The desire to control conception is an age old challenge for women. Women’s earliest herbal texts dating back as far as the 1400s divulge a variety of methods ranging from…
Search Results for: the pill
Teen Sexual Health + Abortion Pills & Body Autonomy
Let’s talk about some topics that are all too often hush-hush: teen sexual health + how to access abortion pills – wherever you live. In this episode of On Health,…
The Post Birth Control Pill Hormone Reset
Excited to become a mom, Elise, 34, came to see me in my medical practice, so frustrated that getting pregnant wasn’t going at all the way she thought it would.…
Period Pain in Teens: A 6th Vital Sign You Don’t Want To Miss
Understanding Period Pain Period pain is known medically as dysmenorrhea. It’s so common that we’ve been led to believe it’s simply normal, with it being rote to simply pop a…
Every Woman’s Guide to Safe and Empowered Miscarriage Options
On How to Have a Safe and Empowered Miscarriage For decades, both as a midwife and as a women’s health MD, I have guided women through miscarriage. But because miscarriage…
How Alcohol Affects Our Hormones and Menstrual Cycles
Alcohol. It’s one of the world’s best-loved beverages and favorite mind-altering substances. Humans have been imbibing it for at least 10 millennia – the first booze dating back to 7,000 BCE…