went to actually soothed a lot of my anxieties and answered questions about the process that I haven’t even gotten a chance to ask my current OB.

I’m still nervous about doing it natural but they offer nitrous oxide which I wanted to try first, has anyone used alternatives? Anyone used or planning to use a birth center? If you have, what was your experience?

Strep

How can I prevent passing Strep on to my 13mo when I am her primary carer whilst Daddy is at work?! 😣😣

Aptimal vs hipp organic

I am due to have a baby in June and I’m currently currently deciding between aptimal and hipp organic can anyone give there experiences or suggestions? Also I’ve heard hipp organic is hard to get hold of ? Is this the case please

Panty liners irritation

Anyone else experienced this?

I think the panty liners i wear irritate my lady-parts. The wee samples I do for my midwife always come back clear so all I can think it's the liners??

Chicken Pox

We’ve been hit with THE POX!
Would love any tips or tricks other than the normal remedies that worked for you all.
Thanks all!

Lighting crotch

Anyone else experienced lighting crotch lots of times a day 🥴 today I think I've had lighting crotch atleast 20 times and increased discharge

Just thought I’d share… 😅

So I’ve got emetophobia and I’m a cleaner and a few weeks ago I was cleaning someone’s toilet with the toilet brush and my worst nightmare came true. I accidentally splashed a bit of toilet water onto my lips and in that moment I just knew I was going to get sick because I’ve basically got faeces and dirty water on my mouth 👄🙃 surprise surprise, 36 hours later I came down with a sickness bug, THE WORST one I have ever had in my entire life, because I’m such a strong emetophobe, I physically could not be sick, was dry heaving for about 5 hours and going through the motions of being sick but my brain didn’t let it come out lol, but boy did it come out the other end and baddd. Thought I was gonna have to go to hospital to get IV fluids, my partner had to come home from work because I was barely conscious so yeah that was a great experience. Safe to say, I’ve not used a single toilet brush since, thinking about it it’s the most disgusting thing ever as it’s literally full of shit and I’ve always been scared it would splash in my face. If you got this far, thanks for reading and sorry for being gross 🤣🤣

Mirena coil

Hi all, I’m due to get the mirena coil tomorrow, recommended by my doctor as my periods are so heavy prior to birth but they have been AWFUL since birth and I am now anaemic, also for contraception reasons.. does anyone have it and what are your experiences of it?? I’m so nervous!! I didn’t have a vagina delivery either, as I know that can make it less painful.

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