Community Posts, Tips & Support on Women's Health

The only thing that keeps me from vomiting every meal is Zofran / ondansetron. The bottle says I can take 1 dissolving pill every 6 hours as needed. So most days I've taken 2 in 1 day because my nausea is so bad. I ran out and ordered a refill, which got rejected. Apparently my insurance (blue cross blue shield) has...

So my whole life I’ve had bad acne and it is mainly based in hormones and controlled with birth control. Because of the changes happening, my face is throwing it back to middle and high school days. Any tips on helping control acne while pregnant? I really don’t want to take any medication so am hoping some folks ...

The past two days I've had severe blurry vision to where I can barley see. I've been putting it off because I assume it's a side effect to uping my dose on a medication but this is starting to get concerning. I have an appt coming on Tuesday but I work Fri and Sun driving all day. Has anyone had anything similar? Sh...

I opened up these wipes probably a week ago they have been used on my son once or twice horrifyingly Today I saw one of the wipes was a little brown so I figured my husband left the wipes open and they dried out when I went to pull out all of the wipes I thought were dried out to see THIS and I am so irritated to sa...

I’m not sure which birth control I should use. I’ve never used birth control before and I’m considering trying the implant or the shot. Which one do y’all like or recommend. Also pros and cons of them would be helpful. But anything helps!

I’m wanting to start helping my body along with the start of the process.. I heard good things and bad things about both primrose and castor. Anyone have previous experience with these how far along where you when you started taking it, how’d you take it, did you combine it with taking or doing anything else and w...

Hi Ladies, I'm 15+5 and have started a course of antibiotics today for a UTI, usual symptoms of needing to pee all the time, burning when I go and it feeling a bit uncomfortable in my pelvic area. This is my first baby so I'm freaking out that something bad is going to happen because of it, even though I know they'...

I still haven’t had my period. Is this normal? I’m having g the implant fitted on Thursday and worried now that my periods aren’t coming back!

I’ve recently been prescribed Clomid (I think it’s called) to help with ovulation and I’m due on a period very soon after taking medroxyprogesterone to help on that front. I’m just curious if anyone else has taken this Clomid stuff and fallen pregnant? Basically looking for some success stories to make me feel more...

So I have been on birth control (the pill) for 2 months. I finished a pack last Saturday, took the placebo pills (had my period) and was supposed to start another pack Sunday. The pharmacy forgot to order my birth control and it is now Tuesday so I’m 2 basically 3 days behind starting a new pack. My question is, is ...

Sharing in case anyone else’s drain looks like this after hair wash day. Reminding myself this is normal, it will grow back, and trying not to worry too much

My doctors have a four month waiting list to get a coil, which ideally I don’t really want to wait four months - what contraception works for you guys? I’m worried it’s gonna really affect my hormones if I take the pill

When can I use normal pads? I'm almost 3 weeks PP, and my bleeding has been decreasing steadily and is now less than my normal period. I'm only losing minimal discharge, and I don't want to buy more maternity pads if it's okay to just use normal sanitary pads.

Birth control after baby, 9weekspp & breastfeeding with no intent on stopping soon. Can any bf’ing mothers share what they’re doing for birth control?

Does anyone use Lidl water wipes? Are they any good?

Hello, I took letrozole 5mg day 3-7 with no monitoring. My LH levels seem to reflect that I hit a peak early then my levels decreased but now my LH levels are increasing again. Has this ever happened to anyone? Can anyone shed some light on this? Thank you.

I have been taking norethisterone 5mg tablets twice a day for 7 days, finished last night. For the ladies that have taken these to induce a period, how long after stopping the tablets did your period (/withdrawal bleed) start? For context, I was prescribed them due to PCOS and not ovulating, so I can have a period a...

Hello Mums, I just found out yesterday that I am pregnant with Baby no.2. The 1st time I had gone private for my pregnancy with Dr Chris Hughes and he was so brilliant. Now he is retired so that means I have to look for another Private gynaecologist/obstetrician.😭 Any recommendations from your experiences? My…

Is anyone else really sore down below from constantly wiping because of having to go for a wee 30 times a day? My labia is red raw. Any tips for soothing it or preventing it from getting worse?

I don't if anyone has heard but there has been a recall on Kirkland wipes