Over five years ago when my husband and I began trying to expand our family, I started reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler. As far as taking charge of my personal fertility, cervical mucus charting interested me the most. Because […] More
Smoking is a well-known risk factor for many complications during and health problems after pregnancy. Now a new study published in the journal Human Reproduction reveals that daughters of women who smoke while pregnant have an increased risk of developing ovarian and breast cancer later in life. The study also found that girls whose mothers […] More
Older women with both diabetes and high estrogen levels have an increased risk of dementia compared to women without the combined conditions, suggests a new study published online in the journal Neurology. Dementia is the general term for a loss of brain function that affects memory, thinking, language, judgment, and behavior. People with dementia experience […] More
According to Naegele’s Rule, the length of an average pregnancy is dated from the first date of the last menstrual period (LMP). For a woman who ovulates on day 14 of her cycle, her estimated due date (EDD) will be forty weeks after the first day of her most recent period. Therefore, pregnancy begins well […] More
